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Fading LEDs via PWM
         learn how to control the brightness of leds

EECE 343 Final FPGA Projects
         some example FPGA design using the up2 board

Xbee Wireless Servo Control
         control servo motors wirelessly with xbee wifi modules

DE0 Nano Intro Tutorial
         learn the basics needed to use the de0 nano

DE0 Nano VGA via FPGA Reborn
         the de0 nano fpga remake of the masochist's video card

TYMC: Album Artwork
         automatically get the album cover for your mp3's

TYMC: ID3 From Web
         plug all the holes in your MP3 ID3 tags

TYMC: Filename To ID3
         re-structure your mp3 collection with style

TYMC: File Structure
         organize your mp3 collection with style

Simple Touch Screen Interface
         build a resistive touch screen driver and interface

Build A DIY PS/2 Interface
         build a microcontroller based ps/2 interface

PIC Priority Interrupts
         learn how to give your interrupts priority

An Intro To Interrupts On A PIC
         an easy guide for learning about interrupts

PIC As SPI Master And Slave
         learn how to use spi on a pic

Animatronic Neck [DIY]
         build a neck for an animatronic head

Homemade Animatronic Mouth
         learn how to make your robot speak

[DIY] Animatronic Eyes
         building animatronic eyes for an animatronic face

DIY Animatronic Eyebrows
         give your robot some emotion with animatronic eyebrows

Wireless Communication Over IR
         ascii serial communication over infrared light streams

Dual Motor Control – SN754410
         quick and cheap dual motor control of speed and direction

Wireless Motor Controller
         easy wireless control of an led and a motor

Intro to Xbee: Build A Xbee Wireless Interface
         learn to use xbee for wireless communication

10 Amp H-Bridge For Motor Control
         build your own beefy dc motor controller

Homemade Breakout Board PCBs
         breadboard complex components easily

FPGA 512 Color VGA Controller
         a vga controller with 512 unique colors

Building A Simple Wireless Interface
         get rid of the need for wires

Simple USB Interface
         build a pic based usb interface

DIY RS232 Interface With A PIC
         interface with the serial port on your computer

PIC I2C Interface Tutorial
         3 wire communication at highspeeds

DIY 2 Layer PCB’s
         learn how to build 2 layer PCBs for your projects

16×2 LCD: Display Custom Characters
         create your own characters on a 16x2 lcd

Infrared IR Receiver
         receives IR commands from a direct tv remote control

Create NTSC Video Output With VHDL
         use an fpga to output ntsc video to a tv

Build A Digital Tachometer/RPM Counter
         build a tachometer to keep track of your rpms

Build A PSP LCD Interface
         learn how to display to a PSP LCD

DIY Stepper Motor Controller
         reliable stepper motor control in a diy pcb

Homemade PCB (Etching)
         build a pcb board with your bare hands

Simple Motor Optical Encoder
         build a simple-low cost optical encoder

Intro To Digital Timers
         learn about digital timers and the pic

VHDL Keyboard Input
         use vhdl to interface a cpld to a keyboard

Advanced VGA On A UP2
         make even cooler stuff appear on your monitor

The Accelerometer
         take input from an accelerometer and show some ouput

L298 Stepper Motor Control
         control a stepper motor with the l298 (l298hn)

Creating VGA With VHDL
         create vga signals with vhdl and the up2 board

The Music Equalizer Display
         make your own music equalizer display with a pic

L298 DC Motor Control
         control a dc motor with the l298 (l298hn)

A Simple File Server
         make a file server on your pc

A Simple VHDL Counter
         create a simple counter using vhdl with a cpld

An Introduction To VHDL
         a small tutorial on using vhdl with a cpld

An Introduction To Verilog
         a small tutorial on using verilog with a cpld

Altera’s UP2 Board
         learn about the up2 & create a 4-bit full adder

Build A CPLD Dev Board
         make your own cpld development board

Build A ByteBlaster
         build a cable so you can program your fpga/cpld

Interfacing A PIC To LCD (16×2)
         control an lcd display with a pic

The IR Range Sensor
         learn the basics of the sharp ir range sensor

Program the DE2 Board
         download a simple program to the de2 board

Programming the eBOX
         create & download an os image to the eBOX-II

The Altera DE2 Board
         a simple introduction for setting up the DE2 board

The eBOX-II Embedded PC
         learn the in's and out's of the eBOX-II

Stepper Motor Control
         control a stepper motor using an LMD18245

PIC Prototyping Basics
         build your own pic prototype development board

Servo Motor Control
         control a hi-tec hs-422 servo motor with a pic

DC Motor Control
         control a dc motor with a pic microcontroller

Programming The PIC
         learn how to program a pic with the tiny icd2

The PIC Microcontroller
         get the pic microcontroller talking to a desktop host