Biomedical technologists test, repair, and evaluate imbedded Microcontroller Systems. This course introduces the operation and basic subsystems of the ATmega microcontroller. Topics include: basic digital input/output, port functions, memory structure and usage, serial communications, timers, interrupts, ADC. The course also examines microcontroller interfacing to a variety of external devices including the LCD, real time clock, temperature sensor, external memory, accelerometer and DAC. A biomed project (Patient Simulator) is included in this course.