RemoteSensor
RemoteSensor is a more advanced example for using Objective Development’s firmware-only USB driver for Atmel’s AVR microcontrollers (AVR-USB).It is a more advanced example because it utilizes an interrupt endpoint to indicate to the host when new data arrived, demonstrating how AVR-USB handles a second endpoint. The receiver part is basically a serial to USB converter with special processing for the wireless protocol such as data integrity checks and data block buffering.The system consists of the wireless sensors based on the low cost ATTINY26 microcontroller, the receiver running avr-usb on an ATMEGA8[read]
Precision Digital Altimeter
The current concept incorporates a wireless transmitter and receiver and is thought to be used for remote controlled airplanes or appliances with two seperate parts. In other words, we have one dedicated transmitter (acquisition, filtering) and one dedicated receiver part (user-interface, look-up table, calibration, storage), capable of being connected together with any physical layer, e.g. wired, wireless, infrared. If you want to build a standalone altimeter/variometer just for hiking or mountaineering, this setup can obviously be simplified by omitting the wireless components.The following components have been used: Analog to digital converter NSC ADC12130, a Microchip PIC16F84 controller, a quad op-amp NSC LMC660, a Maxim MAX232 RS232 level shifter, and the Motorola MPXS4100A absolute pressure sensor.[read]