Computer Interface Circuits
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The circuit can be easily built to a small plastic box with telephone connectors in both ends. The circuit takes about 10-20 mA current, so if the circuit is not in use all the time it is best to use batteries. You can also use small wall transformer to.... -
This simple PC Smartcard reader was shown in Electronics Design magazine February 17, 1997 issue on page 172 in the ideas for design section. The circuit is designed by Jose Carlos Cossio and is based on simple smartcard reader design shown on the same.... -
This article describes an I-V curve tracer circuit that uses a computer for display and control. The circuit is controlled via the PC parallel port. Software is provided, written in BASIC, to control the measurement and display the results on the monitor..... -
PC parallel port can be very useful I/O channel for connecting your own circuits to PC. The PC`s parallel port can be used to perform some very amusing hardware interfacing experiments. The port is very easy to use when you first understand some basic.... -
Using the simple circuit in Figure 1, you can control the light intensity in your room or work area from your PC. The heart of the circuit is a low-power D/A converter that converts digital words from a computer's parallel port to analog-voltage signals. To.... -
This project was begun as a means to charge and cycle NiCad batteries but has become a versatile tool for experiments requiring either a controlled voltage up to +30V and/or a current of +/- 2.5 Amps. If all you want to do is charge and recycle NiCad.... -
The circuit in Figure 1 controls 32 voltage-output channels from the parallel port of a PC. The circuit comprises eight DAC7615 quad voltage-output, serial-data programmable, 12-bit DACs. The controlling PC individually programs each of the 32 DAC channels,.... -
The Dallas Semiconductor (www.dalsemi.com) DS1722 digital thermometer allows measurement resolution as fine as 0.0625°C in digital form and with linear response. The accuracy specification is only 2°C, but you can improve this figure by careful calibration..... -
You can use the parallel port of your PC and a few additional components to generate a powerful, easy-to-use arbitrary-waveform generator. By using a Visual Basic program with the circuit in Figure 1, you can generate any waveform (for example, sinusoid,.... -
This is a very easy and fun to build project that will allow you to control up to eight external devices through your computer`s parallel port. You may for instance control different appliances such as lamps, computers, printers, tv sets, radios, music.... -
In battery-powered applications in which power management is key, a microprocessor may adjust its core voltage corresponding to an increase or a decrease in clock speed, allowing full processing power when necessary but not wasting excess power when idle..... -
The LT®1180 RS232 transceiver includes a charge pump which produces low ripple supplies with suffi - cient surplus current to drive a CMOS A to D converter and precision voltage reference. The circuit in Figure 1 operates from a single 5V supply, and draws a.... -
If you are searching for the 8255 datasheet, click here. Another project describing the 8255 interface to PC is here... -
This board is designed specifically to control the 5-motor Robot Arm sold by Baycom Technologies. It has no input facilities, but it is less expensive than combining the I/O Board with the Relay sub-Board. If you need lots of relays and no input, this is the.... -
Connecting a LCD display to your personal computer is an easy job. Displaying data from your PC to a LCD can be proven very exiting, so give it a try and build your own today! In this article we will use a 2 lines x 16 characters LCD display with Hitachi.... -
Here is a diagram of the internals of the MAX232A. It shows a double charge pump voltage doubler and a +10v to -10v voltage inverter. The voltages output are used to generate the RS-232 compliant signals. The MAX232A has provisions for two serial ports on.... -
Clean the surface to be glued components to the printed circuit. Use a sheet of very fine sandpaper to smooth bumps fortunes. First attach the resistors and diodes. Pay attention to the polarity of the diodes! Then glue the two finished watching the first.... -
The "LCD2LPT with Lirc" circuit is the compilation of two circuits found on the net on a single board. The first is LCD to LPT interface and the second an IR remote control interface using http://www.lirc.org program. The main circuit for LCD connection to.... -
This project is aimed at building a small circuit that fits into a standard USB Visor cradle and that adds RS-232 capabilities. Note that Handspring sells a serial cradle but if you have more time than money, do it yourself and you will have a 2 in 1 cradle !.. -
This interface circuit provides electrically isolated RS422 communication interface to the PC serial port the isolation circuit protect the PC from direct connection to hazardous voltages... -
This interface circuit provides electrically isolated RS485 communication inteface to the PC serial port the isolation circuit protect the PC from direct connection to hazardous voltages... -
This self powered interface circuit electrically isolates the TxD and RxD lines from the PC serial port and protect the PC from direct connection to hazardous voltages. The isolator is intended to provide electrical isolation between a computer and the.... -
The following circuit are provded here to give your idea how the overvoltage protecton circuits really work and how you can easily add some protection to your circuits. To make theose circuit really effective need careful component choosing and good.... -
The circuit shown will convert logic level voltages to and from RS232 serial voltages levels. For basic serial comms between a Microchip PIC and a PC or other device you generally only need to connect the Gnd, Txd and Rxd lines. This little circuit.... -
This is the basic interface I used as part of my Computerized Room project. This is the parallel interface only. The 8 bit input card can be found, along with the rest of the project, at Computerize Your Room/House. This interface, as well as the other two.... -
Here is an inexpensive way to get slow-moving analog data directly into a spreadsheet on your computer! A simple circuit connects to a serial port and a short Qbasic program gathers and saves 12 bit data to a file. A spreadsheet automatically retrieves the.... -
The purpose of the terminal interface is to allow my computer to communicate with Minimum Mass Wireless Coupler equipped devices using a terminal emulator program. Consequently, the Base Unit is basically an RS-232 interface and Minimum Mass Wireless.... -
This is a general purpose serial port infrared receiver. With the help of appropriate software (see below) you can control different functions of your pc from a distance. For example you can control your home cinema settings (volume, play, pause, stop etc),.... -
This article is about a software controlled, parallel port-interfacing 8-channel Pulse-Width-Modulated fan controller. I'll admit that the electronic part of it isn't very advanced, but hopefully the idea of "interfacing" might be interesting. My old.... -
This is the latest version of the Improved Infrared Receiver with Status LED which can control any desktop PC with an ordinary remote control. The project comes along with a small PCB in order to save space. It connects to the serial port as stated in the.... -
We have developed a powerful yet inexpensive and easy to construct experiment control system. The construction of the system together with the control software is described here. All circuits and software are free to download and use for nonprofit. The.... -
Channel Relay Board is a simple and convenient way to interface 8 relays for switching application in your project. Input - 12 VDC @ 336 mA. Output - eight SPDT relay. Relay specification - 5 A @ 230 VAC. Trigger level - 2 ~ 5 VDC. Berg pins for connecting....
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This project fits more for custom made battery casing that can have more space to hide things inside. This switch with few alterations can be used for any other project as well but is designed based on e-bike needs! This project use a clever functionality of.... -
The circuit described here uses ultrasonic oscillations and operates based on the propagation velocity of these oscillations in the air. Thus, we can easily determine the distance of two points if the time within which the wave travels this distance is.... -
Sometimes the precious metals are hidden too deep and are not detected except with complicated devices. In many cases, however, small pieces of precious metal buried near the surface can be detected by relatively simple means. Everyone is very attractive to.... -
Many times for various reasons we forget or can not water the plants that we have in our homes. And many humidity sensors units just notify us with a beeping sound or with a flashing light, that the pot needs watering. But what if we are away from home? This.... -
The principle behind a metal detector is really very simple. Proof of this is the circuit that follows, in which it proves that the construction of a metal detector can be done in the minute, with few components that we find very easily everywhere. With the.... -
The sub-harmonic bass generator is a sound producing unit for guitars. The sound it produces looks very much like that of the bass guitar. The octave generator is sometimes quite unusual since it does not produce any of the usual ways of coloring the sound,.... -
In the past the sounding (sea bottom measurement) was done with the "bullet", that is, with a heavy lead object that the seamen plucked into the sea hung from a calibrated rope. As soon as the "bullet" reached the bottom, the depth appeared directly from the.... -
This Amplifier was designed to have the following specifications: Distortion less than 0.1% at full power of 100W even at 20KHz. Power has to be attributed to an extended bandwidth. The output transistors must be protected against short circuits. The power.... -
A series of LEDs serve to alert the gardener when plants need water. Using two conventional digital integrated LEDs and a series of LEDs, we make a very useful device for gardening. The device detects the amount of water in the pot and alerts the grower.....
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