Microcontroller Education: Do It Yourself, Reinvent the Wheel, Code to Learn

195 Pages·2017·15.074 MB·English

by  Dimosthenis E. Bolanakis

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Do it Yourself, Reinvent the Wheel, Code to Learn
Dimosthenis E. Bolanakis, Hellenic Air Force Academy
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Microcontroller education has experienced tremendous change in recent years. This book attempts
to keep pace with the most recent technology while holding an opposing attitude to the “No Need
to Reinvent the Wheel” philosophy. The choice strategies are in agreement with the employment
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Do it Yourself, Reinvent the Wheel, Code to Learn

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Do it Yourself, Reinvent the Wheel, Code to Learn
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ABSTRACT
Microcontroller education has experienced tremendous change in recent years. This book at-
temptstokeeppacewiththemostrecenttechnologywhileholdinganopposingattitudetothe
NoNeedtoReinventtheWheel philosophy.Thechoicestrategiesareinagreementwiththeem-
ploymentoftoday’sflexibleandlow-costDo-It-Yourself(DYI)microcontrollerhardware,along
withanembeddedCprogrammingapproachabletobeadaptedbydifferenthardwareandsoft-
waredevelopmentplatforms.ModernembeddedCcompilersemploybuilt-infeaturesforkeep-
ingprogramsshortandmanageableand,hence,speedingupthedevelopmentprocess.However,
those features eliminate the reusability of the source code among diverse systems. The recom-
mendedprogrammingapproachreliesonthemottoCodeMoretoLearnEvenMore,anddirects
thereadertowardalow-levelaccessibilityofthemicrocontrollerdevice.Theexamplesaddressed
hereinaredesignedtomeetthedemandsofElectrical&ElectronicEngineeringdiscipline,where
themicrocontrollerlearningprocessesdefinitelybearthemajorresponsibility.Theprogramming
strategiesareinline withthetwovirtuesofC programminglanguage,thatis, theadaptability
ofthesourcecodeandthelow-levelaccessibilityofthehardwaresystem.Someaccompanying
materialofthebookcanbefoundathttp://bit.ly/mcu-files.
KEYWORDS
microcontrollereducation,embeddedC,ANSIC,microcontrollers,PIC,AVR
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