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An Introduction to Microcontroller Programming for the Hobbyist

An Introduction to Microcontroller Programming for the Hobbyist. Purpose—For the Hobbyist. Down-to-earth Minimum number of hurdles Able to get started quickly. What is a Microcontroller?. Simple computer on a chip CPU Program memory RAM I/O Variety of built-in features Oscillator

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An Introduction to Microcontroller Programming for the Hobbyist

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  1. An Introduction to Microcontroller Programming for the Hobbyist

  2. Purpose—For the Hobbyist • Down-to-earth • Minimum number of hurdles • Able to get started quickly

  3. What is a Microcontroller? • Simple computer on a chip • CPU • Program memory • RAM • I/O • Variety of built-in features • Oscillator • Timer • UART (Serial Communication) • Etc.

  4. Many Brands/Platforms • PIC • TI • Rabbit • Zilog • Parallax • Atmel AVR* • Arduino

  5. What is it good for? • Controlling things in the real world • Cars • Home appliances • Calculators • And more!

  6. Hobby Projects—Demo Time! • Robotics • POV • LED reader board • TV-B-Gone

  7. Getting Started

  8. The Chip • Atmel AVR attiny2313 • 2K bytes flash program memory • 128 Bytes RAM

  9. Other Hardware • Breadboard* • Wire* • LEDs* • Resistors • Solder • Protoboards • IC Socket • Switch • Power supply

  10. Tools • Wire snips • Wire strippers • Multimeter • Soldering iron

  11. Programmer • Parallel port programmer • USB programmer • USBTiny

  12. Software • Editor • Compiler • Programmer • WinAVR • AVR-gcc • AVRDude • Makefile configuration

  13. Programming!

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