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Part 1: Machine code programming

• Introducing the micro:bit
• Experiment 1 – Building a program. Check you can build and upload a simple program (written in pure C) that echoes lines typed on the terminal.
• Experiment 2 – Machine instructions. Investigate the effect of single machine instructions using an interactive program.
• Experiment 3 – Loops. Write programs for multiplication and division that contain loops.
• Experiment 4 – Numbers. Explore number representations and conditional branches.
• Experiment 5 – Subroutines. Learn how to define and call subroutines to give structure to a larger program.
• Experiment 6 – Memory and arrays. Exploit instructions that load and store data in RAM.
• Experiment 7 – A buffer overrun attack. Build a working (but harmless) model of a computer virus.

Part 2: Input/output devices

• Experiment 8 – Digital input/output. Use device registers to control I/O pins and light LEDs.
• Experiment 9 – Pure assembly language. Flash an LED with a minimal program written in assembly language.
• Experiment 10 – Serial communication. Use a serial device to transmit characters.
• Experiment 11 – Interrupts for I/O. Control the serial device with interrupts to free the processor.
• Experiment 12 – Interrupt mechanism. Plot gaps in a waveform to measure the time needed to handle interrupts.
• Experiment 13 – Neopixels. Use assembly language to make a bit-banged implementation of the protocol for WS2812 'NeoPixel' LEDs.

Part 3: An embedded operating system

• Introducing micro:bian
• Experiment 14 – Processes. Use micro:bian processes to perform multiple tasks concurrently.
• Experiment 15 – Messages. Use messages to communicate between processes.
• Experiment 16 – Synchronisation. Synchronise the actions of multiple processes by making them exchange messages.
• Experiment 17 – Device drivers. Manage I/O devices using driver processes that receive interrupts as messages.
• Experiment 18 – I²C-based spirit level. Access the micro:bit accelerometer over the I²C bus to make a 2D spirit level.
• Experiment 19 – Servo motors. Use a timer to generate the signals needed to control servo motors.
• Experiment 20 – Radio. Communicate between multiple micro:bits using the in-built radio.
• Experiment 21 – Remote-controlled car. Use servos and radio to make a remote-controlled car.

Bonus programs

• Experiment 31 – Analog to digital converter. A device driver for the analog to digital converter.
• Experiment 32 – Infrared remote control. A program that uses GPIO interrupts to decode signals from an infrared remote control.
• Experiment 33 – Neopixel clock. Software for a Neopixel-based clock.