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DTMF Decoder with LCD Display

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008


The DTMF decoder can be directly connected to a Serial port to view the digits in HyperTerminal on a computer. The decoder stores the last 234 received digits in EEPROM. The contents of EEPROM can be viewed on the LCD screen via two scroll buttons. Total power consumption is 12mA. The DTMF decoder has two [...]

Phone Line Controller by PIC16F84

Monday, July 7th, 2008


It might be “yet another” «device» controller that operates over phone-line, but this one works for sure The task was to build a device that connects to the phone line and has a relay as an output switch. It should also sense if the connected «consumer» is turned-on or off and report to the [...]

FANCY LEDS by 16F628

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008


The idea of this project came from my youngest son. He was dreaming of a small tool able to write symbols or pictures on a screen. As a graphic LCD (even bought at Crownhill ) was too expensive (or too easy??), the solution adopted was to pilot a matrix of Leds. This way, with [...]