[Noisebridge-discuss] workshop proposal - AVR microcontrollers

[Jeff Keyzer]

Jim,

Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmel_AVR or just go to Atmel's  
site.

It's an 8-bit microcontroller supported by gcc and used in many cool  
projects.

Jeff Keyzer
jeff at mightyohm.com



On Nov 2, 2008, at 7:02 PM, jim wrote:

>
> i think i'm interested. what's an "AVR"
> controller (what's "AVR")?
>
>
> On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 14:00 -0800, Andy Isaacson wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 11:58:09AM -0800, Jeff Keyzer wrote:
>>> Mitch and I recently discussed the possibility of doing a series of
>>> workshops on programming AVR microcontrollers and building cool
>>> stuff.  Many of Mitch's projects are based on the AVR, including the
>>> open source version of the TV-B-Gone, the Brain Machine, and Trippy
>>> RGB Lights.
>>>
>>> The Arduino is based on the ATmega AVR as well.
>>>
>>> The first workshop would be an intro to the AVR for beginners,
>>> followed by a solder-session/build night for the Adafruit USBTinyISP
>>> programmer.  Subsequent workshops would teach embedded C and more
>>> advanced techniques plus some fun projects.
>>>
>>> Would there be any interest in such a thing?
>>
>> Oh yes, I'm interested.
>>
>> I have a few suggestions for curricula, at varying levels of  
>> difficulty:
>>
>> 1. build a circuit and program a AVR to control an RGB LED.  (Bonus  
>> if
>>   it can receive commands interactively from a PC.)
>> 2. implement a communication protocol (UART or I2C or SPI or 1- 
>> Wire) and
>>   make two AVRs coordinate to do something interesting.
>> 3. control multiple LEDs (3x3 matrix?) from a single AVR (again,  
>> bonus
>>   points if it can receive interactive directions.)
>>
>> -andy
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