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A PIC24 Dev Board from Microchip - brianhanley Wednesday, 22 May 2013 01:03 [5 replies]
Voltmeter Ammeter DIY - christopher20f Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:24 [0 replies]
Read 10 or more switches using only two I/O pins o... - jon chandler Tuesday, 21 May 2013 17:56 [0 replies]
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Recent Articles

Read 10 or more switches using only two I/O pins of a microcontroller +

Aruna Rubasinghe - February 28, 2013 This is a repost from EDN Magazine's Design Ideas There are several ways to read multiple switch inputs using a reduced number of microcontroller-unit (MCU)...

Connect a 4×3 matrix keyboard to a microcontroller using two I/O pins +

Aruna Rubasinghe - May 8, 2013 This is a repost from EDN Magazine's Design Ideas Matrix keyboards are common as an input device in microcontroller-based projects. A conventional way of connecting a...

From EDN: One I/O line drives shift register with strobe +

Zoran Mijanovic & Nedjeljko Lekic - March 28, 2013 This is a repost from EDN Magazine's Design Ideas. This Design Idea shows how a single microcontroller port can drive a lot of output lines through...

Eagle Board Layout Assistant +

Creating a circuit board to fit a specific enclosure can be a challenge even though vendors are often providing drawings with the recommended board dimensions. Many enclosures use boards shaped...

SMT Protoboard Compendium - An Ongoing Project +

SMT Prototype Board Compendium Many chips are only available in surface mount (SMT) packages and they are getting ever smaller as the drive towards miniaturization continues. This makes it tough...