Structured weekly schedule with hands‑on exercises so you can steadily progress from beginner to advanced PIC microcontroller interfacing:
- Topics
- Microcontroller basics, PIC architecture.
- Setting up MPLAB X IDE, XC8 compiler, and PICKit.
- Exercises
- Blink an LED using GPIO.
- Read a push button input and toggle LED.
- Topics
- Timers, delays, prescalers.
- ADC basics for analog sensors.
- PWM generation.
- Exercises
- Use a timer to blink LED at precise intervals.
- Read a potentiometer with ADC and display value via UART.
- Dim an LED using PWM.
- Topics
- UART, I²C, SPI.
- Exercises
- Send sensor data to PC via UART.
- Interface an RTC module via I²C.
- Connect an SPI OLED display and show text.
- Topics
- LCD/OLED interfacing.
- Motor control with PWM and driver ICs.
- Interrupts (external + peripheral).
- Exercises
- Display sensor values on LCD.
- Control DC motor speed with PWM.
- Use external interrupt to trigger an event (e.g., button press).
- Topics
- CAN bus communication.
- USB interfacing (PIC18F4550).
- Data logging with EEPROM/SD card.
- Wireless modules (Bluetooth, GSM, GPS, Wi‑Fi).
- Exercises
- Exchange data between two PICs via CAN bus.
- Create a USB HID device (e.g., custom keyboard).
- Log temperature data to EEPROM or SD card.
- Send sensor data via Bluetooth to a smartphone.
- Topics
- RTOS concepts, cooperative multitasking.
- State machine design.
- Code optimization, power management.
- Exercises
- Implement a simple scheduler using interrupts.
- Build a state machine for a multi‑function device.
- Optimize code for speed and memory efficiency.
- Mini Projects
- Digital thermometer with LCD.
- Motor speed controller with feedback.
- Final Project
- IoT device (Wi‑Fi + sensors).
- Smart home controller.
- Robotics application.