MCU-Based Prosthetic Arm with Kinect
James Kim—a biomedical student at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada—recently submitted an update on the status of an interesting prosthetic arm design project. The design features a Freescale 9S12...
View ArticleAutonomous Mobile Robot (Part 1): Overview & Hardware
Welcome to “Robot Boot Camp.” In this two-part article series, I’ll explain what you can do with a basic mobile machine, a few sensors, and behavioral programming techniques. Behavioral programming...
View ArticleDIY Green Energy Design Projects
Ready to start a low-power or energy-monitoring microcontroller-based design project? You’re in luck. We’re featuring eight award-winning, green energy-related designs that will help get your creative...
View ArticleAutonomous Mobile Robot (Part 2): Software & Operation
I designed a microcontroller-based mobile robot that can cruise on its own, avoid obstacles, escape from inadvertent collisions, and track a light source. In the first part of this series, I introduced...
View ArticleMicrocontroller-Based Markov Music Box
Check out the spectrogram for two FM notes produced by FM modulation. Red indicates higher energy at a given time and frequency. Cornell University senior lecturer Bruce Land had two reasons for...
View ArticleElectrostatic Cleaning Robot Project
How do you clean a clean-energy generating system? With a microcontroller (and a few other parts, of course). An excellent example is US designer Scott Potter’s award-winning, Renesas RL78...
View ArticleInfrared Communications for Atmel Microcontrollers
Are you planning an IR communications project? Do you need to choose a microcontroller? Check out the information Cornell University Senior Lecturer Bruce Land sent us about inexpensive IR...
View ArticleMicrocontroller-Based Heating System Monitor
Checking a heating system’s consumption is simple enough. Heating system monitor Determining a heating system’s output can be much more difficult, unless you have this nifty design. This Atmel ATmega...
View ArticleSMD Stencil Reflow Soldering Tutorial
Surface-mount SMD reflow soldering doesn’t have to be difficult. All you need is a solder paste stencil, a hot air gun, and a little know-how. No reflow oven necessary! Dave Jones, of EEVblog.com,...
View ArticleCC 276: MCU-Based Prosthetic Arm with Kinect
In its July issue, Circuit Cellar presents a project that combines the technology behind Microsoft’s Kinect gaming device with a prototype prosthetic arm. The project team and authors of the article...
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