DIGITAL IC TESTER USING

MICROCONTROLLER

PROJECT GUIDE: PROJECT MEMBERS:

Mr. G.N.V. RATHNA KISHORE Y.V.G. KIRAN KUMAR(Team Leader)

K.MURALI KRISHNA
K.RAM TEJA
D.SEKHAR BABU
 ABSTRACT

This “DIGITAL IC TESTER” is used to test the given ICs.

Components used:
1.ATMEGA16 MCU
2.KEYPAD
3.LCD
4.ZIF
ADVANTAGES:
1.Low cost
2.High Flexibility
 TOOLS USED
TOOL USE

USBASP PROGRAMMER

AVR-GCC C COMPILER

AVRDUDE DUMPING SOFTWARE

FTDI232(USB TO SERIAL CONVERTER) DEBUGGING

MAKE `
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
WORKING:
 The IC to be tested is inserted in the base.

 User enters the IC number through keypad.

 IC number is communicated to the MCU.

 Result is again communicated to the MCU.

 If the IC tested is ok “IC TESTED OK is displayed on

the LCD. Otherwise “IC TESTED FAILED” is
displayed.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
LCD DISPLAY
16x2

1 2 3

4 5 6
ZIF
MICROCONTROLLER SOCKET
7 8 9

* 0 #

POWER SUPPLY
16X2 LCD display
 PIN DESCRIPTION OF LCD
Function Pin Name Logic State Description
Number

Ground 1 Vss - 0V
Power supply 2 Vdd - +5V

Contrast 3 Vee - 0 - Vdd

4 RS 0 D0 – D7 are interpreted as
Control of 1 commands
operating D0 – D7 are interpreted as
data
5 R/W 0 Write data (from controller to
1 LCD)
Read data (from LCD to
controller)
6 E 0 Access to LCD disabled
1 Normal operating
From 1 to 0 Data/commands are
transferred to LCD
7 D0 0/1 Bit 0 LSB
Data / 8 D1 0/1 Bit 1
commands
9 D2 0/1 Bit 2
10 D3 0/1 Bit 3
11 D4 0/1 Bit 4
12 D5 0/1 Bit 5
13 D6 0/1 Bit 6
14 D7 0/1 Bit 7 MSB
 FUNCTIONS USED IN LCD LIBRARY
FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
LCD_INIT(UINT8_T DISPATTR); CLEAR DISPLAY AND SET CURSOR TO
HOME POSITION
LCD_CLRSCR(VOID); SET CURSOR TO HOME POSITION

LCD_HOME(VOID); SET CURSOR TO SPECIFIED POSITION

LCD_GOTOXY(UINT8_T X, UINT8_T Y); DISPLAY CHARACTER AT CURRENT

CURSOR POSITION
LCD_PUTC(CHAR C); DISPLAY STRING WITHOUT AUTO
LINEFEED
LCD_PUTS(CONST CHAR *S); DISPLAY STRING FROM PROGRAM
MEMORY WITHOUT AUTO LINEFEED
LCD_PUTS_P(CONST CHAR *PROGMEM_S); SEND LCD CONTROLLER
INSTRUCTION COMMAND
LCD_COMMAND(UINT8_T CMD); SEND DATA BYTE TO LCD
CONTROLLER
LCD_DATA(UINT8_T DATA); MACROS FOR AUTOMATICALLY
STORING STRING CONSTANT IN PROGRAM
MEMORY
4X3 MATRIX KEYPAD
KEY DESCRIPTION OF 4X3 MATRIX KEYPAD

KEY RETURN NUMBER USED AS

1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5 5
6 6 6
7 7 7
8 8 8
9 9 9
* 10 DELETE
0 11 0
# 12 ENTER
 ZIF

Used to hold the IC

which is To be tested.
 MICROCONTROLLER(ATMEGA 1 6)
Pin Diagram:

ZIF socket ZIF socket

right side left side

Keyboard
LCD
Block diagram of ATMEGA16
MICRO-CONTROLLER………….
FEATURES:
 High-performance, Low-power AVR 8-bit
Microcontroller.
 32 x 8 General Purpose Working Registers.
 16K Bytes of In-System Self-programmable Flash
program memory.
 512 Bytes EEPROM.
 1K Byte Internal SRAM.
 Up to 16 MIPS Throughput at 16 MHz
CONTD…………
 Two 8-bit Timer/Counters & One 16-bit Timer/Counter.
 Programmable Serial USART.

 Master/Slave SPI Serial Interface.

 Programmable Watchdog Timer with Separate On-chip

Oscillator.

 2.7 - 5.5V for ATmega16A.

 INITIALIZE VARIABLES RESET

READ IC NUMBER FROM KEYPAD

IS NO
KNOWN SHOW ERROR MESSAGE
IC

YES
LOAD THE TRUTH TABLE

NO
VERIFY
SHOW
TRUTH
“IC NOT WORKING”
TABLE

YES

SHOW
“IC WORKING”
 PROBLEMS FACED

We first started the project with ATMEGA168.But after analyzing its
architecture we came to know that the I/O ports of this MCU are not sufficient
for our project. Then we shifted to another MCU ATMEGA16.

At first we used a variable to store the IC number. But it is not storing the
number correctly. Then we used array to store the IC number.
Finally…………..
 SO FAR…………

We did the basic circuit on breadboard and Tried with few basic ICs on it.

We developed the circuit on PCB and tested with those ICs that are previously
tested on bread board.