This tutorial provides introduction to the basic components and features of ATmega 2560 based Firebird V. It includes discussion about the sensors, communication, power options and programming aids for Firebird V.

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This tutorial describes I/O ports of ATmega 2560 and its programming. Writing a program to interface and control the buzzer connected to Port C of ATmega 2560 is also discussed in this tutorial.

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This tutorial involves discussion about the motor driver IC L293D and its interfacing on the Firebird V platform. Apart from this, direction control of Firebird V using I/O port assignments is also discussed.

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This tutorial introduces Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) for speed control and description of the inbuilt registers to generate PWM signal. An example code for speed/velocity control is explained and demonstration of the same is also included.

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This video tutorial describes the onboard 16x2 LCD and its hardware interfacing on the Firebird V platform. Command sequences for LCD interfacing and example C code is also provided.

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This tutorial explains the general mechanism for interrupt handling, description of the inbuilt position encoders and using the combination of the two to control the distance traversed by the robot. generic C code for precise control of linear as well as angular motion of Firebird V is also part of this tutorial.

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this tutorial describes the inbuilt ADC module and the sensors connected to its channels on the Firebird V. An example code to read and interpret the digital equivalent of the analog value indicated by the onboard sensors is explained and demonstrated.

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WinAVR is a software development tool for the Atmel AVR series. This is a compiler used along with AVR Studio 4.17

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Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to be used to develop and debug your embedded programs.

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Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to be used to develop and debug your embedded programs.

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A software that will be used to burn/load your .hex file on to the Firebird V robot.

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This will be used to connect your Firebird V robot to the USB port of the computer.

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A self explanatory Graphical User Interface (GUI) to test the functionality of Firebird V. Refer to the readme file after downloading the folder for more details.

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Codeblocks is an IDE which is used for writing C-program for AVR and compile it to generate the .hex file.

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