All items tagged with Controller and Elektor Labs (18)

21-01-2020 | Although most modern microcontrollers have an internal watchdog timer, that may not be safe enough for the system to rely on it. The built-i...

24-12-2019 | Although the example used in this project is probably only useful for people travelling through the Netherlands (you know, the capital of De...

2-07-2019 | Playing with the mains voltage can be deadly, so proper isolation techniques and safe working practices are very important. Besides emphasiz...

23-10-2018 | The latest AVR microcontrollers from Microchip like the ATmega4809, ATmega3209, ATtiny816, and ATtiny1616 are programmed through a Unified P...

14-02-2018 | Driving a mains-powered load, be it inductive or resistive, invariably has to be done with care and attention to avoid dangerous situations....

9-01-2018 | When you can build a device exactly as you want it, the result may not be useful to many people. However, often the project itself contains...

17-10-2017 | Very common on old equipment, today they seem to have disappeared completely. I am talking about those pushbutton banks of which only one bu...

7-07-2017 | Of course you can use your super-duper multimeter to measure the gain (hfe) of a transistor, but isn’t it much more fun to program a microco...

18-04-2017 | Programming a traffic light controller on a microcontroller is not too complicated, and an easy job for Arduino. But, wait a minute… it can...

19-01-2016 | Satellite dish positioning motors are extremely resistant due to their worm gear. After all, they are intended to hold the ‘dish’ in a fixed...