Programming and Customizing the AVR Microcontroller (ELECTRONICS) - Softcover

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Dhananjay V. Gadre is a scientific officer with the Instrumentation Program of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in Pune, India. He has a M.Engr. from the University of Idaho and a M.Sc. from the University of Delhi. Dhananjay’s interests include computer architecture, communication networks, hardware-software co-design, programmable logic devices and Hardware Description Languages. He is a licensed radio amateur (VU2NOX). He has written articles for a number of electronics magazines, including Electronics World. He is also the author of Programming the Parallel Port: Interfacing the PC for Data Acquisition and Process Control (R&D Books, 1998).

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PROGRAMMING AND CUSTOMIZING THE AVR MICROCONTROLLER
Packed with examples, projects, code, and tips!

ON THE CD-ROM
*Application-building tools
*Complete source code

Meet the new chips on the block! (and teach them a whole new set of tricks)

This reader-friendly guide shows you how to take charge of the newest, most versatile microcontrollers around, Atmel's AVR RISC chip family. Inside, Electronics World writer and astronomy instrumentation developer Dhananjay V. Gadre walks you from first meeting these exciting new computers-on-a-chip all the way through design and ready-to-launch products. Programming and Customizing the AVR Microcontroller clarifies this versatile chip's basics and coaches you through sophisticated applications, using plenty of examples. Even programming newcomers will be able to follow the clearly illustrated, learn-as-you-go instructions. Yet professionals who need to get a project up and running quickly will find the details they need in the author's comprehensive coverage of the AVR's components and capabilities.

Part of the popular TAB Electronics series, Programming and Customizing the AVR Microcontroller features:

*Easy-to-use explanations of all the AVR's subsystems, with plenty of examples and experiments
*Handfuls of ready-to-try projects, plus useful routines to plug into your own designs
*A confusion-reducing chapter on system design, and a complete AVR system development toolkit
*Hardware-software interfacing help
*AVR applications using assembly and C
*A guide to the best AVR on-line resources
*CD-ROM loaded with all the tools and source code you need to develop applications

Whether youre designing for fun or adding intelligence to products for a paycheck, Programming and Customizing the AVR Microcontroller is the way to go for a smoother ride.

Step-by-Step Projects
Electronic Dice
Morse Keyer
Dual Channel Voltmeter
Kitchen Timer
Radio Beacon Controller
Data Acquisition System
Electronic Lock
Interfaced Pulse Counter
Musical Follow-Me Toy
Plus many Do-It-Yourself Ideas