I2C, or Inter-integrated Circuit, is a communications protocol common in microcontroller-based systems, particularly for interfacing with sensors, memory devices and liquid crystal displays. Similar to SPI, it's a synchronous protocol because it uses a clock line. The I2C protocol, however, uses less pins and is a much more robust standard.

SPI, short for Serial Peripheral Interface, is a communication protocol common in microcontroller systems. Sensors, liquid crystal displays and memory cards are examples of devices that use SPI. It is faster than both UART and I2C although it also has its disadvantages.

This project is a simple PIC game where LEDs go on randomly one at a time. The objective is to “catch” the LED that’s on by pressing the corresponding button. For every catch, the score, displayed on a seven segment display, is incremented. The speed of the LEDs increase every …

Using RFID cards and tags is a cool way to switch on anything, wirelessly. For example, you can create an e-lock for your room, check meeting attendance or use cards to control your robot. In this tutorial, we will add RFID functions to a Raspberry Pi Zero.

The idea of this electronic queuing system is to display both sequence number and counter number in three seven segment displays. For example, when counter 1 presses his button, the number 1 shows up on the counter number segment. At the same time, the sequence number is incremented. This system …

Vibrations can be an indicator that trouble is coming. It can be your machine going haywire, a gear on a robot missing teeth, or worse, a looming earthquake! In this vibration sensor tutorial, we will look at how to detect vibrations using specially designed sensors and an Arduino microcontroller.

There are a lot of Arduino-compatible boards but most of them are essentially clones. These clones are cheaper, yes, but why buy them if you can have boards that can give you MORE? A LOT MORE.

We have managed to blink an LED and use interrupts and timers with the PIC16F84A. Sadly, that’s almost all we can do with that microcontroller as it lacks features that most microcontrollers or Arduino have. From here on, we will now be using the PIC16F877A.

This project is basically a remote-controlled car that is controllable via an application installed on a Bluetooth-equipped smartphone. Here's my version of a Bluetooth RC Car.

Project Overview I was recently commissioned to create a simple project for a coffee roasting machine. Basically, I need to measure the temperature of the machine in real time to monitor the progress of the roasting process. This includes a line graph that updates every second and is viewable on …