Microcontroller projects

last updated: 2025-04-30

AVR, ESP, Pico, STM32

First this page was dedicated to AVR® controller from ATMEL®. The projects were in German and mostly Assembler. In meantime I often use Arduino so other controller that can directly be programmed in Arduino as Cortex-M4 (Teensy3) or ESP8266 (Wemos) are found in new projects. Even as my English isn't perfect I switched the language so more people are able to use the information on these pages (older projects are still in German).

I can't guaranty a faultless project, so using the information is at one's own risk.

SmartyReader: Reading Luxemburgish Smartmeter Port P1


	The P1 port of the Luxembourgish smartmeters (Smarty) is encrypted. Because of the spare information it was challenging to get the data (in 2017). Is use the MQTT protocoll to publish the data and a Raspi with Python to create a homepage with graphics. The µC board is a Wemos D1 mini board (ESP8266) to publish over Wifi or Ethernet or LoRa (LoRaWAN). Older versions (now archived) are a board with a Teensy 3.6 microcontroller reading 5 smartmeter and serial data from my rainwater tank with Ethernet and SD card (here) and a board reading the LED of the Smarty (here).

The P1 port of the Luxembourgish smartmeters (Smarty) is encrypted. Because of the spare information it was challenging to get the data (in 2017). Is use the MQTT protocoll to publish the data and a Raspi with Python to create a homepage with graphics. The µC board is a Wemos D1 mini board (ESP8266) to publish over Wifi or Ethernet or LoRa (LoRaWAN).

Older versions (now archived) are a board with a Teensy 3.6 microcontroller reading 5 smartmeter and serial data from my rainwater tank with Ethernet and SD card (here) and a board reading the LED of the Smarty (here).

Tips and tricks for Teensy (m32u4, M4), Wemos (ESP8266)
and WEMOS (ESP32) and hardware


Tips and tricks for Teensy® USB Development Boards Using Timer1 and 3 in CTC mode, fast PWM, Teensy as I2C slave, ...	Tips and tricks for ESP8266 (Wemos D1 mini (pro)) Using external antenna, SPIFFS, Wemos as I2C master and as MQTT publisher, ...	Tips and tricks for ESP32 (MHETlLive) Not all pins are equal!! What pins should I use?

Arduino tips and tricks How to configure Arduino, UDEV rules...	Audio tips and tricks From WAV or MP3 to C: Tips and tricks to play audio files on microcontroller (C/C++).	Watchdog tips and tricks Feed the dog and use a watchdog reset counter...

ATmega328 low power and sleep tips and tricks Using an ATmega328P(B) Arduino chip with battery and LoRa for a long time.	Arduino code snippets Arduino C/C++ code snippet that I use quite often and that can simplify life :).	ESP NTP tips and tricks It's easy to use NTP (Network Time Protocol) time server with the ESP's.

Logic_level shifter tips and tricks Simple logic-level shifter can get unreliable over 100 kHz!	TRIAC tips and tricks TRIACs are needed to regulate power. Refresh your knowledge about TRIACS.

ESPToolbox


I work often with both microcontroller from Espressif, the ESP8266 and the ESP32. I'm a forgetful man, and often search quite a long time to find back pieces of code already written and used in my projects. So I wrote an Arduino library to hold all those pieces of code and named it ESPToolbox. The code is intended to work on ESP8266 and ESP32, and to help coding quicker with shorter and clearer code.

I work often with both microcontroller from Espressif, the ESP8266 and the ESP32. I'm a forgetful man, and often search quite a long time to find back pieces of code already written and used in my projects.

So I wrote an Arduino library to hold all those pieces of code and named it ESPToolbox. The code is intended to work on ESP8266 and ESP32, and to help coding quicker with shorter and clearer code.

Measuring the rainwater-tank level


	Again no rain for 6 weeks. Climate change should encourage us to take better care of our drinking water. To do this, we need to know our water reserves. The water level of a rainwater tank is measured here with an ultrasonic sensor and a pressure sensor. The environment in the tank is very hostile to electronics. I no special care is taken, sooner or later, the high humidity destroys the plug connections. Over the years, I have tried to make the connections less vulnerable. Here my current solution.

Again no rain for 6 weeks. Climate change should encourage us to take better care of our drinking water. To do this, we need to know our water reserves. The water level of a rainwater tank is measured here with an ultrasonic sensor and a pressure sensor.

The environment in the tank is very hostile to electronics. I no special care is taken, sooner or later, the high humidity destroys the plug connections. Over the years, I have tried to make the connections less vulnerable. Here my current solution.

Growing station


	It's spring and it's time to grow my little organic plants for the garden. This will happen indoors, but this year there is not much light from outside, so I decided to buy an LED Grow Light SF2000Pro from Spider Farmer. This panel is efficient and can be controlled from outside. For the beginning I added an environmental sensor (Bosch BME680) to measure temperature, humidity, (pressure) and gas, and three light sensors TSL2561 measure the light in lux and control the grow light. After this I added a fan to avoid the temperature to rise to high under the LED.

It's spring and it's time to grow my little organic plants for the garden. This will happen indoors, but this year there is not much light from outside, so I decided to buy an LED Grow Light SF2000Pro from Spider Farmer. This panel is efficient and can be controlled from outside. For the beginning I added an environmental sensor (Bosch BME680) to measure temperature, humidity, (pressure) and gas, and three light sensors TSL2561 measure the light in lux and control the grow light.

After this I added a fan to avoid the temperature to rise to high under the LED.

The NEO lamp


I found cool `.stl` files on thingiverse to print the well known pixar lamp luxo jr. I had still two spare neopixel rings from afafruit, waiting to be integrated in a project. And I needed a gift for XMas :). So here is `the neo lamp`. Using an ESP8266 with 16MB of Flash (WEMOS D1 mini pro) gives plenty of non used space to store a web page.

Waste bin reminder


	I liked the idea of an illuminated waste-bin to remind us to put out the rubbish bins. Meanwhile we have 5 different bins, so the task to remind the day and the bin is not as simple as it was years ago :).

Noctua fan control


My Victron Multiplus-II 48/8000/100 inverter are quite noisy. First I measured the noise with my Noise and Temperature Meter and monitored the noise with openHAB. To silence the Multiplus II, I added two quiet noctua fans per Multiplus. They get info about the DC current from an MQTT server and control the speed accordingly. The fans reduce the noise by 5-6 dBA.

Noise and Temperature Meter


	My Victron Multiplus Inverter are quite noisy and they produce heat. This can be fixed, but to see the effect of the fixes I wanted to monitor the noise (sound). So here is a quick and dirty project to do so. Quick, because I can use my ESP Toolbox library. I took the MQTT example with supported temperature sensor as base. This example does the biggest part. It provides MQTT, WiFi, fix IP address, OTA and debugging via UDP. Dirty because I used a breadboard.

My Victron Multiplus Inverter are quite noisy and they produce heat. This can be fixed, but to see the effect of the fixes I wanted to monitor the noise (sound).

So here is a quick and dirty project to do so. Quick, because I can use my ESP Toolbox library. I took the MQTT example with supported temperature sensor as base. This example does the biggest part. It provides MQTT, WiFi, fix IP address, OTA and debugging via UDP. Dirty because I used a breadboard.

EPROM Programmer for 27C512


In a school project, the goal is to refurbish two old drink dispenser and bring these old devices up to date, and allow them to function for several more years. As the firmware of one of the machines was outdated, we needed a copy of an EPROM 27C512, containing the firmware. After looking at the data sheet, it was obvious that a simple and good solution would be an Arduino based programmer. Other old programmer need a PC with parallel port and old software. Much too complicated. So I recycled an old ATmega644 project, added two DC-DC Boost converter and an I²C EEPROM, and ready was the EPROM Programmer. No PC and no shift register are needed.

In a school project, the goal is to refurbish two old drink dispenser and bring these old devices up to date, and allow them to function for several more years. As the firmware of one of the machines was outdated, we needed a copy of an EPROM 27C512, containing the firmware.
After looking at the data sheet, it was obvious that a simple and good solution would be an Arduino based programmer. Other old programmer need a PC with parallel port and old software. Much too complicated.
So I recycled an old ATmega644 project, added two DC-DC Boost converter and an I²C EEPROM, and ready was the EPROM Programmer. No PC and no shift register are needed.

NUM or CAPS lock indicator


	My new keyboard has no `NUM` lock LED. I have still a bunch unused Teensy 2.0. So let's use one to indicate if `NUM` or `CAPS` lock are activated.

MQTT OLED Monitor


I had some spare monochrome OLED displays from an old project. OLED display are are getting cheaper. They need less power, are brighter and have a greater temperature range then LCDs. The displays are used to show MQTT data from my new Energy Storage System (ESS) from Victron (3 phase 24 kVA). More infos soon on .

Direct Digital Synthesis DDS with microcontroller


	DDS is a cool thing. To understand how it works is even cooler. So I wrote a little tutorial about DDS (for myself and others :)) . Naturally including software to make it work with an Arduino Uno and a Teensy 4.0.

Fitness Timer: Do your fitness!


"Gymnastics to the urn". Men are not multitasking. So breathing and counting the seconds is not possible. So use this "Fitness Timer" :). Three tones are generated. The first darker tone starts the exercise. After e.g. 45 s a brighter tone indicates that the repeat is finished. After a pause (e.g. 15 s), the next repeat is done. After x (e.g. 3) repeats a triple tone indicates the end of the exercise.

"Gymnastics to the urn". Men are not multitasking. So breathing and counting the seconds is not possible. So use this "Fitness Timer" :).

Three tones are generated. The first darker tone starts the exercise. After e.g. 45 s a brighter tone indicates that the repeat is finished. After a pause (e.g. 15 s), the next repeat is done. After x (e.g. 3) repeats a triple tone indicates the end of the exercise.

NeoPixel Clock 2: with minimalistic design :)


	A NeoPixel ring with 60 RGBW LED's connected to an ESP8266 gives us a clock using NTP server to get the accurate time. No external RTC needed. The time lib that is integrated in the ESP8266 core gets the time from an NTP server and runs ab internal RTC. Our hardware is reduced to the strict minimum. Only a 74HCT125 IC is needed as logic-level shifter. A light sensor can be used to dim the LED's at night. The design stays minimalistic.

A NeoPixel ring with 60 RGBW LED's connected to an ESP8266 gives us a clock using NTP server to get the accurate time. No external RTC needed.

The time lib that is integrated in the ESP8266 core gets the time from an NTP server and runs ab internal RTC. Our hardware is reduced to the strict minimum. Only a 74HCT125 IC is needed as logic-level shifter. A light sensor can be used to dim the LED's at night. The design stays minimalistic.

Garden watering: Activate valves per MQTT over WiFi using an ESP8266


In the last three summers we had months with no rain. Even my 10m³ rainwater tank did not suffice to provide water. But the vegetable garden must be regularly supplied with water. To save water, I use drip hoses, and to simplify my life, I have automated the control of the irrigation. An ESP8266 (WEMOS D1 mini pro V2 connects us with the network over WiFi and MQTT is used to give commands and get data.

In the last three summers we had months with no rain. Even my 10m³ rainwater tank did not suffice to provide water. But the vegetable garden must be regularly supplied with water. To save water, I use drip hoses, and to simplify my life, I have automated the control of the irrigation.

An ESP8266 (WEMOS D1 mini pro V2 connects us with the network over WiFi and MQTT is used to give commands and get data.

Pico HAT: Connect your Raspi with the Pico through I²C

The Pico connects to all the sensors and actuators and can act in Real Time. The Raspi can do the rest (Wifi, Webserver, MQTT, Display ...). The Pico is an I²C slave to the Raspi and the Raspi sends commands with a Python script to the Pico. An Arduino program on the Pico answers with sensor data or by switching an actuator.

As the Arduino IDE runs on a Raspi, both device (Raspi and Pico) can be reprogrammed via VNC from any computer, and I find this pretty amazing :).


	The Pico connects to all the sensors and actuators and can act in `Real Time`. The Raspi can do the rest (Wifi, Webserver, MQTT, Display ...). The Pico is an I²C slave to the Raspi and the Raspi sends commands with a Python script to the Pico. An Arduino program on the Pico answers with sensor data or by switching an actuator. As the Arduino IDE runs on a Raspi, both device (Raspi and Pico) can be reprogrammed via VNC from any computer, and I find this pretty amazing :).

GHIDRA: Bare-metal ARM reverse engineering


Ghidra is a free and open source reverse engineering tool, developed by the National Security Agency (NSA). The sources (java and C++) were published in 2019 on GitHub. We will use Ghidra to reverse engineer microcontroller code from an STM32 microcontroller. This is called "bare-metal" because the µC has no operating system and no driver. The application runs directly on the hardware.

The not completely useless box


	XMas again :). So here is the `not completely useless box`. All the material are recycled or were part of my basic electronics stock. The idea and parts of the code are from this page: https://www.labdomotic.com/2017/10/24/youtube-useless-box-fai-da-te/. To ensure that the box is not completely useless, it has a 3D printed compartment for jewellery (right corner).

The NEO clock


I had a rest of a Neopixel stripe laying around (144 RGB LEDs/m), and one hour has 60 minutes, and Christmas on the doorstep :). So here is the neo clock with the following features: + cheap because 3D printed + internal RTC synchronized with NTP + sound + brightness sensor + mini photo wall with magnets + wall mount or stand + webserver and alarm clock possible

ESP programmer


	If you want to program bare ESP chips you can use this ESP programmer. It is not needed when using normal boards with USB header. They contain already a similar hardware as described here. To program or flash an ESP chip it needs to be placed in a mode where it will accept the new incoming program. Some circuits use two buttons to do this manually. We want to use the Arduino IDE and to do it automatically. For this we need two control lines from serial (TIA-232).

If you want to program bare ESP chips you can use this ESP programmer. It is not needed when using normal boards with USB header. They contain already a similar hardware as described here.
To program or flash an ESP chip it needs to be placed in a mode where it will accept the new incoming program. Some circuits use two buttons to do this manually. We want to use the Arduino IDE and to do it automatically. For this we need two control lines from serial (TIA-232).

Oscilloscope clock with Teensy 3.6 or ESP32 and internet time


Teensy 3.6 has an internal RTC (and crystal) and 2 DAC with 12 Bit. So no other hardware is needed then the Teensy-Board to create a nice oscilloscope clock. With an ESP8266 it synchronizes once a day with NTP. The new WEMOS32 (ESP32) has 2 DAC with 8 Bit and is able to get the time via Internet. All the magic is in the code. The Teensy is quick enough to calculate the needed points for the clock, so we can omit tables. The clock strokes are drawn from the circle line back and forth, so no ghost lines appear. Same thing for the second line and hands. 12 Bit gets a real sharp, steady nice image of the clock. The ESP32 needs tables so we can get a stable image.

Teensy 3.6 has an internal RTC (and crystal) and 2 DAC with 12 Bit. So no other hardware is needed then the Teensy-Board to create a nice oscilloscope clock. With an ESP8266 it synchronizes once a day with NTP.
The new WEMOS32 (ESP32) has 2 DAC with 8 Bit and is able to get the time via Internet.
All the magic is in the code. The Teensy is quick enough to calculate the needed points for the clock, so we can omit tables. The clock strokes are drawn from the circle line back and forth, so no ghost lines appear. Same thing for the second line and hands. 12 Bit gets a real sharp, steady nice image of the clock. The ESP32 needs tables so we can get a stable image.

Fine dust: Measuring particulate matter


	In Stuttgart/Germany there exists the OK Lab Stuttgart. There goal is to promote transparency development, open data and citizen science. There project luftdaten.info helps to measure fine dust with cheap but performant self-built sensors. Luftdaten.info generates a continuously updated particular matter map from the transmitted data. Fine dust becomes visible. Here we build our own (slightly modified) sensor.

In Stuttgart/Germany there exists the OK Lab Stuttgart. There goal is to promote transparency development, open data and citizen science. There project luftdaten.info helps to measure fine dust with cheap but performant self-built sensors. Luftdaten.info generates a continuously updated particular matter map from the transmitted data. Fine dust becomes visible. Here we build our own (slightly modified) sensor.

Creative-Lab IoT-board


Everyone is talking about IoT and MQTT. MQTT is a publisher/subscriber protocol and it is quite simple to implement this protocol on two Wemos D1 mini boards (ESP8266) over Wifi. To read the impulse LEDs of my new five smartmeters (who aren't smart at all for the moment), I needed 5 microcontroller interrupts. This was difficult with only Wemos board, because there weren't enough interrupt pins. So I decided to combine the Teensy 2.0 board (mega32u4) with the Wemos-board. Features: The board can be powered either with the USB mini or the USB micro connector. EIA232 of Teensy or Wemos can be used (selectable with jumper). I2C Bus connector, pull ups if needed (jumper) and header for I2C RTC (DS3231 on photo) 2 EIA485 header if max485 (or 487) is soldered (Wemos or Teensy) Up to 10 Interrupt pins, 9 AD pins, PWM Pins etc.

Everyone is talking about IoT and MQTT. MQTT is a publisher/subscriber protocol and it is quite simple to implement this protocol on two Wemos D1 mini boards (ESP8266) over Wifi. To read the impulse LEDs of my new five smartmeters (who aren't smart at all for the moment), I needed 5 microcontroller interrupts. This was difficult with only Wemos board, because there weren't enough interrupt pins. So I decided to combine the Teensy 2.0 board (mega32u4) with the Wemos-board.
Features:

The board can be powered either with the USB mini or the USB micro connector.
EIA232 of Teensy or Wemos can be used (selectable with jumper).
I2C Bus connector, pull ups if needed (jumper) and header for I2C RTC (DS3231 on photo)
2 EIA485 header if max485 (or 487) is soldered (Wemos or Teensy)
Up to 10 Interrupt pins, 9 AD pins, PWM Pins etc.

Creative-lab space mining rover: Snyder 1


	Der Rover lässt sich über das Wifi Netz mit einem PC oder Handy steuern. Er wurde für das creative-lab entwickelt und schon 35x auf dem Luxemburgischen Makerfest aufgebaut. The rover is WLAN controlled by a computer or phone. It was developed for the creative-lab. and was build 35 times on the 2 Luxemburgish Makerfest.

Creative-Lab RT soldering station


A cheap and compact SMD solder station built around a Teensy 2.0. It uses active soldering tips from Weller (RT series) including a heating element and a temperature sensor (standard 3.5 mm jack). The SMD soldering station has a very fast heat up time.

Efficient alarm clock with low electromagnetic radiation,
big display and music player


	Yes I'm getting older! So I needed an alarm clock with bright LEDs to be seen in the night without glasses. Features of the clock: capacitive power supply to reduce electric smog big and efficient 1.2" 4-digit 7-segment display (I2C) Teensy 3.1 board with 12 Bit DAC (SD-card wav player) and internal Real Time Clock (RTC) Efficient I2C class D amplifier (89% efficient with 8Ω speaker at 1.5 Watt) DCF77 receiver two rotary Encoder with switch for easy and intuitive control state machine programmed with arduino (teensyduino) for easy changments in the software

Yes I'm getting older! So I needed an alarm clock with bright LEDs to be seen in the night without glasses. Features of the clock:

capacitive power supply to reduce electric smog
big and efficient 1.2" 4-digit 7-segment display (I2C)
Teensy 3.1 board with 12 Bit DAC (SD-card wav player) and internal Real Time Clock (RTC)
Efficient I2C class D amplifier (89% efficient with 8Ω speaker at 1.5 Watt)
DCF77 receiver
two rotary Encoder with switch for easy and intuitive control
state machine programmed with arduino (teensyduino) for easy changments in the software

Arduino libraries for NT7534/SSD1322 in parallel mode or with I2C


Arduino libraries for monochrome displays with an NT7534 or SSD1322 chip in parallel mode or over I2C. GTK-281 with NT7534 in parallel mode GTK-281 with NT7534 over I2C OLED with SSD1322 over I2C

Archived Projects: No Longer Maintained

Kleine USB-Bibliothek für ATMEL®-USB-AVRs

Die Kleine USB-Bibliothek in Bascom, C und Assembler wurde erweitert. Sie unterstützt nun die Controller: ATmega32u4, ATmega32u2, AT90USB162 und AT90USB1287, und kann leicht an andere Controller angepasst werden. Interessante und kostengünstige Boards um die Bibliothek zu nutzen sind zum Beispiel das Entwicklungsboard AT90USBKEY von ATMEL mit dem AT90USB1287 und das Mikrocontroller-Board Teensy 2.0 mit dem ATmega32u4. Die neue Version der Bibliothek lässt sich jetzt besonders leicht einbinden und programmieren. Die Bibliothek existiert in den zwei Varianten: HID (Datentransfer, Tastatur, Maus) und VENDOR (schneller Datentransfer, USB-EIA232).


Kleine USB-HID-Bibliothek Die HID-Klasse ermöglicht eine Kommunikation unter Windows ohne spezifische Treiber! Die Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit (64 kByte/s) reicht für die meisten Anwendungen. Für den Datentransfer stehen zwei Endpunkte (Buffer) mit je 64 Byte zur Verfügung, die in festen Zeitabständen (1ms, Interrupt-Transfers) abgefragt werden. Es stehen zusätzlich zur normalen Datenkommunikations-Firmware auch Beispielprogramme zur Emulation einer Maus oder einer Tastatur zur Verfügung.
Kleine (schnelle) USB-VENDOR-Bibliothek Will man größere Datenmengen schneller (bis 1216 kByte/s) übertragen, so kann man Bulk-Transfers nutzen. Allerdings ist die Bus-Bandbreite nicht garantiert, so dass diese Lösung für zeitkritische Anwendungen nicht geeignet ist. Am Bus sollten nicht zu viele Geräte angeschlossen sein. Für die Bulk-Transfers wird eine VENDOR-Klasse (herstellerspezifische Klasse) genutzt. Auch hier stehen zwei Endpunkte (Buffer) mit je 64 Byte zur Verfügung. Die Bibliothek kann aber leicht auf bis zu 6 Endpunkte erweitert werden. Die Bibliothek benötigt Treiber unter Windows. Der Zugriff erfolgt über die "libusb" sowohl unter Linux, wie auch unter Windows. Zusätzlich zur normalen Datenkommunikations-Firmware gibt es auch eine experimentelle Firmware zur Emulation einer seriellen Schnittstelle (EIA232).

Kleine USB-HID-Bibliothek

Die HID-Klasse ermöglicht eine Kommunikation unter Windows ohne spezifische Treiber! Die Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit (64 kByte/s) reicht für die meisten Anwendungen. Für den Datentransfer stehen zwei Endpunkte (Buffer) mit je 64 Byte zur Verfügung, die in festen Zeitabständen (1ms, Interrupt-Transfers) abgefragt werden. Es stehen zusätzlich zur normalen Datenkommunikations-Firmware auch Beispielprogramme zur Emulation einer Maus oder einer Tastatur zur Verfügung.

Kleine (schnelle) USB-VENDOR-Bibliothek

Will man größere Datenmengen schneller (bis 1216 kByte/s) übertragen, so kann man Bulk-Transfers nutzen. Allerdings ist die Bus-Bandbreite nicht garantiert, so dass diese Lösung für zeitkritische Anwendungen nicht geeignet ist. Am Bus sollten nicht zu viele Geräte angeschlossen sein. Für die Bulk-Transfers wird eine VENDOR-Klasse (herstellerspezifische Klasse) genutzt. Auch hier stehen zwei Endpunkte (Buffer) mit je 64 Byte zur Verfügung. Die Bibliothek kann aber leicht auf bis zu 6 Endpunkte erweitert werden. Die Bibliothek benötigt Treiber unter Windows. Der Zugriff erfolgt über die "libusb" sowohl unter Linux, wie auch unter Windows. Zusätzlich zur normalen Datenkommunikations-Firmware gibt es auch eine experimentelle Firmware zur Emulation einer seriellen Schnittstelle (EIA232).

Thermostat hacks


	Back in 2010 we used HR20 thermostats from Honeywell (Rondostat) for a school project. They contained an ATmega169 controller from Atmel, and a team from microcontroller.net hacked the thermostat and published the results (in German). Here we will reprogram the thermostat with Arduino and add Lora radio functions

LeafCANlog


LeafCANlog is a CAN bus (OBD2) logger and display for the EV Nissan Leaf. It's build around an AT90CAN128 and uses a VDrive2 (FTDI) to log on USB-Sticks.

AVR experiments board MICES2

NEW! Convert your MICES2 board to Arduino


	Low-Cost-Experimentierboard für AVR-Controller mit folgenden Eigenschaften: Einseitige Platine (200 mm x 150 mm, 11 Drahtbrücken), gut lötbar, Dateien frei verfügbar Versorgung wahlweise über USB oder über externes Netzteil Verbindung der Baugruppen mit Drahtbrücken (oder flexiblen Steckbrücken) Integriertes Programmiergerät (USB, Kompatibel zum AVRISP mk2) 16 LEDs, 4 Taster (davon 2 entprellt), 8 Schalter, 4-stelliges Siebensegmentdisplay Serielle Schnittstelle, I2C-Schnittstelle, 1-Wire-Schnittstelle D/A-Wandler, Mikrofonschaltung, Audio-Verstärker, 2 Potentiometer 0 V -5 V externes EEPROM, externe Echtzeituhr (RTC) Anschlüsse für Matrixtastatur, Schrittmotor (Treiber), LCD Feld mit Lötaugen um die Platine zu erweitern Schrittweiser Ausbau der Platine (beliebige Bestückung) Neben dem ATmega32A kann zusätzlich der für das Programmiergerät verwendete ATmega32U4 in der Schaltung verwendet werden (2 Controller!), zum Beispiel um Daten über USB an den PC zu senden (siehe: Kleine USB-Bibliothek mit dem Teensy 2.0.

Low-Cost-Experimentierboard für AVR-Controller mit folgenden Eigenschaften:

Einseitige Platine (200 mm x 150 mm, 11 Drahtbrücken), gut lötbar, Dateien frei verfügbar
Versorgung wahlweise über USB oder über externes Netzteil
Verbindung der Baugruppen mit Drahtbrücken (oder flexiblen Steckbrücken)
Integriertes Programmiergerät (USB, Kompatibel zum AVRISP mk2)
16 LEDs, 4 Taster (davon 2 entprellt), 8 Schalter, 4-stelliges Siebensegmentdisplay
Serielle Schnittstelle, I2C-Schnittstelle, 1-Wire-Schnittstelle
D/A-Wandler, Mikrofonschaltung, Audio-Verstärker, 2 Potentiometer 0 V -5 V
externes EEPROM, externe Echtzeituhr (RTC)
Anschlüsse für Matrixtastatur, Schrittmotor (Treiber), LCD
Feld mit Lötaugen um die Platine zu erweitern
Schrittweiser Ausbau der Platine (beliebige Bestückung)
Neben dem ATmega32A kann zusätzlich der für das Programmiergerät verwendete ATmega32U4 in der Schaltung verwendet werden (2 Controller!), zum Beispiel um Daten über USB an den PC zu senden (siehe: Kleine USB-Bibliothek mit dem Teensy 2.0.

Selbstbau USB Programmieradapter


Unter Windows 7-10 nutzt man besser ein Teensy-Board mit einem ATmega32u4, das mit Software aus dem Lufa-Projekt von Dean Camera programmiert wurde.

DIY cellphone hacks


	After showing an article of a DIY cellphone in the German MAKE journal to my eldest girl, we had to build two of them. Soldering was no problem with my new RT soldering station. The purchased LCD Displays where of very poor quality (the PCBs were too thin and bended, and so the display had bad contact). We decided to tweak the phone an use an 128*128 OLED Display. The housing is printed with PLA. The arduino file had to be adapted.

After showing an article of a DIY cellphone in the German MAKE journal to my eldest girl, we had to build two of them. Soldering was no problem with my new RT soldering station. The purchased LCD Displays where of very poor quality (the PCBs were too thin and bended, and so the display had bad contact). We decided to tweak the phone an use an 128*128 OLED Display. The housing is printed with PLA. The arduino file had to be adapted.

CO₂² "The mobile measurement station"


Mobile Messstation zum Erfassen von CO₂, Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit. Automatisches Logging auf USB-Stick. PC Software um im stationären Betrieb auf dem PC zu loggen und Graphiken zu erstellen. Kommunikation mit dem PC per USB (Teensy2 mit USB-Bibliothek).

Teensylogger


	Der Teensylogger dient dazu den Energiverbrauch eines Einfamilienhauses zu erfassen. Er loggt dazu bis zu 8 S0-Schnittstellen und kann im Schaltschrank eingebaut werden. Die Daten können zum Beispiel im Minutentakt über die serielle Schnittstelle ausgelesen werden. Zusätzlich werden die Daten als Viertelstundenwerte für einen Monat und als Tageswerte für über ein Jahr in einem externen EEprom abgespeichert.

Der Teensylogger dient dazu den Energiverbrauch eines Einfamilienhauses zu erfassen. Er loggt dazu bis zu 8 S0-Schnittstellen und kann im Schaltschrank eingebaut werden. Die Daten können zum Beispiel im Minutentakt über die serielle Schnittstelle ausgelesen werden. Zusätzlich werden die Daten als Viertelstundenwerte für einen Monat und als Tageswerte für über ein Jahr in einem externen EEprom abgespeichert.

SA1200p (CO2 device) hacks


All Luxembourgish school classrooms got CO2 devices due to Covid. Unfortunately this devices are not produced in Europe, they are not very smart nor IoT, nor are they well suited to use in a classroom. So let's change this and get them at least smarter :).

First trials with STM32 microcontroller


	While investigating some IoT devices, I found that quite often microcontroller from STMicroelectronics are used, especially the STM32 ARM Cortex (M0, M3, M4) processors. Here I documented my first trials with these µC. My closing claim is that I will not use these chips for my own projects.

USBammeter


Das USBammeter misst Spannung, Strom und Leistung am USB-Anschluss und gibt die Daten über ein LCD-Display und zusätzlich über die serielle Schnittstelle aus.