From the file '_GettingStartedMega328P.txt'

(Developed alongside submission of 'audioThing' to the contest)

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Unless otherwise mentioned: commonThing tests are usually located in 
_commonCode_localized/<commonThing>/<version>/testMega328p/

If working with another MCU:
 Look into the makefile, change the line "MCU="
 Look at pinouts (choose different pins, as necessary)
 Most AVRs are set up to run off the internal RC-Oscillator, by default...
  Though this can be checked by looking into 
    _commonCode_localized/_make/<MCU>.mk
  and changed by typing your own FUSEH/FUSEL values into *your* makefile.


The default chip-programmer is avrdude with a usb-tiny... check out:
_make/avrCommon.mk

Run 'make fuse'
    'make clean'
    'make'
    'make run'



In order of increasing complexity, ish... This order is a good way to start


heartBeat
   heartBeat fades an LED in then out, ala the good ol' Mac "sleep"
   indicator. With DMS the fade-cycle takes 8 seconds.
   If you press the button, the heart will begin blinking the number of
   times the button was pressed. (Until 4, when it returns to fading)
polled_uat/testMega328p
   polled_uat is a polled/bitbanged UART (serial port) without the
   receiver.  The test program runs at 9600 baud and transmits "Boot:" upon
   power-up, and counts from 0-9, one step per second.
polled_uar
   polled_uar is a polled/bitbanged UART (serial port) without the
   transmitter. The test program runs at 9600 baud. Send characters '1'-'9'
   and the heartBeat indicator will blink the specified number of times
   ('0' returns it to fading)
polled_uat/testTxRxMega328p
   This is a Tx/Rx program which is nearly identical to polled_uar's with
   the addition of: it transmits a message on boot, sends '.' periodically,
   and echos received characters.

polled_uat/testTxRxMega328p+syncError
   Please see the file NOTE.TXT regarding sync-errors related to
   heartbeat's spending too much time updating, and how it can be easily
   fixed...




AT THIS POINT: You have an LED, and Tx/Rx, so anything new can be tested
from here...



e.g.:
I need to implement SPI via the USART... Haven't done this before... 
Did SPI before via USI on another device, but that's different. Enter:

usart_spi/testMega328p
   After implementing SPI via the USART in this commonThing's code, 
   the actual Test-Code is nearly identical to that of 
   polled_uat/testTxRxMega328p+syncError (a/o 0.10ncf)


nlcd/testMega328p
   This tests the Nokia LCD, it expands on usart_spi's test.

anaButtons/testMega328p
   This tests "anaButtons" -- a method for interfacing an array of buttons
   via resistors and a capacitor to a single (typically *digital*) input.


adcFreeRunning/testMega328p
   This samples the ADC in "free-running" mode, in which the ADC samples
   immediately after the previous conversion, continuously. The
   test-program reports the minimum and maximum values measured, as well as
   the number of measurements, once per second. This is based off of
   polled_uat/testMega328p.