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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 * 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

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Acronyms Used And Course Conventions

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The following abbreviations are made use of in this course:

:'''ADC''':Analogue to Digital Converter

:'''ALU''':Arithmetic Logic Unit

:'''ASCII''':American Standard Code for Information Interchange

:'''CPU''':Central Processing Unit

:'''EEPROM''':Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

:'''EPROM''':Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

:'''GND''':Ground

:'''Hex''':Hexadecimal

:'''IDC''':Insulation Displacement Connector

:'''I/O''':Input / Output

:'''ISP''':In-System Programming

:'''JPEG''':Joint Picture Expert Group (standard for images)

:'''LCD''':Liquid Crystal Display

:'''LED''':Light Emitting Diode

:'''LVP''':Low Voltage Programming

:'''LDR''':Light Dependant Resistor

:'''LSB''':Least Significant Bit

:'''MSB''':Most Significant Bit

:'''NVRAM''':Non-Volatile Random Access Memory

:'''PIC''':Peripheral Interface Controller

:'''PROM''':Programmable Read Only Memory

:'''PSU''':Power Supply Unit

:'''RAM''':Random Access Memory

:'''RV1''':Resistor-Variable 1

:'''SPI''':Serial Programmable Interface

:'''XTAL''':Crystal

:'''ZIF''':Zero Insertion Force

:'''+V''':positive supply voltage

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In this course we will use the following conventions:

:'''Matrix Multimedia products are capitalised on the first word''':Multiprogrammer, Prototype board, Flowcode

:'''Flowcode menu instructions will be presented like this''':File > Open

:'''All acronyms will be fully spelt out the first time they are mentioned''':EPROM (Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory)

:'''Where a string in a dialogue box is mentioned in the text then it should be in single quotes''': Change the value in the 'Delay value or variable' text box

:'''We will use European circuit symbols''':

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