What you'll learn

Micro-controller architecture & it's working
Instruction execution, pipelining, stack pointer & interrupts
C, AVR assembly programming & implement mixed language projects
Arguments and return values passing from a function to another, how memory & CPU registers are allocated during program execution
How hardware manages program stack and management of local & global variables
Interrupts, interrupt vector table (IVT) and interrupt service routine (ISR), IVT & ISR programming
Build environment setup, GNU tools & utilities & build automation using GNU Make
Setup in-circuit programmer and USB-Serial adapter, flash & configure ATmega328 micro-controller

Requirements

Prior exposure to computer architecture, digital circuit & C programming is good to have but not mandatory
Curiosity & enthusiasm to learn
Development board components, PC & open source software

Description

Welcome to the only embedded system course you need to kick-start Embedded programming skill.

Embedded System programming is a multi-disciplinary skill and built upon solid foundation of programming and knowledge of hardware - microcontroller. The course helps you build sound understanding of C & Assembly programming. It discusses the architecture of the ATMega328 microcontroller and how software and hardware interact.

The course is taught ground up. The embedded programs are developed from the scratch and does not use libraries bundled with the C compiler or pre-built third-party libraries. Every functionality needed for the project will be implemented afresh.

You will rig-up the development board using the basic electronic components like capacitors, resistors, LEDs, microcontroller etc. And interface the development board with PC through USB-serial adaptor and in-circuit programmer. You shall setup the development environment on PC, configure the microcontroller and flash the bootloader.

You will learn memory management by C compiler, microcontroller architecture, instruction execution, interrupt handling and cross-language programming. You shall implement programs using C and assembly programming languages and implement pre-main functionalities to bring-up the development board. These topics not only introduce you to the programming but also prepare you to deal with the ecosystem of programming an embedded system.

Lots of students have already taken the right decision by enrolling in the course. Following is what they are saying.

"Awesome course for beginners to build foundation of embedded system and C programming. The best part of the course is to build the development board on the breadboard and run/test programs........." - Akash

"Very useful course to learn and understand embedded systems." - Ajaganna

The course comes with a "No questions asked money back guarantee for 30 days". So, these is nothing for you to loose.

If your thoughts resonate with the offerings of this course, learning new concepts and gaining practical insights excites you and you do whatever it takes to succeed then this is the course for you.

Key Highlights

The embedded system course is based on open source tools and hardware

Rig-up your own circuit on breadboard, design and implement programs on it

No 3rd party software component used - all the libraries, ISR, IVT are developed from scratch

Based on ATmega328/P Microcontroller which is simple to understand & readily available

Teaching Methodology

Designed for the success

Complex concepts are explained in simple yet interesting manner

Balanced - explanation of theoretical concepts and programming exercise

Working of the circuit and program logic is explained step-by-step

Projects, handouts, source code, quizzes and references

Fun & Exciting

Who this course is for:

Students who want to learn/understand a fairly complex microcontroller based project from scratch
Students who are studying embedded system & want to acquire deeper insight
Engineers who want to kick-start career in embedded system programming
Individual who wants to learn microcontroller & programming
Hobbits & electronics enthusiast