How to Use a Simple Microcontroller Part 1 - An Introduction (PIC10F200)

How do you use a simple microcontroller? In this intro to our Simple Microcontroller series, we go over the plans and expectations for a set of 15+ tutorials that utilizes the one of the simplest and cheapest microcontrollers we could find, a PIC10F200. We discuss the importance of the lessons learned from these tutorials, both in understanding how microcontrollers work at their most fundamental level as well as how the low-level firmware that drives them works. We give some examples of the LED, robot, and communication projects that we will eventually go over and hopefully get you excited for this inexpensive, easy, yet foundational series on understanding basic microcontrollers.

The accompanying written tutorial, with a bit more detail and something you can go over at your leisure, is here: https://www.circuitbread.com/tutorials/how-to-use-a-simple-microcontroller-series-intro-pic10f200-part-1

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Table of Contents:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Tutorials are available as video or written on our webpage.
0:56 Why learning about simple microcontrollers is important even though we have Arduinos
1:20 Beneficial skills that would help understanding - electronics and boolean logic
1:48 Why we're using the PIC10F200
3:05 Why we're using Assembly language for this series
4:06 Disclaimer that we still love Arduinos!
4:26 Next steps for these tutorials

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