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 beware errors November 14, 2008
Avoid this book. I have coded Big Iron assembler for years, so Atmel came quick for me. Finding several errors early in the book, I paid no heed. Instead, I wasted hours coding and testing, finally looking at the actual avr doc . In the Morton Appendix list of Commands, the critical Store group (ST,STS,STD) has the wrong syntax and will never work. Forget Morton but not Atmel. Instead,download free AvrStudio with its nice assembler and great simulator. Then study the Avr-asm-tuTorial website. Write some code and then play with flashing it to your chip.
 I wish it had more hardware-related stuff... July 8, 2008
This book is pretty-much what I expected it to be, so I made the right purchase. It introduces AVRs, generally outlines their hardware, and gives a lot of programs. I only wish the hardware part was more thorough, especially the getting-started part and the hardware-setup for programming. After all, this is an introductory course. That's the only reason I didn't give it five stars.
 Decent Start November 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book provides a decent start to AVR programming, but it doesn't include any C, which I think would be a nice addition.
In any event, the book is certainly packed with information, although it is a little light on explanatory material regarding the general electronics.
It provides a cook book of projects, has enough information to get you started, and definitely acquaints you with the inner workings of the AVR. With this book, an STK500, and a few AVRs you can build interesting projects. Add a little electronics experience and you'll be on top of things.
Great book for the beginner! February 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I knew nothing about the AVR when I bought this book. I just picked some books to start learning and WOW! It got me up to speed so that now I can program an AVR by myself. The only think I would have liked to see was more explaination of each of the codes used. But you can't get everything in one book.
pretty good primer May 12, 2006
I'm quite familiar with other uCs, so this one was a good one for explaining the details of the AVR and how it differed (specific pins, timing issues) from other uCs I've played with. I liked the reading style, and the code, though assembly, was easy to translate into C.
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