Sunday, August 10th, 2008
FreeRTOS is an open-source realtime operating system for microcontrollers. The ATMega644 of ATMEL provides 64KB of flash program memory in a DIY-friendly 40-pin PDIP package. Read on for how to combine both to my new software development platform.
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Sunday, February 4th, 2007
During the upgrade of my Arduino, I used the mySmartUSB programmer - initially on my Windows box, but since it's USB and it mimics the AVR910 protocol, you can use it with avrdude on your Mac. Here's how.
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
I just upgraded by little Arduino to the ATMega168 - and basically doubled the memory. But, be warned: This is not a hassle-free procedure if you have not some experience with microcontrollers.
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Saturday, January 6th, 2007
The sketch for decoding the time radio signal DCF77 is greatly improved: I use interrupts for handling the signal and a backup timer has been added.
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
As CosineKitty pointed out: My Arduino timer interrupt code did not work because the Prescaler bits were not set correctly.
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