July 2012
Beginner to intermediate
400 pages
9h 52m
English
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Chapter 6
Further Programming Techniques
Chapter Outline
6.1 The Benefits of Considered Program Design and Structure
6.2 Functions
6.3 Program design
6.3.1 Using Flowcharts to Define Code Structure
6.3.2 Pseudocode
6.4 Working with Functions on the mbed
6.4.1 Implementing a Seven-Segment Display Counter
6.4.2 Function Reuse
6.4.3 A More Complex Program using Functions
6.5 Using Multiple Files in C/C++
6.5.1 Overview of the C/C++ Program Compilation Process
6.5.2 The C/C++ Preprocessor and Preprocessor Directives
6.5.3 The #ifndef Directive
6.5.4 Using mbed Objects Globally
6.6 Modular Program Example
Chapter Review
Quiz
6.1 The Benefits of Considered Program Design and Structure
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