Questions tagged [avr]
AVR is a 8- and 32-bit microcontroller core developed by Atmel. AVR was chosen as microcontroller for the first generations of the popular Arduino SBCs.
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What does LSB mean in PWM?
I have this PWM exam preparation question in Computer Engineering where it says "What is one V_LSB?". However we've discussed nothing about LSB in the PWM section.
What does it means?
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Is my microcontroller damaged?
I tried the simplest code with a blinking LED, but it is not working.
I connected the LED to PB0 through a 1k resistor. The software (AVRDUDESS) is detecting the microcontroller (ATmega16) fine, but ...
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Generate a signal with 8 fixed-width pulse with varying interval
I am working on an ultrasound device. We want to generate a particular signal to drive the 1 MHz piezoelectric transducer at various resonance frequencies point.
The goal is to write a code using ...
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Simple AVR interrupts in C - How to cleanly stop and restart "INT0"?
I'm trying to use an ATTiny84's INT0 pin to detect a falling edge event on a 1 kHz signal.
What is the correct way to temporarily halt this interrupt INT0, and then resuming it at a later time, ...
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Help with AVR ADC and Serial port programming and integrating with python
I am a 2nd year electrical engineering student. I was stuck at this: Why do both seven segment displays show only 8 even when simulation is not running?
Basically I am trying to take temperature data ...
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How to connect USB to an ATmega328p?
I'm making a board that requires an ATmega328P to respond to commands from a computer. It needs to be connected with USB. I am new to this and trying to figure out how to best do this. I know I'll ...
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AVR MCUs parametric search shows number of USB modules but no USB interface
I am looking for AVR MCUs that have USB 2.0 (or greater) capabilities. Using their website for Parametric search, I see that some MCUs have USB modules, but they are not listed as MCUs that have a USB ...
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AVR-libc `uart_putchar` implementation
In AVR-libc page 143 the implementation of the function uart_putchar() is typical as the following:
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ATmega32U4 without USB: how to handle usuned pins
On the ATmega32U4 MCU there are several pins related to USB:
VBUS
D+
D-
UCAP
UGND
UVCC
In the datasheet and in almost all reference schematics I find on the Internet, it's explained how to connect ...
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AVR self-reset / hardware reset from own own pin
Can I use a capacitor to perform a self-reset / hardware reset of an AVR microcontroller?
The capacitor would be driven low by a pin on the microcontroller.
Arduino uses this mechanism for programming ...
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Are there any ramifications of leaving an AVR in debugWIRE mode?
I have a product with an external connector with the intentions of using this for applying updates to an ATMEGA328P later on down the road. There are limited pins available, so I can't use SPI for ...
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RS-485 communication with slave microcontrollers driving addressable LEDs?
I am trying to figure out how to achieve the master-slave configuration shown below.
The aim is to individually address an array of 150mA LEDs, driven by the IS31FL3265A PWM driver. For this specific ...
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Read MicroSD card with USB reader while it is connected to (powered-off) microcontroller
I have created a small breakout board, where a microSD card is inserted and I can access its signals.
Now, when the necessary SD signals are connected to an AVR microcontroller via SPI, they ...
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How many times can a register bit be changed in AVR?
I am writing a program for an ATmega328P.
I have a while loop inside which I am enabling the UART receiver complete interrupt flag using the command ...
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Making duty cycle with CTC mode in AVR without using interrupt
I am writing a program to make an output with a 30% duty cycle and a frequency of 3 kHz using an ATmega32 microcontroller. My controller's frequency is 8 MHz and I am going to decrease it to 1 MHz by ...
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Strange ATmega32 behavior with assembly code
I posted a kind of similar question recently, but it was not that organized, so here I am trying again :)
I wrote this short assembly code to blink an LED at different intervals depending on the state ...
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Problem interfacing stepper motor with Atmega 32
I have been trying to interface a bipolar stepper motor with an ATmega32 controller using AVR assembly, but it just keeps clicking without movement or just move back and forth in the same step.
Here ...
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AVR reset pin capacitor causes chip to enter bootloader on powerup
I have a circuit using an ATmega32U4 and am using the Arduino Leonardo/Micro Caterina bootloader (the one that comes with arduinoIDE v1.8.13). The problem I am having is on power-up (via USB ...
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How does one program for first time and reprogram microcontrollers that are mounted to a PCB?
Arduino Unos and Microchip Curiosity Nanos are for prototyping and easy and ready to program, but now I am struggling to find the resource material that would detail taking the chip off the breakout ...
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Is maximum/minimum voltage always compared as difference voltage for a microcontroller?
Let's take the ATmega328P for example.
It has a minimum input voltage of -0.5 and maximum input voltage of Vcc + 0.5.
But what ...
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Faster Timer0 overflow than 2 ms on Attiny85
I'm trying to get a Timer0 overflow with an overflow every 500us, but can't find a solution to get it so low.
I'm running the Attiny85 on its internal 1 MHz clock, so I know it is not gonna be the ...
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Can I control IRFZ44N Mosfet directly from 5V microcontroller?
I know that IRFZ44N is not a logic level Mosfet, but I need it to control only 12v 1.2A (14.4W). Can I control it by applying only 5V on gate from an atmega microcontroller?
I checked the datasheet ...
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Linear and log sweep in AVR
My application requires a frequency sweep in a coil and measuring the resultant resonant frequency from the coil after it has settled.
I can do the second part i.e. wait and count the rising edges of ...
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Store Receive bytes from UART as a string in BASCOM AVR
I'm working on receive interrupt uart and I wanna store all of data as a string . I also catch data (one by one) byte until receiving ETX . When I catch ETX ,it means end of datas.
unfortunately, my ...
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Can battery levels ever be reliably read while it is powering an embedded system
I have an AVR microcontroller (atmega168pa) powered through two AA battery cells. When I read the battery voltage while it is not hooked up to the bread board, the voltage might read as 3.14 on a DMM. ...
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7-segment display communication
I have attempted to solve this problem making kmaps for the binary counter, mux and decoder however I'm getting stuck on the making them all talk to each other bit, I am using a ATmega32L and a ...
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How to make AT90USB646 run at 3.3v VCC?
[WHAT I DID] I've made one prototype of AT90USB646 running at 16MHz, 5V. The design is almost the same as Teensy++ (schematics can be found here https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/schematic.html).
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Confused about MAX6675 thermocouple sensor SPI protocol
I'm using an AVR microcontroller to take readings from a MAX6675 (SPI K-type thermocouple ADC chip).
I am having difficulty understanding what is required by this chip's SPI interface. The datasheet (...
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Strange behavior when splitting an AVR program across functions
I'm trying to run a very basic "blinker" program on an Atmega328P. Here it is in its entirety:
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Should I be worried about the possibility of a microcontroller failing?
I'm making a commercial product for the first time and I am worried about the stability of my circuit over time.
The product is a door interlocking system. It locks and unlocks doors using solenoid ...
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Please confirm I can use this ATtiny's IO as I intend to
This is the first time I'm implementing a µController in a design (just have some experience with Arduino). So I just wanted to make sure that this will actually work instead of finding out once I ...
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Powering a Raspberry Pi Zero through a MOSFET
I have a Raspberry Pi Zero which I want to be able to power on/off via code, so I made this circuit:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I would like to avoid powering ...
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Why can't I connect these two components in Altium?
It continues showing me green errors. Why?
I do not know what to do. It continues showing me this and I really need to make this PCB. I don't know how to avoid this problem. Can someone please help?
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Pogo pin version of ISP cable for AVR mega8 in TQFP-32 package [closed]
There are a few 6pin and 10pin pogo variants of Atmel ISP adapters that require dedicated ISP pogo pads on the PCB.
There are full TQFP-32 ZIF sockets that can be used to program any AVR in that ...
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AVR ATMEGA32A UART not send and receive data unless programmer is connected
The code in micro is to turn a LED on when it receives "1" from UART and off when receives "0".
For VCC I use a phone adapter (5V, 0.7A) which works properly and is suitable for ...
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AtTiny214 can't change waveform output pins
I am trying to program my AtTiny214 (TinyAVR1 Series chip, SOIC-14 version, relevant datasheet: Datasheet) so that I have 2 PWM outputs with different duty cycles.
My problem is:
Changing the contents ...
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7 segment display not showing digits simultaneously with an ATMega32
I want to show the digits'18221021' simultaneously. The seven segment display should show all 8 digits at a once.
I wrote the following code. It shows all the digits but not simultaneously. It is ...
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Error in LCD while interfacing with ATmega 32
I am trying to interface a normal keypad and LCD .where for example if i press '1' in keypad it will show 'one' in the display . if i press '=' it will show 'EQUAL' in Display . i developed below code ...
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ATTiny204 accurate delay with correct fuses and F_CPU
So I worked with an ATTiny for the first time today and I was quite different from my regular Arduino / ESP8266 programming.
When testing the Blink script I noticed that the delays weren't correct at ...
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ATMega2561 - How to connect this ambient light sensor using 1-Wire?
I am trying to connect the following components to an AVR ATMega2561:
1-Wire Master Interface DS2484 datasheet here
RGB Ambient Light Sensor APDS-9250 datasheet here
I have already managed to ...
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Measure ATmega168PA internal temperature while using other ADC channels at 5V reference
I have a device that continuously measures the value of 3 sensors connected to 3 ADC pins and working at 5V reference, so I have two options for voltage reference selection:
Connecting AREF pin to 5V ...
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The function setup () executes after ATmega328P wake up from the sleep mode
I am using ATmega328P in deep-sleep mode in Arduino IDE.
For wake up I am using PCINT. I can see it is working but setup () also executes after wakeup.
Is it ...
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What is this element with triangle shapes from the ATmega datasheet? [duplicate]
I am trying to understanding the schematics of the I/O of ATmega microcontrollers. But I can't identify the red marked element. I just want to know its name and its functionality in the circuit. The ...
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Unable to correctly send keypresses using the LUFA library
I'm making a board with an atmega32u4 on it for the controller for a keyboard, and am having issues with telling the host computer that a key is pressed. I've modified the Keyboard demo supplied with ...
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AVR: Interrupts from sleep not working properly
I am trying to program a piece of code (on an ATMEGA4809-nano) which creates an interrupt when a button is pressed or released. I have implemented it, but for some reason the interrupts aren't working ...
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Writing an Array to EEPROM Problem
When I write an array to EEPROM and read it I always get 0xFF.
I am writing in addres 0x0001 to 0x0005.
The password I am entering is 1,1,1,1,1 saved in uint8 array ...
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Difficulty programming a custom Atmega32u4 board with a snap programmer using ISP
I've made a PCB which contains an Atmega32u4, and just finished soldering it up today. Now, I realised that I bought the wrong Atmega32u4 version - I bought the version which does not by default use ...
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Where does ATXMEGA32E5 epad connects to?
About the ATXMEGA32E5-MUR (32-VFQFN Exposed Pad) Package:
I do not know where the Central PAD connects to, since the datasheet does not mention it.
So I guess it is NC (No connect)? And it does not ...
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Unusually long programming times with ATmega328p
I'm programming an ATmega328p using avrdude, and with a program size of 3074B, I am experiencing approximately 13 seconds of programming time. This is painfully slow when developing with the ...
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AVR GDB Inconsistencies
I'm trying to debug a program running on an ATtiny84A, and I am having trouble understanding either how to use it, or interpreting its output, or both. For testing purposes, I created a simple program ...
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