Microcontroller

• Computer systems engineering kit
• Microcontrollers — small, self-contained computers — are the “brains” inside dozens of the devices and appliances in your home.
• Microwaves, washing machines, telephones, and stereos all have microcontrollers inside them.
• A microcontroller is a computer-on-a-microchip, and includes a processor, memory for storing data, timers, and ports for connecting to other components.
• As our everyday devices become increasingly “smart” with embedded technology, microcontrollers are becoming more and more important.

This kit introduces you to microcontrollers, sensors, and programming through 100 experiments.

• Build devices that use sensors to monitor and record data, and use the data to control motors, buzzers, lights, and a digital display.
• Write programs to control the devices you build.
• For example, you can build a light meter using a light dependent resistor and record the light levels in a room over a 12 hour period.
• Or measure and record the temperature outside with a temperature sensor, then graph the results.
• The number of possible experiments is infinite.



• First, assemble a circuit and write a program, following the detailed instructions in the manual.
• Then, upload the program to the microcontroller using an infrared interface.
• The program tells the microcontroller how to perform your experiment and store the data.
• Finally, the data stored in the microcontroller can be downloaded to the computer using the infrared interface.


The 100-page, full-color experiment manual guides your circuit assemblies and programming. Ages 12 and up.
• learn how computers and programs work
• assemble circuits and write programs
• design your own circuits and programs
• conduct experiments with light, heat and sound sensors
• store your work in a sleek, portable case
• use your devices to collect many types of data for other science experiments
  • Software System Requirements
    • PC with Microsoft® Windows® 98, 2000 or XP operating system
    • Minimum 64 MB of RAM
    • Minimum 5 MB of free hard disk spaceAvailable 9-pin serial (COM) or USB port
    • CD-ROM drivePower Supply Requirements
  • Requires one 9-Volt Battery (not included) or a standard Power Adapter (not included).
    • Adapter specifications: DC 9-Volt output, barrel connector with out diameter of 5.5 mm and inner diameter of 2.5 mm, positive pole on outside, negative pole on inside. Do not use a "switch-mode" type adapter.
      
• Ages 12 and up
• 96-page Manual
• 100 Experiments



• Contents:
  • microcontroller module
  • dual digital display module
  • 3 transistors
  • 7 light emitting diodes
  • motor
  • light sensor (light dependent resistor)
  • temperature sensor (negative temperature coefficient type)
  • potentiometer,
  • microphone
  • buzzer
  • diodes
  • capacitors
  • resistors
  • switches
  • wires
  • contact clips
  • infrared interface device
  • USB to 9-pin serial adapter (RS-232 type)
  • software CD
  • portable case