Introduction to Microcontroller Programming

• Course Index
• Introduction
• About the Author
• About this Course
• Feedback
• Course Navigation
• Quick Course Navigation
• How to use this Course
• Acronyms Used and Course Conventions

About PICmicro Chips

• What is a PICmicro?
• Microcontrollers
• Digital versus Analogue
• Inputs and Outputs
• Memory
• Programming
• 16F1937 Architecture

Clocking Your PICmicro Devices

• Introduction
• The Clock Circuit
• Clock Settings
• Clock Confusion

E-Blocks

• Introduction to E-blocks
• Using E-blocks
• E-blocks Boards

Flowcode Step By Step

• Introduction to Flowcode
• Basic Flowcode Functions
• Digital Outputs
• Digital Inputs
• Basic Loops

  1. Set up the Equipment

  2. Counting Sheep Badly
  3. Set up the Flowchart
  4. Create the Variables
  5. Set up the Calculation
  6. Loop Properties
  7. Set up the Input
  8. Set up the Output
  9. Adding the LED array
  10. Adding the Switches
  11. Simulation
  12. The Solution - Adding a Delay
• The LCD Display
• Binary Numbers
• Decisions
• Goto (Connection Point)
• 7-Segment Displays
• Software Macro
• Strings and Memory
• A Simple Hi-Fi

PICmicro Projects

• Introduction to PICmicro Projects
• Construction Methods
• Choosing a Power Source
• Adding Inputs
• Input Conditioning
• Adding Outputs
• Adding Drivers

Labs

• Introduction and Lesson Plan
• 1. Output
• 2. Delay
• 3. Connection Point
• 4. Calculations
• 5. Loop
• 6. Input
• 7. Decision
• 8. LCD
• 9. Keypad
• 10. Analogue + EEPROM
• 11. Software Macro
• 12. External Interrupt
• 13. Timer Interrupt