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› Introduction to Microcontrollers - 606KB

I. Internal Architecture

› I/O Ports Fetch, Decode, and Execute - 386KB

› Controlling and processing unit - 190KB

II. Softwares used for Programming Microcontrollers

› Compilers and Integrated Development Environments - 390KB

› How to build your own JDM Programmer (I) - 839KB

› How to build your own JDM Programmer (II) - 516KB

› Hardware needed for Programming - 453KB

› Program using ICPROG Software - 615KB

III. Build your first microcontroller based circuit

› Typical microcontroller assembly circuit diagram - 472KB

› Special Function registers of the Microcontroller PIC16F84A - 408KB

› Creating your first assembly code - 343KB

› How to write assembly code in MPLAB - 865KB

› More on MPLAB - 550KB

› How to simulate using MPLAB SIM - 1.08MB

IV. LED Pattern generators

› Assembly code for driving 8 LEDs (I) - 340KB

› Assembly code for driving 8 LEDs (II) - 374KB

› Driving 40 LEDs using PORT multiplexing (8x5) - 416KB

› How to display a Character using 8x5 LED matrix - 388KB

V. Seven Segment Displays

› Driving segments using PORT-B I/O - 367KB

› Basic counter circuit (I) - 388KB

› 0 - 100 up counter using two SSD (I) - 420KB

› 0 - 100 up counter using two SSD (II) - 28.3KB

› Usage of interrupts - 361KB

› Practical usage of Interrupts - 376KB

› External Interrupts - 409KB

VI. Connecting a microcontroller with the PC

› PC Serial port overview - 532KB

› Logic level translation using MAX 232 IC- 386KB

› Assembly code for controlling USART module (I) - 367KB

› Assembly code for controlling USART module (II) - 363KB

VII. Analog to Digital conversion

› Temperature Logger using LM35 - 357KB

› Importance of Quantization error and Sampling rate - 355KB

› PIC16F877A ADCON0 and ADCON1register - 485KB

› A/D, show results using SSD - 364KB

› Assembly code for A/D conversion (I) - 371KB

› Assembly code for A/D conversion (II) - 77.4KB

› Send A/D converted data through RS-232 - 372KB

VIII. Liquid Crystal Displays

› Types of LCDs - 420KB

› Running a LCD module using PIC16F84A (I) - 493KB

› Running a LCD module using PIC16F84A (II) - 475KB

› Running a LCD module using PIC16F84A (III) - 369KB

IX. Number representations

› Introduction to Binary, Octal and Hex number systems - 121KB

› Logic gates and Boolean algebra - 371KB

› Boolean algebra and Registers - 374KB

› Communication using Ascii codes - 381KB

X. DC Motor controlling

› Controlling a DC motor using H-Bridge IC L298 - 362KB

› Control rotation speed, rotation direction using Microcontroller - 366KB

› Connecting the DC motor controller to PC - 69KB

› DC motor control according to the user press buttons - 586KB

› Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) - 401KB

› Calculating the DC Motor rotation speed (RPM) - 270KB

› Dynamic control using feedback loops - 495KB

XI. Remote controllers numbering

› The electromagnetic spectrum - 528KB

› Infrared remote controllers - 368KB

› IR Sensors - 157KB

› How to capture the IR receiver signal using Microcontroller - 725KB

› Decoding IR Signals (I) - 342KB

› Decoding IR Signals (II) - 56KB

› Decoding IR Signal algorithm - 122KB

XII. Data transfer between digital circuits

› Serial Peripheral Interface (I) - 64.9KB

› Serial Peripheral Interface (II) - 60KB

› Nokia 3310 LCD Driving using SPI (I) - 126KB

› Nokia 3310 LCD Driving using SPI (II) - 182KB

› Connecting a Nokia 3310 LCD to PIC16F877A - 506KB

› Assembly code for LCD driving (I) - 68.3KB

› Assembly code for LCD driving (II) - 58.4KB

› Sinhala characters in a Nokia 3310 LCD - 87.3KB

› Animation effects with Nokia 3310 LCD - 75.5KB

XIII. How to use high level languages

› Introduction - 70.1KB

› C code for blinking a LED - 406KB

› C code for driving 8 LEDs (I) - 415KB

› Driving 40 LEDs using PORT multiplexing (8x5) (I) - 701KB

› Driving 40 LEDs using PORT multiplexing (8x5) (II) - 38.5KB

› Driving segments using PORT-B I/O - 398KB

› Basic counter circuit - 84.7KB

› 0 - 100 up counter using two SSD - 395KB

› Practical usage of Interrupts - 397KB

› External Interrupts - 270KB

› Connecting a microcontroller with the PC - 112KB

› Driving Liquid Cristal Displays - 430KB

› End of uC Series - 59.8KB

XIV. Global Positioning System (GPS)

› Introduction to Global Positioning - 368KB

› GPS Receivers - 159KB

› GPS Errors - 83.3KB

› Differential GPS - 147KB