Programming and Interfacing with Microcontrollers

INTRODUCTION Introduction – History – Creative Coding Platforms – Open Source Platforms – PIC – Arduino, Sketch, Raspberry Pi, Iterative coding methodology – Python Programming –Mobile phones and similar devices – Arm Devices – Getting used to Arduino – Sensor Characterization: Safety, Basic Electronics (circuit theory, measurements, parts identification) Sensors and Software: Understanding Processing Code Structure, variables and flow control, Interfacing to the Real World

SOFTWARE FRAMEWORKS Software: openFrameworks as our IDE (C/C++) – “Arduino” Language (C/C++) – Hardware: Desktop / Laptop / Raspberry Pi – How to approach a programming problem? Representing “reality” with computers.Digital vs. Analog circuits, audio, communication, etc.Analog to Digital Conversion (ADC) – Digital to Analog Conversion (DAC) – Microcontrollers

HARDWARE COMMUNICATION Communication – Serial& Parallel – Hardware to Hardware Communication – I2C/IIC (Inter- Integrated Circuit) – SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) – Serial UART Communication – Introduction to the command line – git/github. Introduction to Programming: A comparative studio between Arduino + open Frameworks – Arduino compatible Microcontrollers Sensors and Actuators

ADVANCED I/O INTERFACING Advanced I/O – open Frameworks: Live Network feeds (push and pull) – Data persistence (saving data and preferences) – Database interface (MySQL, sqLite, XML, PHP/Web) – Arduino:Wired/Wireless Networking

IoT, FUTURE AND PERSPECTIVES Talking to the cloud: Baby steps to Internet of Things, TCP/IP and UDP – Building peer to peer communication system using Bluetooth &WiFi– Experiments