AVR: An Introductory Course

Chapter 1: Introduction; Short bit for PIC users; Number systems; Adding in binary; Negative numbers; An 8-bit Flash Microcontroller?; Initial Steps; Flowchart; Writing; Assembling; Registers; Instructions; Program template; Chapter 2: Basic Operations with AT90S1200 and Tiny12; Program A, LED ON; AVR Studio, Assembling; Testing; AVR Studio, Simulating; Emulating; Hardware; AVR Studio, Programming; Programs B&C, Push Button; Seven Segment Displays and Indirect Addressing; Programs D&E, Counter; Timing; Program F, Chaser; Timing without a Timer?; The Program Counter and Subroutines; Program G, Counter Revisited; Program H, Traffic Lights; Logic Gates; Program I, Logic Gate Simulator; SREG, The Status Register; The Watchdog Timer; Sleep; More Instructions, Loose Ends; Major Program J, Frequency Counter; Chapter 3: Introducing the rest of the family; Chapter 4: Intermediate Operations; Interrupts; Program K, Reaction Tester; Random Numbers; Analogue Comparator; Program L, 4-bit A to D Converter; EEPROM; Major Program M, Music Synthesiser; Chapter 5: Advanced Operations; Serial communications; Program N, Palindrome Detector; UART; LCD displays; MegaAVRs; Final Project; Appendix A: Features of some AVRs; Appendix B: Pin layouts of some AVRs; Appendix C: Instructions Overview; Appendix D: Instructions Glossary; Appendix E: When all else fails read this; Appendix F: Contacts and Further Reading; Appendix G: Answers; Appendix H: Sample Programs; Index