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Listed here are all of the projects that I have uploaded to the site. I try and document these as best I can and with as much info as I feel is needed so that you also can make these projects for yourself.

As always, if you have any questions - feel free to post in the forum

The original 8x85 Pixel RGB LED POV Display

This is my original RGB POV design that I made back in 2008. It is based around my favourite PIC microcontroller at the time which was the PIC16f628A. The display is capable of running static images or animations upto 256 frames.

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The Great Race

The great race was the first LED based game that I ever made. It was a lot of fun to make and quite a learning experience for me. The project uses just two chips, an 8x8 LED matrix and a few other components to get it all up and running. All up you can make one of these for around about $10

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The 32x64 Pixel RGB LED POV Display

Having built the 8x85 POV display I thought I would have a go at making a bigger and better version. So that is how I came up with the 32x64 display with four times the number of LED's! This project was not without it's problems unfortunately. Check out the page for more information.

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ADC with Digital Ports

I saw someone do a similar thing on the internet and was quite interested in using a standard digital pin as a pseudo analog input. This simple run through will show you how I managed to convert the analog output from an old atari paddle into a digital representation which could be used for a wide variety of applications.

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Generating Video Signals

This is a basic run through of how you can generate black and white composite video signals by using a pic microcontroller and a simple resistor DAC network.

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The LEDBOY Handheld Video Game System

This is the second handheld game system that I designed. It uses an improved RGB 8x8 matrix display and a more powerful pic18f4550 microcontroller. I would have liked to have made a few more games for this but at the moment I only have two. The Great Race II and Super Pixel Bros.

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The Game of Reaction

I actually didn't come up with the idea to make this game but rather it was one of the members from my old forum. Basically this game tests your reaction speed and gives you a score from 0 to 9. It is a really simple game to make and is (kinda) fun too.

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The 8x8 Game System

This is my original handheld game system. It uses a cheap as chips RG 8x8 LED matrix display, a pic16f648a microcontroller and a few other cheap components. I have actually programmed a number of games for this project including The Great Race, Invaders and Pong.

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Wireless Transmitter and Receiver (by bitfogav)

This is a really great project designed by one of the resident forum members - bitfogav. There are loads of uses for these wireless devices limited only by your imagination (and distance...)

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