17 in 1 Deluxe Microcontroller Exploration Lab

Perfect hands on lab to introduce your students to microcontrollers. Teaches what microcontrollers can do and how they are used in today's modern digital circuits. Skill Level 1.

Are you looking for a way to introduce your students to the exciting world of microcontrollers? Have you been overwhelmed with the difficulty of finding everything you need in ONE convenient package? Well look no further as we have developed a COMPLETE microcontroller introduction course. Our new 17 in 1 Deluxe Microcontroller Exploration Lab was developed as an introduction to microcontrollers and requires no previous knowledge of microcontrollers or programming languages.

This is the perfect hands-on lab that gives your students valuable practical experience as they build each experiment. All of the source code (written in C) is provided on a CD rom and each experiment has a hex file (the compiled source code) that can be programmed onto the microcontroller using a Microchip PICkit™2 programmer. The PICkit™2 programmer plugs into a USB port on your computer and allows you to program your microcontroller with a hex file (the compiled source code). The PICkit™2 programmer is included with the complete version of the kit and is necessary to program the microcontroller. Advanced users or students that are familiar with the C programming language will be able to follow the source code that was used to generate the hex file for each experiment.*

This lab requires no soldering as each experiment is built on a reusable solderless breadboard using the supplied electronic components. At the heart of this lab is a custom built microcontroller board that contains a Microchip PIC18F2410 microcontroller, a crystal, a voltage regulator, and other components. This board is pre-soldered and ready to plug directly into the breadboard.

A printed instruction manual with detailed illustrations guides students through the lab. The instruction manual starts with an introduction to microcontrollers and gives an overview of what microcontrollers can do and how they are used in today’s modern digital circuits. Information on interfacing the PICkit™2 programmer with your computer is also included. From here, the student will begin to build the experiments. All experiments operate from one 9VDC battery (not included). Each experiment has a detailed theory of operation, a complete wiring diagram, the circuit schematic and a basic overview of the source code. Some of the exciting topics that are covered in this course are basic digital circuits, logic levels, pull up resistors, sensors, LEDs and LED displays, binary and hexadecimal numbers, pulse width modulation (PWM), analog to digital conversion, stepper motors, LCD displays, and more. Please see the complete list of the experiments.

The 17 in 1 Deluxe Microcontroller Exploration Lab comes with all the parts, the microcontroller board, a breadboard, instruction manual and source code CD-ROM. Requires one PICkitT2 programmer (included with the C6949) and a Windows XP®, Windows 2000®, or Windows 98SE® computer with available USB port for operation.