Lecture

Microcontrollers: Programming and Applications

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This lecture introduces the world of microcontrollers, explaining their role as the brains behind various devices and systems. The instructors, Jean-Danielle Nicou and Pierre-Yves Rochard, share their extensive experience in teaching microcontrollers and developing practical applications, offering exercises, assignments, and real-world examples to help students grasp the fundamentals of programming in C and mastering input/output operations, specialized registers, and other key concepts.

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Programming language theory: High-level programming languages

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