Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:16:19 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/ PostNuke Powered Site en-us http://www.avrfreaks.net/images/logofreak.jpg http://www.avrfreaks.net/ esivertsen@avrfreaks.net http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=780 For jewelry applications, there are some options for RFID jewelry tracking. In order to maximize the ROI of the RFID jewelry system, DAILY RFID is committed to designing a suitable RFID jewelry management solution for each end-user in market communities, secured storing and other areas. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:16:19 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=779 DAILY RFID has released a cost-effective RFID Asset Management solution, designed to track and manage mobile and fixed assets in respond to the considerable attention RFID has drawn to asset management. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:16:00 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=778 mikroElektronika has released a new version of mikroBasic PRO for AVR 2009 compiler (build 1.50). This verson has improved compiler and IDE, added new MCUs, solved all reported bugs and problems. Many of mikroElektronika user's sugestions and solutions are included in this release. This verson of compiler introduced active comments and now you can place active weblinks in your comments. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:15:34 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=777 Even though cooking is an elegant art form, the at-home chef often has a number of fancy gadgets. From counter top grills to USB coolers, high end electronics have made themselves available in most aspects of modern food preparation and enjoyment. In keeping with our DIY spirit, and with Father's Day and July 4th grilling right around the corner, we decided to build a DIY Digital Meat Thermometer using a temperature sensor, an LCD, and a microcontroller. To our delight, getting this project to work well required some interesting bits of engineering including advanced signal processing. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:35:59 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=776 http://www.atmel.com/products/touch/touchswlib_landing.asp?source=home Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:35:41 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=775 Pololu has released an inexpensive AVR programmer that emulates an AVRISP v2 on a virtual serial port, making it compatible with standard AVR programming software. Two additional features help with building and debugging projects: a second TTL-level serial port for general-purpose communication and a SLO-scope for monitoring signals and voltage levels using a PC application. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:02:35 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=774 mikroElektronika published an article in June 2009 issue of Elektor magazine about CAN. Article contains useful information about practical usage of CAN and AVR microcontroller. This article allows reader an easy example and tutorial on CAN usage. This article is written in several languages: English, German, Spanish, French and Dutch. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:32:56 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=773 mikroElektronika has released a new version of mikroPascal PRO for AVR 2009 compiler (build 1.50). This verson has improved compiler and IDE, added new MCUs, solved all reported bugs and problems. Many of mikroElektronika user's sugestions and solutions are included in this release. This verson of compiler introduced active comments and now you can place active weblinks in your comments. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:36:24 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=772 Mediama Technologies has announced a price reduction for the RMT1 peripheral board for the Atmel NGW100. The price is now CAD$115 (about USD$100 or EU72). RMT1 provides a rich set of peripherals to extend the functionality of the NGW100, including 4.3" 24bpp TFT LCD support and an AC97 audio codec... Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:35:41 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=771 In reponse to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the library inventory process, DAILY has recently unveiled 13.56MHz multi-tag RFID Reader DL810 for library systems, integrated with a customized external antenna, so as to simplify the library items' check-in and check-out process. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:34:17 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=770 Atmel announces maXTouch, the next-generation capacitive multi-touch interfaces: http://www.atmel.com http://www.atmel.com/maxtouch http://www.avrtv.com Best regards; AVRfreaks Tue, 26 May 2009 15:42:20 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=769 mikroElektronika has released a new version of mikroC PRO for AVR 2009 compiler (build 1.45). This verson has improved compiler and IDE, added new MCUs, solved all reported bugs and problems. Many of mikroElektronika user's sugestions and solutions are included in this release. This verson of compiler introduced active comments, now you can place active weblinks in your comments. This version is much more stable and we hope it will satisfy your needs and expectations. Mon, 25 May 2009 09:31:51 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=768 This tiny avr ethernet board from tuxgraphics can now be used to monitor sensors or the state of some equipment and send out notifications via email when a threshold is reached. "The temperature in the server room has reached 35'C" or "Your flowers need water". http://shop.tuxgraphics.org/mm.html Tue, 19 May 2009 15:14:17 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=767 Recently NerdKits was a sponsor for MIT's annual Battle of the Bands. As we like to turn everything into a DIY project, we took the opportunity to demonstrate yet another awesome application of analog and digital electronics. This project is a particularly good example of the kinds of interesting things you can do when you use a microcontroller as a bridge between the analog and digital domains. Tue, 19 May 2009 15:14:04 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=766 Students in ECE 4760 at Cornell University were given the responsibility of choosing, designing and building a project using Atmel Mega644 microcontrollers. Over 30 projects this year include a 3D mouse, Haptic appointment manager, fart detector, tissue impedance biopsy system and several interesting musical instruments. This year the coding was done using WINAVR and AVRstudio. See: http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/ Tue, 19 May 2009 15:06:24 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=765 Last week Protostack released the latest version of their 28 pin AVR development board. Whilst the previous version was excellent, this version incorporates 7 improvements, which taken as a whole makes a big difference to the usability of the board. Tue, 19 May 2009 15:04:18 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=764 mikroElektronika published an article in May 2009 issue of Elektor magazine about GPS. Article contains useful information about practical usage of GPS device and various microcontrollers as well as AVR. This article allows reader an easy example and tutorial on GPS usage. This article is written in several languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch and Italian. Tue, 19 May 2009 15:03:45 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=763 chip45boot2 is the new bootloader from chip45! It provides direct read of Intel Hex through a uart and automatic baudrate adjustment. See chip45boot2 homepage for details and precompiled hex files. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:13:30 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=762 A common challenge when working with embedded systems is keeping track of real time. Luckily, most microcontrollers have timers that can be used with a precision quartz crystal -- already present for the CPU clock -- to keep track of real time. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:11:00 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=761 The Uzebox is a retro-minimalist game console based on the AVR ATMega644 microcontroller. The particularity of the system is that it's based on an interrupt driven kernel and has no frame buffer. Functions such as video sync generation, tile rendering and music mixing is done realtime by a background task so games can easily be developed in C. The design goal was to be as simple as possible yet have good enough sound and graphics while leaving enough resources to implement interesting games. Emphasis was put on making it easy and fun to program for any hobbyists. The final design contains only two chips: an ATmega644 and an AD725 RGB-to-NTSC converter. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:56:29 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=760 The USB NerdKit gets an upgrade. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:54:28 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=759 Tom Mortensen's command-line assembler, tavrasm has (finally) been ported to Mac OS X. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:54:03 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=758 AVRLiPV2 is almost a credit card size development board packed with 12 different interfaces, is a nice tool to start AVR learning and experiments. Priced at US$49 and is available from MicrocontrollerPros Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:46:31 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=757 The AVRfreaks.net will be unavailable for [b]30 minutes[/b] from [b]Thursday April 16th at 15:00 (CET)[/b]. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:28:46 +0200 http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=756 mikroElektronika published an article in April 2009 issue of Elektor magazine about MP3. Article contains useful information about practical usage of MP3 decoder and various microcontrollers as well as AVR. This article allows reader an easy example and tutorial on MP3 usage. This article is written in several languages: English, German, Spanish, French and Dutch. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:35:33 +0100