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Simple Sensor Webserver

Probably, some of you have tried buying cool but cheap products from Ebay. Like some of you, I also have bought items from Ebay several times already. One of the items that I got from Ebay is a small ENC28J60 based ethernet module.

As you can see from the image above, the ENC28J60 module is very small. The PCB is more or less one-inch square which is almost as small as the included ethernet jack.

I decided to make a simple sensor webserver using the ENC28J60 that I got from Ebay. I knew that there were already several sensor webserver projects posted on the internet but I couldn’t resist the temptation of making another one because I had a couple of sensors and an extra microcontroller lying around. [Read more...]

DIY Digital Thermometer 2

Few months ago, I published my first DIY digital thermometer. However, like any simple projects/prototypes, that project needs some improvements. Previously, I used a voltage regulator that has a 100mA rating. Though it was able to source current to the whole circuit, it gets too hot easily. Another problem with that was that the voltage regulator was very close to the sensor. Since the voltage regulator heated up easily, it always affected the temperature reading of the digital thermometer.

To solve those problems, I came up with a second version of digital thermometer. [Read more...]