Zaid Pirwani

an all-round Engineering and Technology Geek, founder EjaadTech and Pop Up Learning – currently, IT Manager at FESF

Category: Circuits ‘n’ Stuff

  • Unsuccessful Installation [Better]

    Unsuccessful Installation [Better]

    So today, I was playing with AVR, USB, USB AVR Devices, etc; you know electronics and stuff. While trying out the AVR device I had maed on Windows 7, I was supposed to install some drivers etc, so I downloaded the driver, extracted it and ran, what I got after that was an unsuccessful installation…

  • AVR Fuse-Bit Fixer

    AVR Fuse-Bit Fixer

    All the time working and learning on AVRs, I made a lot of mistakes, partly to not checking for the correct the voltages, not putting limiting resistors or shorting stuff out, etc. So, I got myself a lot of BAD/DEAD AVRs, some were completely DEAD, but some had a problem which prevented me from programming…

  • AVR Tutorial in a GIF [Not Really]

    AVR Tutorial in a GIF [Not Really]

    AVR Tutorial: From Coding to Making the Hex File to Burning the AVR and then finally Seeing the Code run on the AVR…. GIF Snatched from AVRFREAKS.net A great site to learn about the AVR MicroController and to discuss problems/ideas/projects with the community….

  • Voltage Indicator [Project]

    Voltage Indicator [Project]

    We were required to make sort of a final project for the first year of our studies as the year came to an end, the project was for the subject of PCB Manufacturing, so more emphasis on design of PCB than on the electronics was needed. While some of my friends did made exceptional (and…

  • AVR – 02: Recognizing that 40 legged thing called AVR

    AVR – 02: Recognizing that 40 legged thing called AVR

    Ok, so here goes, this is what an AVR ATMega32 looks like: I have this one and I will be using this in most of the things I am gonna do and put up here. This particular packaging is called DIP(Dual In-line Package), this one has 40 pins and the numbering starts from the arrow…