Not satisfied with any of the DIY retro computer kits on the market, [Leonardo Leoni] decided to make his own. Built using only the finest through-hole technology and powered by the ATmega328 ...

While the ATMega328 is “mega” for a microcontroller, it’s still a fairly limited platform. It has plenty of I/O and working memory for most tasks, but this Battleship game that [thorlancaster328] has ...

A small portable device featuring timer, clock, and calendar functions, equipped with a simple and functional interface and a truly long battery life.

What Next is a is a supplier of colour-coded Arduino-compatible microcontroller boards — including the Yellow, Red, Green, and Orange boards. Thee entry-level Yellow and Red boards are based on a ...

Since you lacked the USB interface in your own Arduino board, it becomes necessary to use a homemade/ready-made USB to Serial Converter Module as an efficient and economical solution. Inexpensive and ...

The Ubuntu Linux distribution has been ported to the cheapest and most portable platform yet: An Atmel ATmega microcontroller. Boasting a 20MHz 8-bit AVR processor, 128KB of flash storage and a ...

Joining the vendor’s 32-pin picoPower AVR microcontroller family, the ATmega48P, ATmega88P, ATmega168P, and ATmega328P devices have 4, 8, 16, and 32 kbytes of flash memory, respectively, providing a ...

In this article, I'll be explaining the basics of how microcontrollers work, physically and virtually. First off, microcontrollers are no simple thing, so don't be discouraged if you find it ...

Anyone looking for a DIY project to fill a little time over the next couple of weekends might be interested in this very unique plywood boombox which plays music from SD cards. The Boombox was created ...