Designing Embedded Systems with 32-Bit PIC Microcontrollers and MikroC

Chapter 6

Microcontroller Program Development

Abstract

This chapter is about microcontroller based program development using the program description language. The basic constructs of this language are given with several examples.

Keywords

microcontroller program development; program description language

Chapter Outline

6.1 Using the Program Description Language and Flowcharts

6.1.1 BEGIN–END

6.1.2 Sequencing

6.1.3 IF–THEN–ELSE–ENDIF

6.1.4 DO–ENDDO

6.1.5 REPEAT–UNTIL

6.1.6 Calling Subprograms

6.1.7 Subprogram Structure

6.2 Examples

6.3 Representing for Loops in Flowcharts

6.4 Summary

6.5 Exercises

Before writing a program, it is always helpful to first derive the program’s algorithm. Although simple programs can easily be developed by writing ...