Putting A PIC16F84A to good use...

[Cafifne_plz]

Greetings all.
Recently I was introduced to the extensive world of Microcontrollers, through one of my classes at Devry. For this class, I am required to come up with a project using the PIC 16F84A. Having no previous knowledge reguarding PIC's, I am at a bit of a loss. Like the good technician I am :roll: , I went out and did some research on what kinds of things can be done with this microcontroller; I got results, but nothing really stood out.

As of now, I have a basic understanding of programming and I have a board/PIC to program to. It is the PIC-EL 160 board that can be found at https://www.amqrp.org/elmer160/board/index.html. I have had great succes with this board and the Elmer 160 labs. This left me wondering about the potential this board might have.

Here is where you guys come in :wink: . So far, I found some nifty motor control circuits, temp sensors, and various sensory alarms. I saw a few pages on simple games, but there was much info other than where to buy the kit. If anyone has some suggestions for a project, mabey some kind of game that could make use of the PIC-EL's onboard speaker, and LCD, that would be great.

 

[TiagoSilva]

:lol: that is preciselly what you should be doing, putting youe imagination to work :lol: not us but try giving a look at Nigel's page if you don't know how to work with LCD's and Speakers i think he's the one that can help you more check is webpage its very handy if u still need to learn something more to build up a game if the problem is imagination then, you're helpless :lol:

 

[bonxer]

A project that I recently did with some friends is to make a binary clock.
6 LEDs for seconds, 6 LEDs for minutes, 5 LEDs for hours. It's pretty awesome. Check it out at http://www.pkfx.com/bc.
We havent posted the code for it yet, as the timing isn't quite right yet. We strobed the LEDs so that the seconds, minutes, and hours are each on for 1/3 the time, that way we use very few control lines.

Another project you could do would be to make a network cable tester. Cat 5 network cable. To make sure the ends are crimped on correctly, so that each twisted pair on one end matches up correctly on the other end.

You could also make a small scale traffic light controller. red green yellow LEDs for direction X, RGY LEDs for direction Y. Maybe add some turning leading green arrows, maybe push buttons for a crosswalk. All kinds of fun stuff.

Have fun.