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

• The LCD Display

  1. Set up the Equipment
  2. LCD Displays
  3. Adding the LCD component
  4. Writing Messages
  5. Other LCD Functions
  6. A More Useful Counter
• 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