Useful sites for kit based student projects

http://www.embeddedmarket.com/
It is an Indian site.
They sell microcontroller and other modules at a reasonable price.
 For example: Arduino equivalent board is Rs.735.
You can get ideas for your project


www.dharmanitech.com

Lot of free circuit designs and source code is available. Dont miss this website. 


http://www.robokits.co.in

This also is a place where they sell modules at reasonable price. You can get ideas for your project 


http://www.codeproject.com

This site has a number of projects with source code. for exam  for Thermometer using microcontroller go to this link : 
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/38459/Digital-Thermometer-Using-Csharp-and-ATmega16


esskayinstitute.com 

Project kit are sold here at reasonble price. you can get ideas for your project. 

embedds.com has the following kits and more
 

Using Volatile keyword in embedded code

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Interfacing GPS Module with AVR

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Software Debouncing of buttons

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Interfacing DC motor to Atmega32

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Interfacing matrix keyboard with AVR

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Sensing Temperature Using AVR

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Interfacing Ultrasonic Rangefinder with AVR

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Interfacing analog Joystick with AVR

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Interfacing shift register with AVR

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Controlling servo motor with AVR

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Interfacing character LCD to AVR

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Accelerometer Interfacing with AVR

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Interfacing seven segment with Atmega32 (AVR series)

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All you need to know about AVR fuses

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Programming AVR I2C interface

I2C (also referred as IIC or TWI) is widely used interface in embedded applications. Two wire bus in[...]

Serial peripheral interface in AVR microcontrollers

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ADC on Atmega328. Part 2

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ADC on Atmega328. Part 1

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Using Standard IO streams in AVR GCC

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Programming AVR USART with AVR-GCC. Part 2

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Programming AVR USART with AVR-GCC. Part 1

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Using watchdog timer in your projects

All AVR microcontrollers have internal watchdog timer that can be successfully used in your projects[...]

Accessing AVR EEPROM memory in AVRGCC

AVR microcontrollers have some amount of EEPROM memory on chip. For instance Atmega328 has 1K of byt[...]

Store constants and arrays in program memory

In many cases our embedded projects have to deal with various constants or arrays that aren't change[...]

When your project grows bigger

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AVR Timer2 asynchronous mode

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Programming 16 bit timer on Atmega328

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8-bit Timer/Counter0 operation modes.Part2

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8-bit Timer/Counter0 operation modes.Part1

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AVR timers do more than count time

Probably Timer/Counters are complex peripherals in microcontrollers, but as fact they are most commo[...]

Implementing AVR interrupts

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Basic understanding of microcontroller interrupts

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Controlling AVR I/O ports with AVR-GCC

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Setting up AVR development platform

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Choosing AVR programmer

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Things needed before you learn AVR

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AVR at a glance

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AVR tutorial. Initial word

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