ATmega power consumption (I)

A few days ago I received a special request. It was about a circuit running on an ATmega328 that was supposed to replace and improve upon an circuit based on the much older ATmega8. One of the requirements for the older circuit was an as low as possible power consumption. …

Arduino – IRLIb2

In my Arduino-based-car-radio-steering-wheel-interface-thing I talked a lot about infrared communications (IR communications) but without going into great detail about it. Infrared light is light transmitted at frequencies low enough that the human eye can’t see. This became especially useful to the mass consumer market when TV sets became widespread. The …