AVR Microcontroller Class 2011
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Syllabus, course material, homeworks, photos, etc from an Introduction to Microcontrollers with AVR chips class can be found here.
Also see (and contribute to) Useful AVR Links
Class 0: Introduction and Setup
Covers: What the AVRs are, what all the pins do, what they can do for you. A brief tour of the toolchain, and getting your firmware up and running on the chip. Reading the datasheets. How to make chips speak digital to the outside world, pin-by-pin. Just enough C programming fundamentals to make it work.
Lab: Building the kit and running a test LED flasher.
Media: avr2011_Makefile Media: avr2011_LED_Demo.c
Homework: More soldering, and Cylon Eyes. Optional extra credit: Simple POV toy.
Resources:
- Slides from class: Media:avr2011_class0.pdf
- ATmega48P Datasheets (get both): ATmega48P Summary Datasheet and The Long ATmega48P Datasheet
- Installing AVR Toolchain