LED stroboscope

Introduction Stroboscope instruments are used for inspection and observation of moving parts by freezing or slowing down the action of an object. If a fast rotating or oscillating object is illuminated with periodic light flashes so they always hit it in the same position, the object will appear stationery in the eyes of the observer.…

Kitchen Timer

Introduction The project which is going to be introduced here is a Kitchen Timer which can be used with many of our day to day activities. A timer is a specialized type of clock. A timer can be used to control the sequence of an event or process. When the set period expires some timers…

IR remote controlled AC relays

Introduction Infrared (IR) remote controls are everywhere. Just about every piece of electronic equipment you can think of has one TVs, DVDs, hi-fi systems.Even the latest cameras have them!. This project is a 3 channel infrared (IR) remote controlled relay driver with power saving.  It works with 12-bit SIRC IR signals as used by Sony…

For a proper illumination of a LED

Most of the times the first lesson for microcontroller programming or embedded systems, is illumination of a LED or may be blinking LED using respective port pin. Most of the demonstrator boards starting from very simple ones to high end are having a LED or several with hardware which can make appropriate illumination. What makes…

Raspberry PI weather station – Section one creating database and interface temperature sensor

MSQL is the basic point corresponding to the creating of the database. Following step is to install Msql, Apache, PHP, phyMyadmin to raspberry Pi. Apache is the web server (http) software, Mysql  is the database server, PHP or Perl  is the programming languages to raspberry PI. Step 1: Update RP apt-get_install_-y_rpi-update apt-get_update_-y_&&_apt-get_upgrate_-y Step 2: Install msql…

General Purpose Input Output Arduino Shield

This example shows technique for calibrating sensor input and shows the sensor outputs by controlling LEDs and SSD, also shows how to monitor the state of a switch. Hardware Required 8 LEDS 2 push button switches 2 sliding switches 4-SSD with MAX7221/7219 LM35 Speaker Circuit In this circuit according to the above diagram 8 LEDs…

Raspberry PI – Initialising Steps

What is Raspberry Pi? Developed with the intension of promoting computer science among students, Raspberry Pi(RPi) is a small (credit card sized) yet powerful computer and development board. From word processing and gaming to playing High definition videos and running web servers, this handy gadget is capable doing many of the things your PC does.…