Cornell University AVR student projects Atmega

Hi All,
Even though I keep following this page from 2000, but I always forget the url and then google it for that.
So thought let me document it some where.
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/

I think I studied the basics of Atmega ( or any Micro controller ) from going through this page and reading the codes here.

At the end of academic year ECE476 Cornell University students produced about 40 new projects mostly based on Atmega32. As every year students have their responsibility to choose their own final project. So there you can find various interesting ideas and designs including video games, robots, MIDI synthesizers, clocks, speech recognitions and so on.
The best I liked is the prototype board for Atmega32 ( 40 Pin megas)


I have often surfed inside this pretty big knowledge base and found ideas, solutions and inspiration for my own designs.

USB devices in Linux

To find out which device is connected over USB in linux,
type at the command prompt
lsusb

[root@localhost ~]# lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:0084 Microsoft Corp. Basic Optical Mouse


To get more details about devices type

dmsg

KontrollerLab

The KontrollerLab is a tool which can be used for developing microcontroller software.

The KontrollerLab uses these tools to make developing easier:

• avr-gcc and helper programs to compile the C files, link the object files, and assemble the ASM files.
• uisp and
• avrdude to upload and download the programs
• built-in debugger for PC-only and in-circuit debugging, currently at an early stage [05/28/07]
• serial terminal embedded in the IDE to ease debugging
• kate as the editor embedded in the IDE

Project Site : http://www.cadmaniac.org/projectMain.php?projectName=kontrollerlab
Download Site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kontrollerlab/

The World's Fastest Indian

It so happened that I had been to a DVD store. Two young guys were talking among other about a movie.. named The World's Fastest Indian They first decided to take that DVD and there were no 2nd copy of that. So I asked them if I could see that DVD. I saw that and found interesting. Quickly checked its review in my mob and found that it is based on a true story.

By that time those guys found Forest Gumps and did not take this one..

Lucky me .. I got it and it is really very very heart touching and inspiring.

It is about a man who at his old age, kept his dreams alive and made the it not just true .. but broke all the existing records.

True story link
About the Movie from Wikipedia

True Mobile Computing (you know Only Phones are not mobile)

Hi,
here is a gr8 site which works for mobile computing. they do a lot of work on car and pc and interface.

http://www.mp3car.com

And the following info is on car parking sensor. I think i found the info I was looking at..
Lets see.. how thins work out.. ;)


http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/hardware-development/121995-custom-usb-parking-sensor-interface-formally-pdc-usb.html

AVR on Linux

http://paul.graysonfamily.org/thoughts/avrlinux/

A very good tutorial on AVR Butterfly

Ya i know Smily's Avr butterfly book rocks.. but still
http://www.dwelch.com/avr/
is also a very good tutorial

Nok Lib

http://www.dharmanitech.com/2008/10/thermometer-design-using-ds1621.html

Linux Kernel Map

Linux Kernel Map http://www.makelinux.net/kernel_map

Trace Mobile Number Location and Service Provider

http://www.techdreams.org/trace-mobile-information-location-and-service-provider

Or the following link....
http://csharpdotnetfreak.blogspot.com/2009/04/trace-mobile-location-operator-number.html

Enter 10 digits phone number to trace:

or this link
http://trace.bharatiyamobile.com/index.php

I love this song

aankhon mein sapne liye
ghar se hum chal toh diye
jaane yeh raahe abb le jaayengi kahaan
mitti ki khushbu aaye
palkon pe aansu laaye
palkon pe reh jaayega yaadon ka jahaan
manjil nayi hain
anjaana hai kaarava
chalna akele hai yahaan
(tanha dil, tanha safar
dhunde tujhe phir kyun nazar) - 2
tanha dil....

I know rose is not in my luck

I dont know why I always land up in trouble.
But its fine. It that way i try to do some work. Else sitting in front of computer I believe I would have made my self a living stone.

I know how big is my dream. To achieve is not at all easy. As you all know the uparwala and me has some panga. What ever I try to do he will definitely show his leg. N e way who cares.
30 years have passed fighting with him .. lets fight some more years.. I know i am not going to loose.

If I understand correctly for shooting you really require a good healthy life. Supporting family members and loving friends.. You require Shanti.. forget about Shanti......

Just read the following..


Where they all gone for me.. or Am I blind? I thought someone will definitely help me out in this. but looks like that person has some thing own in mind which does not match my requirements.

Any way. Its life. Up and down are always there. Though I know my downs are bit more down, but can not help.

I speak to myself. I talk about sports. And I know I have to win. And people those people will know that day. About what I have in my mind.

Today I am not able to write what I am interested to write. But that day I will speak and they will have to listen.
But I wish things to change and hope I will praise them for doing good to me.

God I want that person to be a good person. Tell them to be just 1%good. I know that will boost me so much that I will return them rest 99%.
I am trying my level best. Nothing seams to be working.
But

Raat hai to savera bhi hoga
Hai Safar to basera bhi hoga
Gum ke aage muskurake
Gaye hummm

Cheers

Give, Give and Forgive.......

Hi People,
do you know what is the meaning of "Give, Give & Forgive ..."?

Any one answers properly I will give my a day's sal to him.

Good luck.

And dear.. I really dont want to do this

Digital Cam review site

"Shit.. I keep forgetting.. "
I dont know how many times I have told the above to people when they ask me about some good cam review site.
Now no more issues. The best review site for digital cameras I think is
http://www.steves-digicams.com/default.htm

Now people enjoy

Ho agar kabhi koi gum

Ho agar kabhi koi gum
To bilkul na tum ghabrana
Ta ra ra ra rum tararumpum 2

Bas rehe yakin yeh tumko
Kushiyon ko to hai aana
Ta ra ra ra rum tararumpum 2

Raat hai to savera bhi hoga
Hai Safar to basera bhi hoga
Gum ke aage muskurake
Gaye hummm

Ta ra ra ra rum tararumpum 2

really a nice song.. I think the lines I like in this is "Raat hai to savera bhi hoga
Hai Safar to basera bhi hoga " . Thanks for this +ve hope..

Must Do & Nice To Do

Yes.. many times I promise to do some thing and as usual I forget..
But this time I am not going to forget.. After all Nokia has taught me Agile process you know..

The best thing which happened to me being in this software profession is i can learn many things And.. And.. yes And..
I can use that for myself..

I think I should spend min 5 days in a month to do some thing other than my day today work.

So here comes my list of pending tasks.. which uses agile process and technology..

1. A simple Home automation system to help me save some electricity ( and its different)
2. Renovate my lab and setup a fully FOSS based AVR lab
3. Complete the half done digital power supply
4. Trouble shoot the software Oscilloscope
5. Purchase a Acer Laptop and give that to mom. Will try to give her a feel of Linux this time. Hope that works else same old Windows..
6. Purchase some new plants for my indoor garden.
7. I think I should spend some time to sort out my old employment documents and other important documents and other documents

So first sprint (month of July, duty days 5)
I am going to pick
Must do
3. Complete the half done digital power supply (1 day)
2. Renovate my lab and setup a fully FOSS based AVR lab (2 days)
6. Purchase some new plants for my indoor garden. (half a day)
Nice to Do
7. I think I should spend some time to sort out my old employment documents and other important documents and other documents (half a day)

BUT BUT .. SHOOTING is the priority 1. Nothing can change its priority

Tum chale jaaoge to sochenge... Gazals

Thank you Amit..
for telling about Gazals in in.com

The first gazal was Jagjit Singh's Tumko Dekha To

in that the stanza which I like the most is

tum chale jaaoge to sochenge - (2)
hamane kyaa khoyaa- hamane kyaa paayaa
zindagii dhuup tum ghanaa saayaa...

Wah wah.. I think it is quite true..

I miss you much

I can't lie, [ I miss you much ]
watching everyday that goes by, [ I miss you much ]
til I get you back I'm gon' try, [ I miss you much ]
you are the apple of my eye, [ girl I miss you much ]

Thought to sing a song..

I thought to sing a song..
tries to sing 2- 3.. but what is this..
I dont think any of the songs i am trying to sing, is my mood.
dont know how is my mood and what it wants.. :(

Just thinking about freedom

Many times I have thought..
To delete the Orkut account.. not sure why could not delete..

may be some old memories.. some old true / false scraps..
.000001 % of my past..
some how some thing is there..
If it is possible to back up orkut.. then sure.. I will just back up and delete.. and will never return..

some times.. or you can say most of the time I think I am really a very free man..
No worries, no bindings
free to do any thing and every thing I want, all possibles and impossibles..

Actually I am afraid of loosing my freedom... can not justify why, but some where i am afraid.

Yes some times I do feel that some one should be there to appreciate my shooting scores, my electronics experiments, discus about my ideas, my thinking
But yes.. this confusion has no end
I have to live like this.. whether I am free or not.. but this is worst, bad, OK, good, better and best for me because I have no other option :(

exciting places @ bangalore?

Hey few family friends are coming to Bangalore
so just thinking where to take them.
some exciting place ? Bugged up going to shopping malls..

Go Karting? @ Freeway 19?
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=13.0088228&lon=77.5838882&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2

Some water Park?
Wonder La ?

May be at Club Cabana?
Some Bowling ? may be @Amoeba?
Lets see how things turn out..
waiting for this August

how to image windows xp with ghost and sysprep

I found few good tutorials on this topic

http://blog.hishamrana.com/2006/02/22/how-to-image-windows-xp-with-ghost-and-sysprep/

http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml

Thinking to make my own image for my laptop

Fedora 10 Samba setup

http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f10.html
here is a good tutorial for Samba setup for Fedore 10

AVR fuse bits

Some details about AVR fuse bits

http://blog.louic.nl/?p=161

and calculator..
http://www.engbedded.com/cgi-bin/fc.cgi/

Mallya' gandhi giri

Gujarat is a dry state.. here a liquor manufacturer purchases Gandhian stuffs..

Dont be surprised by his act.. he has made history before.. He made a hospital out of the money earned from liquor business..

If you go to Sabarmati you will hardly find any there..
Gandhi had taught us how to do our work ourselves.. Money was not a big thing for him.

But Again in front of entire world we proved that money is every thing.. He does not live in our heart but in those junk stuffs which we will never see..
Its very sad.. If he would have spent that much money in some good work.. Not for free.. but in return of labor.. I would have appreciated him.

But thank to Indian Govt, who did not spend our money in all those things..
Who cares where Mallya spend's his money.. We got some stuffs fine.. good..

ATMega McU Proto Board

Here i have put some of the gr8 proto boards for ATMega8/32 available in the net
http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/land/PROJECTS/Protoboard476/index.html I would say the best board

PC based oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer

Here I am going to put some of the cool ideas of making a PC based Oscilloscope.

cool one I found here is
http://www.geocities.com/lptscope/

http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/land/PROJECTS/TVnuS/index.html
http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/land/PROJECTS/VideoScope/

[Info] PCB making

Hi people,
at last one simple method for PCB making..
this link tells all about that

http://www.siongboon.com/projects/2005-09-07_home_pcb_fabrication/

One more
http://www.riccibitti.com/pcb/pcb.htm

Flight Sim Books for Free

Wow..
This is the site i was looking for.
It is a collection of some more than 20 Books on flight simulation totally FREE for all of us.

http://www.flightsimbooks.com/
Let me find some time and I will read those books and will put my review here.

Here also some gr8 tutorial on Areal aerobatics http://www.fsstation.com/tutorials/aircraft-acrobatics.html
And many other tutorials too

Mind Mapping software

I found a very good OSS software to use for mind mapping.
It works on multiple OS and a quite good software.
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Some software & site for Flight Simulation

The following web site is a gr8 link for getting Approach charts for the airports with Enter ICAO Airport IDs starting with K

http://edj.net/cgi-bin/echoplate.pl

The following is the best website for Flight simulator How To.

http://www.flightsim.com/main/m-howto.htm