Arnie Aardvark's AVR Aperçu

This brief glance or summary (aperçu) of Atmel AVR microcontrollers introduces the newbie to the world of AVRs. It uses the Atmel STK500 Starter Kit (an $80 development board) and the ImageCraft AVR C compiler (demo and limited version sufficient for this book may be downloaded for free).It is assumed the reader has some C language and microcontroller and/or electronics experience. This book does not teach C, although the subset of the language used here is very simple and should be accessible to anyone with programming experience.This is a brief introduction and limited overview, and is meant to help the beginner get started. It skips over several important topics and focuses on project oriented details to the exclusion of general discussions. This approach is meant to help instill the confidence and foundation needed for the reader to continue his or her own educational exploration of AVRs.