Now there are quite a few different devices and devices that allow a person to freely create. These are paints, and paper with a pen, and a microcontroller. Everyone chooses what is closer to him. And what electronic circuits on microcontrollers can be built? From the point of view of amateur electronics, almost any.
What can be done on microcontrollers?
These small control devices, despite their nondescript parameters (if compared with a computer) offer ample opportunities for their application. You can make complex and simple circuits on microcontrollers. But in the end, it comes down to two main areas:
- Creation of robots.
- Creation of automated systems.
Robots
This area is developing more as an entertainment. No, of course, there are
industrial robots that work on microcontrollers, but you can rarely see something like this in a home environment. Most often, electronics lovers create such mechanisms specifically for entertainment. If we talk about which circuits on microcontrollers can be cited as an example, then we must first recall the models of transport (usually ground). But in addition to cars, these devices assemble their own quadrocopters, walking devices and ships.
Automated Systems
This is a broader scope. So, among the amateur radio electronics, the idea of a smart home is quite popular. Of course, this is not in the sense that he can communicate and perceive commands with a human voice. But what turns out can be called a prototype of this concept. So, microcontroller circuits can control the temperature and the technology that is responsible for it, they turn off the light if the owner has not been at home for a long time, they signal when they detect an attempt to illegally invade and do many other useful things.
The implementation of such complex systems requires time and perseverance, as well as good design. But the result does not disappoint. Even more, such systems can be used not only at home. So, if you are a resident of a village that grows mushrooms for sale in the cellar, then you need to control the temperature and humidity in the room. Of course, you can go independently to check and regulate everything. But what if you need to leave for a couple of days somewhere? Or are you, in general, a city dweller who comes to the country once a week? This is where automation can help you!
Microcontroller circuits are cheap and quite functional. Processing all the parameters (if we consider the same example with growing mushrooms), whether it be temperature, humidity - all this can be done by one mediocre modern microcontroller. At the same time, the cost of the final scheme will not be too high: even in the absence of significant experience, meeting a few thousand rubles will not be difficult. If desired, with the help of automated systems you can create a truly unique interior design for your home, and eventually switch to a commercial basis in this direction.