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===Twenty-one experiments in low-level programming===
===Twenty-one experiments in low-level programming===
{{Smallcaps|This book describes}} a series of experiments in programming the BBC {{microbit}} at a low level.
Welcome to the online version of my book, "Bare metal {{microbit}}", an experiment-based introduction to programming embedded devices at the machine level.  The book shows you how to program the ARM-based BBC {{microbit}} in assembly language and in C, and later how to use a simple, embedded operating system.


''I am now in discussions with publishers about how to take the project forward, including what will continue to appear on the websiteThe code for the experiments will remain available on GitHub and continue to be updatedIf you would like to look at sample chapters or try out the experiments, please get in touch with me and I will give you access. -- Mike''
The book contains 21 experiments, each described in a separate chapter that is linked from this page: the blue links are ready to follow now, and the red links lead to experiments to be added in the futureAt the end of this page are links to [[#Online resources|supporting pages]] that cover the hardware you will need, how to set up the software tools you will use to program it, and definitive documentation for the {{microbit}} boardAfter you have set up software and hardware, you are ready to begin the [[X1000|Experiment 1]], an easy task where you compile and upload a simple C program to check that everything is working properly.


[mailto:mike@cs.ox.ac.uk mike<nowiki>@</nowiki>cs.ox.ac.uk]
* [[About the book]].


==Online material==
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==Online resources==
* [[Appendix A: Hardware setup]].
* [[Appendix A: Hardware setup]].
* [[Appendix B: Software setup]].
* [[Appendix B: Software setup]].
* [[Software setup]].
* [[The microbit page|The {{microbit}} page]].
* [[The microbit page|The {{microbit}} page]].
==Part 1: Machine code programming==
The first third of the book is about programming at the machine level: instructions, how they are implemented by a computer, and how they can be combined to carry put familiar programming tasks.
==Part 2: Input/output devices==
This part of the book is about programming I/O devices: how input and output happens by reading and writing device registers, and how we can use interrupts to make the computer respond to events.
==Part 3: An embedded operating system==
The last third of the book introduces {{microbian}}, a tiny embedded operating system based on message passing, and uses it to organise programs that contain multiple processes interleaved with each other.




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Latest revision as of 09:00, 15 August 2022

Front cover

Twenty-one experiments in low-level programming

Welcome to the online version of my book, "Bare metal micro:bit", an experiment-based introduction to programming embedded devices at the machine level. The book shows you how to program the ARM-based BBC micro:bit in assembly language and in C, and later how to use a simple, embedded operating system.

The book contains 21 experiments, each described in a separate chapter that is linked from this page: the blue links are ready to follow now, and the red links lead to experiments to be added in the future. At the end of this page are links to supporting pages that cover the hardware you will need, how to set up the software tools you will use to program it, and definitive documentation for the micro:bit board. After you have set up software and hardware, you are ready to begin the Experiment 1, an easy task where you compile and upload a simple C program to check that everything is working properly.

Part 1: Machine code programming

Part 2: Input/output devices

Part 3: An embedded operating system

Bonus programs

Online resources



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