Beginning C for Arduino: Learn C Programming for the Arduino, Second Edition

© Jack Purdum 2015

Jack PurdumBeginning C for Arduino10.1007/978-1-4842-0940-0_10

10. Structures, Unions, and Data Storage

Jack Purdum¹ 

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Ecosoft, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

 

Structures

Declaring a Structure

Defining a Structure

Accessing Structure Members

Escape Sequences

Memory Requirements for a Structure

Returning a Structure from a Function Call

Using Structure Pointers

Initializing a Structure

Arrays of Structures

Unions

EEPROM Memory

Using EEPROM

Other Storage Alternatives

Shields

typedef

Summary

This chapter takes a little deeper look at some of your options for storing data and in serial input/output (I/O) operations. You will also learn some new data structures that are available to you and how they can be used to advantage in your programs. More specifically, ...