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Atmega168 Controlled Iron Man Suit

Atmega168 Controlled Iron Man Suit

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I had the opportunity last week to interview Murray Harms from Queensland Australia, and talk to him about his home made Iron Man Suit. He built it with his son for Halloween and as you can see below, it looks pretty amazing. What inspired you to make the suit? Well each year my 22yr old...
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28 Pin AVR Development Board – Version 1.6

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We released the 28 Pin AVR Development Board back in 2008 and since then it has gone through many iterations. This week we release version 1.6 which adds 4 improvements. These improvements were based on customer feedback and we are very grateful for the feedback. Please keep it coming. What has changed? The size of...
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Reading and writing Atmega168 EEPROM

AVR Microcontrollers, Tutorials 3 Comments
EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) Is non-volatile memory, meaning it persists after power is removed. The ATmega168 microcontroller has 512 bytes of EEPROM which can be used to store system parameters and small amounts of data. This tutorial shows you how to read and write EEPROM. Overview Our code examples will be very...
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Atmega168 Experimenter’s Kit

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Recently a friend asked me, "What do I buy if I'm just starting out with embedded systems and want to learn?". I told him a breadboard solution would be best and started rattling off all the bits that he would need. Then I got thinking, what if we made this a kit? So here it...
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External Interrupts on an ATmega168

AVR Microcontrollers, Tutorials 12 Comments
This tutorial will teach you how to use external and pin change interrupts on an AVR microcontroller. I will be using an ATmega168. The general principles apply to other AVR microcontrollers, but the specific vary greatly. What is an Interrupt? Imagine your are sitting at your computer, reading this post. The phone rings and you...
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Version 1.5 of AVR 28 pin board

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Version 1.5 of the 28 Pin AVR Development Board is now available. As before we have incorporated a number of changes that people had asked for. The most notable change is a figure-8 shaped hole for mounting the voltage regulator. This configuration allows for both Input/Ground/Output (IGO) and Ground/Output/Input (GOI) style voltage regulators. Other changes...
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