C Programming Book for Microcontrollers

Book and CD

Do you want a low cost way to learn C programming for microcontrollers? This 300 page book and software CD show you how to use Atmel's $19.99 AVR Butterfly board and the FREE WinAVR C compiler to make a very inexpensive system for using C to develop microcontroller projects.

Students will find the thorough coverage of C explained in the context of microcontrollers to be an invaluable learning aide. Professionals, even those who already know C, will find many useful tested software and hardware examples that will speed their development work.

Test drive the book by downloading the FREE first three chapters of the book as a 39 page pdf file:"Quick Start Guide for using the WinAVR Compiler with ATMEL's AVR Butterfly" NOTE October 9, 2008, this is a new version of the Quick Start Guide that is upgraded for Windows Vista and the newest AVRStudio and WinAVR. Chapter 2 is not exactly like the book to accommodate these upgrades.

The included CD has all the source code, the free WinAVR C Compiler, Atmel's AVRStudio, Br@y++ Terminal, the ATmega169 Databook, and the Butterfly Source Code. Note October 9, 2009, the CD now has two sections, the older perfectly good stuff for before Vista and the new stuff for Vista.

Download Table of Contents .pdf file

In addition to an in-depth coverage of C, the book has projects for:

Port I/O reading switches and blinking LEDs
UART communication with a PC
Using interrupts, timers, and counters
Pulse Width Modulation for LED brightness and motor speed control
Creating a Real Time Clock
Making music
ADC: Analog to Digital Conversion
DAC: Digital to Analog Conversion
Voltage, light, and temperature measurement
Making a slow Function Generator and Digital Oscilloscope
LCD programming
Writing a Finite State Machine

The author (Electrical Engineer, Official Atmel AVR Consultant, and award winning writer) makes the sometimes-tedious job of learning C easier by often breaking the in-depth technical exposition with humor and anecdotes detailing his personal experience and misadventures.

Download the free Br@y++ Terminal to use with the Book or the Quick Start Guide Br@y++ Terminal kindly provided by the author. See his website at: http://bray.velenje.cx/avr/terminal/ . Note that you send data using the bottom gray window, not the white one immediately above it. This has confused a few folks.

If you want to use Windows Vista or the newer versions of WinAVR PLEASE READ THIS

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Errata

View Errata for Revision 1.0 - Books bought after October 2005.

View Errata for first edition - Books bought before October 2005.

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