Some Assembly Required

Some Assembly Required

by Timothy S Margush
Released March 2012
Publisher(s): CRC Press
ISBN: 9781439897003

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Book description

A family of internationally popular microcontrollers, the Atmel AVR microcontroller series is a low-cost hardware development platform suitable for an educational environment. Until now, no text focused on the assembly language programming of these microcontrollers. Through detailed coverage of assembly language programming principles and techniques, Some Assembly Required: Assembly Language Programming with the AVR Microcontroller teaches the basic system capabilities of 8-bit AVR microcontrollers.

The text illustrates fundamental computer architecture and programming structures using AVR assembly language. It employs the core AVR 8-bit RISC microcontroller architecture and a limited collection of external devices, such as push buttons, LEDs, and serial communications, to describe control structures, memory use and allocation, stacks, and I/O. Each chapter contains numerous examples and exercises, including programming problems.

By studying assembly languages, computer scientists gain an understanding of the functionality of basic processors and how their capabilities support high level languages and applications. Exploring this connection between hardware and software, this book provides a foundation for understanding compilers, linkers, loaders, and operating systems in addition to the processors themselves.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover (1/2)
  2. Front Cover (2/2)
  3. Contents (1/3)
  4. Contents (2/3)
  5. Contents (3/3)
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Author
  8. Introduction (1/2)
  9. Introduction (2/2)
  10. Chapter 1: Computer Systems (1/6)
  11. Chapter 1: Computer Systems (2/6)
  12. Chapter 1: Computer Systems (3/6)
  13. Chapter 1: Computer Systems (4/6)
  14. Chapter 1: Computer Systems (5/6)
  15. Chapter 1: Computer Systems (6/6)
  16. Chapter 2: The Atmel AVR Microcontroller Family (1/10)
  17. Chapter 2: The Atmel AVR Microcontroller Family (2/10)
  18. Chapter 2: The Atmel AVR Microcontroller Family (3/10)
  19. Chapter 2: The Atmel AVR Microcontroller Family (4/10)
  20. Chapter 2: The Atmel AVR Microcontroller Family (5/10)
  21. Chapter 2: The Atmel AVR Microcontroller Family (6/10)
  22. Chapter 2: The Atmel AVR Microcontroller Family (7/10)
  23. Chapter 2: The Atmel AVR Microcontroller Family (8/10)
  24. Chapter 2: The Atmel AVR Microcontroller Family (9/10)
  25. Chapter 2: The Atmel AVR Microcontroller Family (10/10)
  26. Chapter 3: Assembly Language (1/8)
  27. Chapter 3: Assembly Language (2/8)
  28. Chapter 3: Assembly Language (3/8)
  29. Chapter 3: Assembly Language (4/8)
  30. Chapter 3: Assembly Language (5/8)
  31. Chapter 3: Assembly Language (6/8)
  32. Chapter 3: Assembly Language (7/8)
  33. Chapter 3: Assembly Language (8/8)
  34. Chapter 4: Integer Data Representation (1/8)
  35. Chapter 4: Integer Data Representation (2/8)
  36. Chapter 4: Integer Data Representation (3/8)
  37. Chapter 4: Integer Data Representation (4/8)
  38. Chapter 4: Integer Data Representation (5/8)
  39. Chapter 4: Integer Data Representation (6/8)
  40. Chapter 4: Integer Data Representation (7/8)
  41. Chapter 4: Integer Data Representation (8/8)
  42. Chapter 5: AVR Core : Startup, Reset, and Memories (1/9)
  43. Chapter 5: AVR Core : Startup, Reset, and Memories (2/9)
  44. Chapter 5: AVR Core : Startup, Reset, and Memories (3/9)
  45. Chapter 5: AVR Core : Startup, Reset, and Memories (4/9)
  46. Chapter 5: AVR Core : Startup, Reset, and Memories (5/9)
  47. Chapter 5: AVR Core : Startup, Reset, and Memories (6/9)
  48. Chapter 5: AVR Core : Startup, Reset, and Memories (7/9)
  49. Chapter 5: AVR Core : Startup, Reset, and Memories (8/9)
  50. Chapter 5: AVR Core : Startup, Reset, and Memories (9/9)
  51. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (1/11)
  52. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (2/11)
  53. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (3/11)
  54. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (4/11)
  55. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (5/11)
  56. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (6/11)
  57. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (7/11)
  58. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (8/11)
  59. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (9/11)
  60. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (10/11)
  61. Chapter 6: The Stack and Function Calls (11/11)
  62. Chapter 7: Serial Communications Using the Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous Serial Receiver and Transmitter (1/7)
  63. Chapter 7: Serial Communications Using the Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous Serial Receiver and Transmitter (2/7)
  64. Chapter 7: Serial Communications Using the Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous Serial Receiver and Transmitter (3/7)
  65. Chapter 7: Serial Communications Using the Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous Serial Receiver and Transmitter (4/7)
  66. Chapter 7: Serial Communications Using the Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous Serial Receiver and Transmitter (5/7)
  67. Chapter 7: Serial Communications Using the Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous Serial Receiver and Transmitter (6/7)
  68. Chapter 7: Serial Communications Using the Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous Serial Receiver and Transmitter (7/7)
  69. Chapter 8: Logical Operations (1/6)
  70. Chapter 8: Logical Operations (2/6)
  71. Chapter 8: Logical Operations (3/6)
  72. Chapter 8: Logical Operations (4/6)
  73. Chapter 8: Logical Operations (5/6)
  74. Chapter 8: Logical Operations (6/6)
  75. Chapter 9: Control Structures (1/10)
  76. Chapter 9: Control Structures (2/10)
  77. Chapter 9: Control Structures (3/10)
  78. Chapter 9: Control Structures (4/10)
  79. Chapter 9: Control Structures (5/10)
  80. Chapter 9: Control Structures (6/10)
  81. Chapter 9: Control Structures (7/10)
  82. Chapter 9: Control Structures (8/10)
  83. Chapter 9: Control Structures (9/10)
  84. Chapter 9: Control Structures (10/10)
  85. Chapter 10: Interrupts (1/12)
  86. Chapter 10: Interrupts (2/12)
  87. Chapter 10: Interrupts (3/12)
  88. Chapter 10: Interrupts (4/12)
  89. Chapter 10: Interrupts (5/12)
  90. Chapter 10: Interrupts (6/12)
  91. Chapter 10: Interrupts (7/12)
  92. Chapter 10: Interrupts (8/12)
  93. Chapter 10: Interrupts (9/12)
  94. Chapter 10: Interrupts (10/12)
  95. Chapter 10: Interrupts (11/12)
  96. Chapter 10: Interrupts (12/12)
  97. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (1/14)
  98. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (2/14)
  99. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (3/14)
  100. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (4/14)
  101. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (5/14)
  102. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (6/14)
  103. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (7/14)
  104. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (8/14)
  105. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (9/14)
  106. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (10/14)
  107. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (11/14)
  108. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (12/14)
  109. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (13/14)
  110. Chapter 11: Arithmetic Operations (14/14)
  111. Chapter 12: Arrays (1/8)
  112. Chapter 12: Arrays (2/8)
  113. Chapter 12: Arrays (3/8)
  114. Chapter 12: Arrays (4/8)
  115. Chapter 12: Arrays (5/8)
  116. Chapter 12: Arrays (6/8)
  117. Chapter 12: Arrays (7/8)
  118. Chapter 12: Arrays (8/8)
  119. Chapter 13: Real Numbers (1/5)
  120. Chapter 13: Real Numbers (2/5)
  121. Chapter 13: Real Numbers (3/5)
  122. Chapter 13: Real Numbers (4/5)
  123. Chapter 13: Real Numbers (5/5)
  124. Chapter 14: Programming the AVR in C (1/10)
  125. Chapter 14: Programming the AVR in C (2/10)
  126. Chapter 14: Programming the AVR in C (3/10)
  127. Chapter 14: Programming the AVR in C (4/10)
  128. Chapter 14: Programming the AVR in C (5/10)
  129. Chapter 14: Programming the AVR in C (6/10)
  130. Chapter 14: Programming the AVR in C (7/10)
  131. Chapter 14: Programming the AVR in C (8/10)
  132. Chapter 14: Programming the AVR in C (9/10)
  133. Chapter 14: Programming the AVR in C (10/10)
  134. Appendix A : Getting Started with the XPLAIN Evaluation Kit (1/2)
  135. Appendix A : Getting Started with the XPLAIN Evaluation Kit (2/2)
  136. Back Cover

Product information

  • Title: Some Assembly Required
  • Author(s): Timothy S Margush
  • Release date: March 2012
  • Publisher(s): CRC Press
  • ISBN: 9781439897003