Introduction to Microcontrollers w/ Applications of Fuzzy Logic

This course is currently being taught in the second semester of the 2008-2009 school year. This is the first time this course has been offered. For the syllabus of this course click here.

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