How does a newbie learn about microcontrollers?

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Microcontrollers have become an indispensable part of our lives. Many people may not understand why we say that microcontrollers are everywhere in our lives when we have not seen anything like them. Let me explain this to you. For example, cars, televisions, air-conditioning remote controls, smart watch chips, and smart phones also have microcontrollers involved. Although we cannot see microcontrollers, they are indeed everywhere in our lives.

In terms of the total number of microcontrollers used, billions are already used in China every year.

There are more and more vacancies for microcontrollers, and the number of people learning microcontroller development is also increasing year by year. So what should you learn about microcontrollers and what should you pay attention to when self-studying microcontrollers? Today I will share with you based on my actual development experience.

What foundation is needed to learn microcontrollers ?

C language: A simple C language foundation is enough, and even at the beginning, you don’t need to know knowledge about arrays, pointers, etc. But for future development, I hope everyone can learn C language well.

Understand the basic structure of 51 single chip microcomputer: For this point, you only need to read a few days of books. In other words, when you start to learn 51 single chip microcomputer, you can spend some time to read it, without going into it, just understand it.

With the above two points, you can start learning microcontrollers.

Steps to learn microcontrollers

1. Familiar with the principle and structure of single chip microcomputer ;

2. Learn digital electronics and analog electronics to lay a solid foundation for circuit design ;

3. Be proficient in using C language and learn other people's programs ;

4. Have a certain understanding of the operating system principles ;

5. You must have at least some basic knowledge of Protel ;

6. Ability to actually debug circuits.

I hope the above immature experience can help you.

Gen_X

This is a good summary. Although I am not an electrical engineer, I think the last point is the most important:

There must be a task rather than a goal, and inquiry-based learning is required to complete the specific task of the microcontroller. Otherwise, there will be little difference between learning and not learning, and a lot of time will be wasted, and the efficiency will be very low. In other words, it starts with ability training rather than knowledge accumulation.

Regardless of whether the task is completed or not, you will find that you have learned a lot. Conversely, learning a lot does not necessarily mean you have any ability. It will take longer for your ability to improve.

阿斯蒂芬563

What book are you reading?

云影

Let’s do it step by step!!!

xjfang2

I feel like I need to practice more often instead of reading.

freebsder

Thanks for sharing your experience.