Introduction to Microcontrollers w/ Applications of Fuzzy Logic

This course is currently being developed and will be taught in the second semester of the 2008-2009 school year.

The course will be using PIC microcontrollers. Most work will be completed on the PIC16F690. A syllabus with a proposed schedule will be posted in the fall. Below is a list of some of the activities we will complete in the course.

• Wire breadboard for PIC16F690
• LED control
  • Blink
  • count in binary
  • count on 8-segment LED
    
  • dim (use LabQuest w/ light sensor, use oscilloscope for voltage)
    
  • Experiment with internal and external oscillators
    
• Output to an LCD
  
• SERIN and oscilloscope
  
• Digital thermometer
  
• Sound to a speaker
  
• Motor control
  
  • H-bridge
    
  • PWM
    
  • External motor controllers
    
  • Servo motor control
    
• IR
  
  • Make an IR-remote
    
  • Make an IR-receiver
  • Half the class will make remote and the other half receivers.
    
• Motor encoders – move according to encoder output
  
• Inclinometer - Measure angle
  
• Gyroscope – estimate position
  
• Combine everything to program a two-wheel balancing robot