Front Cover -- AVR: An Introductory Course -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Short bit for PIC users -- Number systems -- Adding in binary -- Negative numbers -- An 8-bit Flash microcontroller -- Initial steps -- Choosing your model -- Flowchart -- Writing -- Assembling -- Registers -- Instructions -- Program template -- Chapter 2. Basic Operations with AT90S1200 and Tiny12 -- Program A: LED on -- Programs B and C: Push Button -- Programs D and E: Counter -- Program F: Chaser -- Program G: Counter v.3.0 -- Program H: Traffic Lights -- Program I: Logic Gate Simulator -- Major Program J: Frequency Counter -- Chapter 3. Introducing the rest of the family -- Chapter 4. Intermediate Operations -- Interrupts -- Program K: Reaction Tester -- Program L: 4-bit analogue to digital converter -- Program M: Voltage Inverter -- Major Program N: Melody Maker -- Chapter 5. Advanced Operations -- PWM- Pulse Width Modulation -- UART -- Program O: Keyboard Converter -- Final Program P: Computer Controlled Robot -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Specifications for some PICs -- Appendix B. Pin layouts of various AVRs -- Appendix C. Instruction overview -- Appendix D. Instruction glossary -- Appendix E. Interrupt vector tables -- Appendix F. Hex conversion -- Appendix G. ASCII conversion -- Appendix H. When all else fails, read this -- Appendix I. Contacts and further reading -- Appendix J. Sample programs -- Answers to exercises -- Index.