This brief tutorial demonstrates how to create projects for the AVR using AVR-GCC. This tutorial assumes that you are using Ubuntu for your development environment. This tutorial also assumes that you have already installed AVRDUDE. Also, you should have a development board with at least one button and one LED. In my case, the button …
Tag Archive: led
Sep
03
How to make your own Arduino shield
After many months of working on my Arduino based project, I decided to finalize my project by making my own custom PCB. At first I wanted to design a PCB that connected to the Arduino through a series of cables. After some thought however, I realized that a shield would be better because it would …
Jan
15
Fun with RGB LEDs
I recently connected an Arduino to a Tri-Color LED Light Bar that I bought from SparkFun Electronics. I used pulse width modulation to control the brightness of each color. The individual colors combine to make the desired color. Download the code here and see the schematic below.
Nov
18
LED coffee table
I have wanted to build a project with LEDs for a long time. This weekend I came up with an idea, an LED coffee table. The table would have a large compartment in the center to house the electronics and either a clear or translucent top to allow the light to shine through. Ideally I …
Project Euler
