Lab Report # 1: Sheikh Muhammad Ismail

Lab Report # 1
Subject: Microprocessor Systems & Interfacing

Submitted By: SHEIKH MUHAMMAD ISMAIL
Registration No: FA-18-BEE-139 (B-Section)
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Lab # 01 Introduction to Development Tools and
Lab Softwares
Objectives
● Learn to use software development tools such as Arduino, Integrated Development
Environment (IDE) (Atmel Studio, AVR Studio), Compiler (WinAVR), and Simulator
(Proteus) for the AVR ATmega 328P microcontroller.
● Learn to program Arduino and ATmega328P.
Softwares Used
● Arduino
● Atmel Studio (Version 7)
● AVR Studio (Version 4)
● Proteus ISIS
● WinAVR (Version 2010)
Pre Lab
Get the following software installers from MP/VLSI lab and install them in your laptops. The
same software will be available in the Lab PCs.
Arduino:
Arduino is an open-source platform used for building electronics projects. It consists of both a
physical programmable circuit board and an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that
runs on your computer. Most Arduino boards consist of an Atmel 8-bit AVR microcontroller
with varying amounts of flash memory, pins and features. Arduino is programmed using
the Arduino Software (IDE) which is a cross-platform application for windows, macOS and
Linux. It is connected to a PC via USB cable to upload computer code to the physical board.
This also provides power to the board, as indicated by a LED.
AVR Studio:
AVR Studio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used to develop projects
(software part) for AVR microcontrollers. This IDE consists of a project management tool,
source filer editor, assembler and front-end for C/C++ programming, a debugger and a
hardware (MCU registers) Simulator. With AVR Studio, you can develop code in C as well as
in Assembly Language. Both approaches are different from each other. Each has its own merits
as you will learn during the coursework.
Atmel Studio:
Atmel Studio 7 is the integrated development platform (IDP) for developing and debugging
Atmel Atmel AVR microcontroller (MCU) applications. Atmel Studio 7 supports all AVR
MCUs. It gives you a seamless and easy-to-use environment to write, build and debug your
applications written in C/C++ or assembly code. It also connects seamlessly to Atmel
debuggers and development kits.
WinAVR:
WinAVR is a suite of executable, open source software development tools for the Atmel AVR
series of microprocessors hosted on the Windows platform. It includes the GNU GCC compiler
for C and C++. You will install this software (release 2010) on your PC/Laptop and it will be
used to compile your C/C++ code for the AVR microcontroller. IDEs such as AVR Studio will
automatically detect and use WinAVR installation and you will not need to run this software
yourself.
Proteus:
The Proteus Design Suite is a complete software solution for circuit simulation and PCB
design.Proteus can simulate electric/electronic and microcontroller based circuits. It supports
number of microcontrollers available in the market.
ATmega 328p:
The Atmel AVR ATmega328P is a low-power 8-bit microcontroller architecture.It has 131
Powerful Instructions. Most of them require single clock cycle for execution. It has 32K bytes
of In-System Programmable Flash Program memory with Read-While-Write capabilities, 1K
bytes EEPROM, 2K bytes SRAM, 23 general purpose I/O pins and 32 general purpose
working registers.
ATmega 328P Peripheral Features:
● 3 flexible Timer/Counters with compare modes

● Six PWM Channels
● Internal and External Interrupts
● A serial programmable USART
● Two Master/Slave SPI Serial Interface
● 8 channel 10-bit ADC
ATmega328P Pin configuration:

The 23 digital I/O pins are grouped into 3 ports named as Port B, C and D. Port B and D have 8
pins each whereas Port C has 7 pins. Pin 4 and 6 are required to connect with +ve (VCC) and
pin 3, 5 and 21 need to connect with ground (GND).Pin 18 is the supply voltage pin for the A/D
Converter. Pin 20 is the analog reference pin for the A/D Converter.
Each of the AVR Digital I/O port i.e Port B, Port C and Port D are associated with three I/O
registers. These resigters are:
● DDRx (Data Direction Register) - Sets the direction of each pin as input or output.
● PORTx - Used to output/write values on a Port.
● PINx - Used to input/ read values from a Port.
Where x is the port B, C or D. All of these registers are 8-bit registers. Figure 1.1 shows the
three registers associated with Port B.
Figure 1.1 Registers Associated with Port B

Pin configuration of ATmega 328P can be seen in Figure 1.1.
Figure1.2 Pin Configuration of ATmega328p
In-Lab
In-Lab Task 1: Arduino Learning Tutorial

1. Launch Arduino IDE.
2. Some built-in examples are included in Arduino software. Click on the toolbar menu: File
> Examples > Basics > Blink. This will turn an LED on Arduino board on and off with
some delay.
3. Compile the sketch. After successful compilation, the code can be uploaded to the
Arduino board.
Figure 1.3 shows a basic Arduino sketch
Result of In Lab Task 1:
.
Figure 1.3 Compiling a Sketch in Arduino
In-Lab Task 2: AVR Studio Learning Tutorial

1. Launch AVR Studio either by start menu or by selecting desktop icon. Then Select
Project Wizard form menu bar and Select New Project as shown in Figure 1.4.
Figure 1.4: Creating a new project in AVR Studio 5
2. After selecting New Project, two options will be displayed (AVR Assembler and AVR
GCC). AVR Assembler is selected for the assembly code and AVR GCC is selected to
compile C-code. In this tutorial, we will use C-code so select AVR GCC. Write project
name (lab1 for this tutorial) and select the path directory path to save files for this new
project (Select desktop and lab1 as folder name) and Click Next (Figure 1.5).
Figure 1.5: Compiler selection and Project name description with location
3. In the next menu, select AVR Simulator in debug platform and ATmega328P in device
menu. After selection click finish as shown in Figure 1.6.
Figure 1.6: AVR microcontroller Selection
4. Layout shown in Figure 1.7 will appear on the screen. Layout will consist of source
Window, I/O window, message window and I/O toolbar.
Figure 1.7: AVR Studio platform section wise overview

5. Write down the code below in source window.
C-Code:
Press F7 button to build output files of the project including object file and hex file.
Output Result for Lab Task 2:
In-Lab Task 3: Atmel Studio Learning Tutorial

1. Launch Atmel Studio either by start menu or by selecting desktop icon. From start page
new projects can be created and recently used projects can be opened. The Start page
can also be accessed from View → Start Page, or Alt V G. Click on new project as
shown in Figure 1.8.
Figure 1.8: How to create new project using Atmel Studio installed in Lab
2. After selecting New Project, the project wizard will appear. AVR Assembler is selected
for the assembly code and C/C++ is selected to compile C-code. In this tutorial, we will
use C-code so select C/C++ and then select GCC C Executable Project. Write project
name, select the path directory path to save files for this new project and Click ok
(Figure 1.9).
Figure 1.9: Compiler selection and Project name description with location
3. In the Device Selection window, select ATmega328P. Click OK to create the project as
shown in Figure 1.10.
Figure 1.10: AVR Microcontroller Selection

4. Layout shown in figure 1.11 will appear on the screen. Layout will consist of source
code window and message window. Write a code given in Task 1 in the source window.
Figure 1.11: AVR Studio platform section wise overview

5. Press F7 button to build output files of the project including object file and hex file.
Output Result of In-lab Task 4
In-Lab Task 4- Proteus Introductory Learning Tutorial

To learn basics about Proteus, we will simulate a microcontroller based circuit in Proteus. We
will use the same program for microcontroller which we simulated in AVR Tutorial.
1. Launch Proteus from start menu or by desktop icon. Proteus layout shown below will
appear on the screen as shown in Figure 1.12. There is a root sheet to draw circuit. The
device window will initially be empty and you need to pick components from library.
Proteus component library is equipped with lots of components and ICs including
microcontrollers. To pick necessary components required for circuit, click on small P in
device window.
Figure 1.12: Proteus ISIS overview of window
2. After Clicking Pick devices menu as in figure 1.13 will appear on the screen. There is a
keyword prompt which can refine your search. Write ATmega328P in keyword prompt
and result window will display components having keyword of ATmega328P. Double
click ATmega328P component in result window to add it to device list.
Figure 1.13: Pick Devices for circuit diagram
3. As described in step 2 add following components needed for this tutorial

i. ATmega328 Microcontroller
ii. Animated LED
iii. 470 ohms resistor
4. To add any component on root sheet, simply select that component from device
window and click anywhere in the root sheet to place that component. To draw wire
connection between two pins of any components, simply move mouse cursor to the tip
of the pin and click. Then click on tip of the other pin you wanted to connect. Draw a
circuit shown in figure 1.14 on Proteus root sheet by using components indicated
above.
Figure 1.14: Circuit Diagram for In-Lab Task 3
5. On the left side of Proteus layout, different modes can be selected. To add ground
terminal to the circuit, click terminal mode from buttons on left side of screen and then
select ground terminal. You can change characteristic properties of any component. To
change, simply double click the required component. An edit component menu will
appear for that particular component where you can change the characteristic properties
of that component.
6. You also need to load your required program into the microcontroller memory as shown
in Figure 1.15. Program is loaded into microcontroller memory through hex file.
Double click microcontroller, edit menu will have prompt for load program. Select the
hex file generated from Atmel Studio tutorial. This hex (Lab1.hex) file can be found in
the Lab1 directory you created on desktop for the Atmel Studio tutorial.
7. The default frequency of ATmega328p is 1MHz. To change it to 16MHz, we will
provide external clock source of 16MHz. Select CKSEL Fuses (0000) Ext. Clock, In
Clock Frequency, write 16MHz and select CLKDIV8 fuse to be unprogrammed.
Figure 1.15: Edit component menu

8. Now run the simulation from the bottom of Root Sheet and show result to your lab
instructor.
Out Put of Proteus
In Lab Task 4:
a. The following code is written to generate fibonacci series output at PortB which is
given as (0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55) .
b. Build the following code in AVR Studio or Atmel Studio. Read the error
messages, identify and correct any syntax errors and rebuild the solution.
There is error in avrio.h
Corrected Code
Atmel Studio
Avr
c. Use Debugging mode of AVR Studio or Atmel Studio to debug and correct the
code to get the desired output. In debug mode, open watch window to check
the value of the variables.
Code:
Lab Assessment
Pre Lab /1
In Lab /5
Data Analysis /4 /10
Data
Post Lab /4 /4
Presentation
Writing Style /4
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ATmega 328P Peripheral Features:

● 3 flexible Timer/Counters with compare modes

ATmega328P Pin configuration:

Figure 1.1 Registers Associated with Port B

Figure1.2 Pin Configuration of ATmega328p

In-Lab Task 1: Arduino Learning Tutorial

In-Lab Task 2: AVR Studio Learning Tutorial

Figure 1.7: AVR Studio platform section wise overview

Output Result for Lab Task 2:

In-Lab Task 3: Atmel Studio Learning Tutorial

Figure 1.10: AVR Microcontroller Selection

Figure 1.11: AVR Studio platform section wise overview

Output Result of In-lab Task 4

In-Lab Task 4- Proteus Introductory Learning Tutorial

3. As described in step 2 add following components needed for this tutorial

Figure 1.15: Edit component menu

Data Analysis /4 /10

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