Category Archives: AVR

The 8-bit ATMega16/32/128

The 9DoF Razor IMU from Sparkfun

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Pranjal Chaubey

In one of the projects my team was working on at IIT Kanpur, we were supposed to conduct some ‘on-the-road’ tests on a parafoil. To measure the inertial parameters, we had to find out some cheap alternative to the costly … Continue reading →

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Micromouse and Me

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Pranjal Chaubey

In the October of 2006 (my 3rd Semester), I attended one month long workshop on the classic 8051 microcontroller. The seniors conducting the workshop encouraged us to apply the knowledge we have gained and participate in some college techfest. With … Continue reading →

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The Embedded System Tool Chain

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Pranjal Chaubey

Most of the projects listed in this website are based around a microcontroller. Once you design an embedded circuit around a microcontroller, you need to put in some intelligence by programming it and that’s when the term ‘Tool Chain’ kick … Continue reading →

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Infra Red Distance Ranger

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Pranjal Chaubey

For a pretty long time, the sensors that I used in my micromouse robots were ready made. Initially I used the dedicated micromouse sensors from TRI, then switched on to the more general purpose Sharp IR Distance Rangers and eventually … Continue reading →

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Atmel’s AVR ATMega16/32 based Development Board and the AVR Workshop

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Pranjal Chaubey

I took up this work as a side project when my final year in engineering started. By this time, I had done a lot of practical and applied work in the field of embedded systems and Atmel’s AVR ATMega was … Continue reading →

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Stepper Motor Current Chopper Drive

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Pranjal Chaubey

I generally use stepper motors as actuators in my robots. They are easy to drive, easy to control and very lazy. To make my robots (aka mice :-P) go fast, I thought that making some improvements with the software was … Continue reading →

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DC Motor Velocity Control, Robot Odometry and Path Planning

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Pranjal Chaubey

After completing my third year in engineering, I got my summer internship at ThinkLABS, a division of The Robotics Institute(TRI) @ IIT Bombay. It was a truly memorable and an eventful 😉 experience for me. From designing cute little robots to … Continue reading →

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