Where I demonstrate how to use additional tools such as the serial monitor, tio, along with VS Code on your PC to develop code on your Raspberry Pi for the Arduino Uno (ATmega328P).

Introduction#

Even though VS Code has a serial monitor, in fact, in has …

Where I demonstrate how to use VS Code on your PC to develop code on your Raspberry Pi for the Arduino Uno (ATmega328P).

Introduction#

Now that you have the best setup for developing code for the Arduino Uno, how do you use it?

One program for both#

You …

Assorted writings that don’t fall under one of the specific courses.

Entries#

1. Embedded Ada on an AVR Microcontroller: Introduction
2. Working with GitHub and Sensors: dataLogger
3. Setup a Raspberry Pi as a Apache/PHP/SQLite Server
4. Git: Beginning to Use …

DEPRECATED As of December 2025, the instructions have been updated for Trixie,. I setup the Standard C tool chain for the ATmega328P on the Raspberry Pi, however I use VS Code on my Mac (or Windows) for development and connect via SSH to the Raspberry Pi. …

Updated: Where I discuss a simplified approach to development automation using make in AVR_C, add the ability to use Arduino tools.

Introduction#

The previous explanation provided the Makefile from Elliot Williams and can be viewed here. I have made …

Where I discuss the various methods of increasing execution speed in Forth and demonstrate the ease in doing so.

Introduction#

In this entry, I showed the relative speeds of board/language combinations from a ARM M0 running CircuitPython to a Pi Pico …

Where I discus debouncing buttons in Flashforth as well as indexing arrays.

Introduction#

Elliott Williams had a great post several years ago as to the best solution to debouncing buttons. The technique worked extremely well in C, and I wanted to attempt …

Where I describe in detail how to compile a new version of FlashForth.

Introduction#

Its helpful to be able to compile a new version of FlashForth. A simple reason is to increase the baudrate from 38400 to 250000, increasing your productivity. It …

UPDATED: This page contains a both a Forth hardware abstraction level (HAL) much like the m328def.inc file for AVR programming in C and an example of debouncing buttons.

New Words#

This HAL provides the words:

I/O Words#

The Arduino pins are defined by bit …

Why the microcontroller datasheet is so important to programming in Forth.

The Datasheet#

The ATmega328P datasheet is critical to understanding how to program the 328P. Exploring it with Forth is the joy of Forth as Forth allows you to interactively test …