ME 333 Readings, Videos, and Sample Code

Readings, videos, exercises, and sample code for ME 333 Introduction to Mechatronics.

Appendix: A Crash Course in C

Reading: A Crash Course in C

Videos:

1. Writing your first program in C, HelloWorld.c (5:09). Chapter A.1. Exercises: 1.
2. Differences between C and MATLAB (7:30). Chapter A.2. Exercises: 2, 3.
3. Binary and hexadecimal (Base 2 and 16) (4:47). Chapter A.3.1. Exercises: 4, 6.
4. Data types (5:30). Chapter A.3.1. Exercises: 8, 10.
5. Using the data types (3:49). Chapter A.3.1. Exercises: 11.
6. Representations of data types (5:15). Chapter A.3.1. Exercises: 12, 13.
7. Pointer basics (5:54). Chapter A.3.2. Exercises: 14, 15.
8. Sample program: printout.c (5:55). Chapter A.4. Exercises: 16 (not covered in video, reading only) 17, 18.
9. Sample program: datasizes.c (2:57). Chapter A.4. Exercises: 9.
10. Sample program: overflow.c (2:43). Chapter A.4. Exercises: 19.
11. Sample program: typecast.c (5:43). Chapter A.4. Exercises: 20.
12. invest.c, part 1/5: intro to a typical C program (4:18). Chapter A.4. Exercises: 23.
13. invest.c, part 2/5: overview (3:58). Chapter A.4. Exercises: 24, 25.
14. invest.c, part 3/5: sections 1-4: program comments, preprocessor commands, new data type definitions, and global variables (4:48). Chapter A.4. Exercises: 26.
15. invest.c, part 4/5: sections 5-6: helper function prototypes and the main function (4:40). Chapter A.4.
16. invest.c, part 5/5: section 7: helper functions (7:42). Chapter A.4. Exercises: 28-30, 32, 33 (some material covered in reading only).

Sample Code:

• Section A.1: HelloWorld.c
• Section A.4: printout.c, datasizes.c, overflow.c, typecast.c, invest.c
• Section A.4.16: helper.h, helper.c, main.c
• Problems, Section A.5: bubble.c, lights.c, hexdump.c

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Chapter 1: Quickstart

• Section 1.3:
  • NU32test.hex
  • simplePIC.c
  • NU32bootloaded.ld
  • simplePIC_standalone.c
  • talkingPIC.c
  • NU32.c
  • NU32.h

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Chapter 4: Using Libraries

• Section 4.5:
  • LCD.c
  • LCD.h
  • LCDwrite.c

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Chapter 5: Time and Space

• Section 5.1:
  • timing.c

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Chapter 6: Interrupts

• Section 6.1:
  • INT_core_timer.c
  • INT_ext_int.c
  • INT_timing.c

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Chapter 7: Digital Input and Output

• • DIO_plib.c
  • DIO_sfrs.c

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Chapter 8: Counters / Timers

• • TMR_5Hz.c
  • TMR_external_count.c
  • TMR_pulse_duration.c

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Chapter 9: Output Compare

• • OC_analog_out.c
  • OC_PWM_plib.c
  • OC_PWM_sfrs.c
  • OC_signal.m

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Chapter 10: Analog Input

• • ADC_Read2.c

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Chapter 11: UART

• • UART_loopback.c
  • UART_pic_to_pic.c
  • UART_hfc_to_pc.c
  • UART_xbee.c
  • UART_pic_to_matlab.c
  • UART_pic_to_matlab.m
  • UART_pic_to_processing.c
  • UART_pic_to_processing.pde
  • UART_pic_to_html5.zip

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Chapter 12: SPI Communication

• • SPI_loopback.c
  • SPI_pic_to_pic.c
  • SPI_DAC_MCP4922.c
  • SPI_ADC_MCP3008.c
  • SPI_SRAM_23K256.c
  • SPI_microSDcard.c
  • SPI_accelerometer_ADXL362.c

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Chapter 13: I2C Communication

• • I2C_loopback.c
  • I2C_pic_to_pic.c
  • I2C_DAC_MAX518.c
  • I2C_ADC_NAU7802.c
  • I2C_SRAM_PCF8570P.c
  • I2C_accelerometer_LSM303DLHC.c

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Chapter 14: USB

• • USB_HID.zip
  • USB_CDC.zip
  • USB_thumbDrive.zip

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Chapter 15: Input Capture

• • IC_loopbackPWM.c
  • IC_readRemoteControl.c

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Chapter 16: Comparator

• • COMP_internal.c
  • COMP_output16values.c
  • COMP_INT2values.c

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Chapter 17: Watchdog Timer

• • WDT_enableReset.c
  • WDT_checkPreviousReset.c

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Chapter 18: Storing Data in Flash Memory

• • FLASH_write.c

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Chapter 19: Power Saving

• • PWR_sleep.c

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Chapter 20: Real-time Clock and Calendar

• • RTCC_set.c

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Chapter 21: Controller Area Network (CAN)

• • CAN_pic_to_pic.c

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Chapter 22: Direct Memory Access

• • DMA_adc.c
  • DMA_spi.c

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