4x4x4 LED Cube With Arduino Pro Mini – ATmega328 AVR Microcontroller

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There are plenty of LED cube projects available all over the web. I’ve done some research to learn more about the logic of the hardware and software. However, I didn’t want to copy any of those projects; I wanted to create my own. First I wanted to use one of the PIC24 microcontrollers but I decided to go with an ATmega328 – found them very cheap on eBay. The target was to use the least amount of I/O pins with the maximum functionality I could possibly squeeze out of the microcontroller to leave free pins for later development.

4x4x4 LED Cube With Arduino Pro Mini – ATmega328

Ultrasonic Distance Sensor with PIC16F630 Microcontroller

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The LED distance warning sensor includes a HC-SR04 ultrasonic module connected to a PIC16F630 microcontroller. This simple circuit flashes the diode when an object is within 1 metre with the relevant rate of its distance; the closer the faster.

Raspberry Pi Web Server – RGB LED Control Over The Internet

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This Java application is to demonstrate how to control a tri-colour (RGB) LED from the internet. Tomcat servlet is running on a Raspberry Pi and the user can interfere with the Pi’s GPIO’s (General Purpose Input Output) from the web browser. A complete hardware and software setup is included in the write-up.

Controlling The Raspberry Pi's GPIOs From The Internet