How To Use a Nokia Color LCD!
Instructable posted by
CalcProgrammer1
Nokia manufactures a wide variety of cell phones and many of their cheaper phones contain simple LCD's which may be used in microcontroller projects. There is one particular LCD model that is used in a wide variety of their phones and is often referred to as simply a "Nokia LCD", or "Nokia 6100 LCD... read more »
Easy, Reversible Motor Control for Arduino (or any Microcontroller)
Instructable posted by
nothinglabs
This project uses just three main components to provide forward and reverse control for a single motor. You can easily interface it to an Arduino or any other microcontroller. It's so simple - you can wire it up "free-form" without a circuit board in about 15 minutes. Features: All parts avai... read more »
The AWESOME Button
Topic posted by
mikeasaurus
Matt Richardson over at Make made an awesome button from the Staples Easy Button. When pushed, the reprogrammed button randomly selects a synonym to the word 'awesome', perfect for thinking of new (awesome?) words to include in a description when writing. As an added bonus, Instructables' own Scooch... read more »
Alarm Clock
Instructable posted by
bdeakyne
The Project: A man is lying peacefully in his bed, waiting for morning. When his alarm is placed over a light sensor, morning comes and the alarm goes off. Like all too many of us, his natural reaction is to smack the thing and go back to bed. The Action: A servo pulls a level glued to the man's ba... read more »
RGB LED Love Heart
Instructable posted by
simoninns
This project creates a RGB LED lit love heart which is controlled by a PIC12F683 microcontroller. I designed the project as a gift for my wife on our 15th wedding anniversary (since she puts up with my addiction to electronics I thought she deserved something in return!). The love heart is made fr... read more »
Intro to Microcontroller Debugging (and a Pomodoro Timer)
Instructable posted by
kphlight
Hello Hack-A-Day and Dangerous Prototypes readers! Please vote for me in the Sparkfun uC Contest! (If you vote for me you can still vote for other projects as well) The vote button is just up and left of here... there you go... closer... closer... I know you can do it... 1.) I do, in fact... read more »
Groovin' Grover: A Microcontroller-based Marionette
Instructable posted by
talk2bruce
Groovin' Grover is a marionette manipulated by four hobby servos and a Pololu Maestro microcontroller-based servo controller. You can control each of Grover's limbs independently and make him walk, wave, and most entertaining - make him dance. Groovin' Grover is easy to assemble and wire up. The Mae... read more »
The 'One Chip Spinning RGB POV Display' with conversion software.
Instructable posted by
bradsprojects
If you have been on the look out for a project that combines, RGB LED's, a motor, a microcontroller and a ridiculous amount of hot melt glue, then you have certainly come to the right place. Allow me to introduce the 'One Chip' Spinning RGB POV Display This project allows you to create (w... read more » | subscribe for free |
