Hey there....my arduino uno just arrived yesterday and all is well with it but i do have some questions for you guys. I'm actually interested in how C handles the requests for it so i was wondering if there is any tutorial online about the actual physical addresses used in communicating with it.
I like how simple the interface software makes it to communicate with the board but the lack of a main function and the use of macros and constants for everything doesn't actually let you see much.
I appologise in advance if this has been asked before and i thank anyone who's willing to give me a few tips...
Oh ....and since this is my first post on this board i'd like to say it's nice to be part of this community and i hope to be able to help with whatever i can when i learn more :).
The datasheet of the processor http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno in combination with the files in installation_directory\hardware\arduino\cores\arduino should be a good start.
If you want to use the bare Avr-libC I have a small but growing series of tutorials:
You talk about the communication part, well the arduino uno as an atmega328p as its main micro-controller, that micro as an USART which lets you do serial communications, that serial stream is feed to the atmega8u2 that as inbuild usb capabilities and send your data stream over a virtual com port.
Thanks a lot guys...i guess this is the kind of stuff i was looking for ill dig right in
edit : I'm trying to find out how to interact with the board writinc c code from scratch....because i find it interesting and i think i can handle myself around bit shifts , pointers and the like. I like the fact that all the functions contain only abstract info...making everything that much more accesible , but if i get the hang of stuff perhaps i'll be able to make my own contributions in the future
ill dig right in 