Solar Recorder

F84 Miniature Real-Time Controller

Build a simple real-time controller with PIC16F84 running at low power X-tal 32,768Hz. Daily scheduler for 6-channel resided in 64-byte EEPROM can easily be preprogrammed using Nigel PicProg. RTC2.C provides user programmable set current time without the need of recompilation. Fixed bug on...

Electronic Die with PIC16F84

Built using a PIC16F84, about 4 hours worth of code and a few bits on a breadboard. This was the first time I've worked with PIC's so it was a learning exercise. I started with the 'Hello World' microcontroller equivalent i.e. Blinking LED, then tried the 'Knight Rider' sequencing LEDs, and then...

Night Light Saver (PIC12C508)

A Microchip PIC12C508 8-pin CMOS Microcontroller turns a night light on and off with preset time everyday. Save Energy, No EMI, No Battery, Built-in Lamp Fixture, and Peak Shaving. It`s time for 8-pin microcontroller Microchip PIC12C508, the SAVER V3.2, my latest design of a device that turns a...

F84-Programmer

Build a low-cost and very simple serial programmer for a PIC16F84 Microchip Flash Microcontroller. Below picture is my personal writer for F84 chip, it works very nice with Nigel WPicProg V1.20.

Clock using analogue multimeters ( PIC16F628A )

The Multimeter Clock consists of three multimeters, the first meter displays hours, the second displays minutes and the last displays seconds. A 16F628A PIC microcontroller keeps track of time and outputs a calculated current to each meter to display the current time. The user enters the time by...

serial LCD interface for PIC

If you are developing applications for the PIC mcu, and miss debugging tools, or don't have enough I/O pins for a parallel LCD interface in your design, this serial interface can help printing debug messages and/or reduce the pin count. This version uses a Hitachi HD44780 compatible LCD module in...

PIC16F627A Touchpad circuit

This board layout was created using the SOIC version of a PIC16F627A without drawing the usual schematic first. Most of the part values are etched on the Layout. The SIP resistor packs I used are 10k ohm, some experimentation with this value may be useful. Three pins are provided for 5 volts,...

Timer and Interrupt

There are 4 timers in PIC18 which are timer0 to timer3. Timers are used when precise timing event need to be generated. Timers are usually used in conjunction with interrupt to keep the timing accurate. This guide will show an example of using timer0 to count a timer for every second. The circuit...