The µCL Tutorial

The μCL Tutorial
This is tutorial for μUL. It is currently work in progress. It is also available in PDF format.
The μCL Tutorial
Table of Contents
• Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2 Downloading the Software
• 3 IDE Overview
• 4 Compiling Programs
• 5 Example1 Walk Through
• 6 Microcontroller Hookup
• 7 Debugging
• 8 Numbers, Characters, and Strings
• 9 Constants and Expressions
• 10 Variables and Assignments
• 11 Procedures
• 12 About Indentation
• 13 Simple Statements
• 14 Iteration Statements
• 15 Code and Data Banks
• 16 About Types
• 17 More About Expressions
• 18 Libraries
• 19 Pins
• 20 Embedded Assembly Code
• 21 Controlled_Delays
• 22 Interrupts
1. Introduction
This tutorial is quite out of date. Then language has not changed much, but the integrated development
environment is not available.
μCL is an acronym for Microcontroller Language. It is a high level language designed specifically for
®programming 8−bit microcontrollers such as the PICmicro (Peripheral Interface Controller) microcontrollers
®from MicroChip . The motivation for creating μCL was born of a need for a powerful yet easy to use
™programming development tool to use with RoboBRiX a modular system for building robots.
The overall strategy for this tutorial is "hands on". The goal is actually get you to compile and execute the
code on actual hardware. Thus, many of the early sections in this tutorial focus on how to use the μCL IDE
(Integrated Development Environment), while ...