Contents

AboutthisTutorial..........................................................................................................................2
ImportantInformation....................................................................................................................2
CreateCodevisionProject...............................................................................................................3
Include.Hand.CfilesinCodeVision...............................................................................................6
Sample.HFile..................................................................................................................................7
Sample.CFile..................................................................................................................................8

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AboutthisTutorial

ThistutorialwillguideyouonhowtocreateaprojectinCodeVision.Furthermore,itexplainshowto
burnthecodeontoanAtmegachipusingSTK500boardandprogramthemicrocontrollertooutput
serialdatathatyoucanreadtoandfromthemicrocontroller.Finally,thereisasectionthatexplains
howtosetupheaderfilesinCodeVision

ImportantInformation

1. TheclockontheSTK500kitis3.686Mhz
TheclockonthePCBKitis16.000Mhz
2. DonotchangethefusebitsettingsinCodeVisionunlessyouknowwhatyouaredoing.
ChangingfusebitsettingcandisabletheAtmegamicrocontroller

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Selectingthechiptypeletsyouchoose
featuresofthechip.Youmustselect
thecorrectfrequencyoftheAtmega
otherwisemanyfunctionslikeUART
anddelayfunctioncallswillnotworkas
intended
4. Inthenextfigure,usercanchoosethe
settingsforUART.Thiswillenablethe
useofprintfandscanfstatements.
UARTenablesyoutoperform
input/outputfunctionsfortheAtmega
microcontrolleranditisalsousefulto
debugcode.

CreateCodevisionProject

1. OpenCodeVision
2. ClickFileNew

3. AfterclickingYesintheprevious
prompt,youcannowuseCodeVisionto
automaticallygeneratetemplatecode
forAtmegamicrocontroller.

5. SelectFileGenerate,SaveandExit
6. Youcannownameyourprojectfiles
andsavethemintoaprojectfolder.
7. CodeVisionwillgeneratethecodeand
nowyoucanburnthecodeintothe
Atmega,butfirst,afewsettingsneedto
bechanged.

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8. ClickonProjectConfigureandgoto
theCCompilertab
9. First,ifyouwishtodisplayfloating
pointnumbersusingprintf(%f,
myfloat);thenyouneedtoenablethis
feature.Donotenablethisfeature
unlessrequiredbecauseittakesalotof
codememoryspace.Underthe
(s)printffeatures,selectfloat,width,
precisionifneeded,otherwiseleaveit
alone.

10. NowbrowsetoAfterMaketab.Check
theProgramtheChipoptionand
choosetheoptionsdescribedbythe
nextfigure:

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Normally,youdonotneedtoVerifythe
codesodeslectVerifyoption.Program
FuseBit(s)isalsonotneededbecause
thiscanchangethewayAtmegastarts
upusingvariousclockoptions.
Atmegascomeprogrammedtouse
externalclock,whichisexactlywhatthe
PCBkitandtheSTK500usessodonot
changethisunlessyouknowwhatyou
aredoing.
11. ClickOK
12. Scrolldowntowardsthebottomofthe
codeandobservethatyourentirecode
needstobewithinthewhile(1)loop.
Thisisaninfiniteloopandthe
microcontrollersmusthaveoneinfinite
loopotherwisetheyitexecutecode
onceandstopworking.Addthe
followingcodeinsidethewhileloop:
printf(test\n);
delay_ms(100);
Addingthedelayisnecessaryotherwise
themicrocontrolleroutputsdatasofast
thatthePCbufferwilloverflowforthe
incomingserialdataandyourcomputer
mayfreezewhiletryingtoreadthedata
fromtheserialbufferchip.

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PD0/PD1toRX/TXandconnectserial
cabletothe2ndDB9port.
21. Youshouldnowseethemicrocontroller
outputtingdata.

13. Gotothetopofthecodeandaddthis
statement:#include<delay.h>
14. GotoSettingsProgrammerand
ensurethattheCOMportyouchoseis
indeedtheCOMportconnectedto
STK500programmingport(nexttothe
DCpowerjack)
15. PressShift+F9andthenselectProgram
theChipoption
16. Thecodeisreadyandmicrocontrolleris
nowprintingprintfstatements,now
youneedtoconnecttheserialcableto
seetheoutput.
17. DownloadHerculesSetupby
searchingforitingoogle.
18. OpenupHerculesSetupandgotothe
SerialTab.ChoosetheCOMportthatis
available.Thiscouldbethesameasthe
ProgrammingCOMportifyoudonot
havea2ndCOMportinyourcomputer.
Choosethespeedinbps,whichmustbe
thesameastheoneinstep4.Click
OPENtoopentheCOMport.

19. Nothingshouldprintatthispoint
becauseyouneedtoconnecttheserial
cabletowhichthePCBkitofSTk500is
outputtingdatato.
20. ForthePCBkit,readthemanualand
connectRX/TXandserialcabletothe
DB9connector.ForSTK500,connect

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Include.Hand.CfilesinCodeVision

Manytimes,fororganizationpurposes,theheaderfile(.h)andtheaccompanyingdefinitionfile(.C)
needtobeincludedinyourproject.Thiscanbeaccomplishedinthefollowingways:
1.
2.
3.
4.

OnceCodeVisionprojecthasbeenopened,clickonProjectConfigure
ClickAddandbrowsetotheCfileyouwishtoaddandclickOPEN
ClickOK
Youdonothavetoopen.Hfilethesameway,butyoushouldopenitincaseyouneedtoedit
theheaderfileeasily.Ontheleftside,youcanrightclickonOtherFilesandclickOPENto
opentheheaderfile.
5. Itisrecommendedtoputthe.Hand.CfilesinthesamefolderastheCodeVisionprojectfiles.

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Sample.HFile

Thenextfigureshowswhatcanbeincludedintheheaderfile.Importantthingstonoteisthatfunctions
canbedeclaredinthisfile.Ifyouaredeclaringavariable,youmustincludeexternpriortothe
variabledefinition.Thistellsthecompilerthattheactualdefinitionofthevariableissomewhereelse.
ThesampleheaderfilewasusedtodevelopasoftwaredrivenUART,soitwasonceworking,butcodeis
omittedinthe.Cfileonpurpose.

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Sample.CFile

Notethatinthe.Cfile,thevariablesaredefinedbytheinitialvaluealongwiththedefinitionofthe
actualfunctions.Inthisfile,theonlythingrequiredistoincludethe.Hfileasincludedbythestatement
#include<USART.H>Inthisfile,removetheexternkeywordfromthevariablesandgivetheminitial
values.Forarrays,givethearraysize.
Youcanreferencetheprevioustwoscreenshotstodevelopyourown.Hand.Cfiles.

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