How can I start learning about programming on the 68HC908 microcontroller?
The HC908 Daughtercard can indeed be a good platform for actually learning about programming. Using the tools freely available on the Internet, you could modify our existing programs to do some special features that you dream up, or you can develop an entire new program yourself to read the A/D converter, send text to the LCD, or control whatever else you might have wired into your “system”. Playing around with the HC908 Daughtercard this way is a great way to bootstrap yourself and learn some of the basics of software programming. Besides reading through the early chapters of the good Motorola manuals for the 68HC908 processor, the best way to study up a little is to browse the many application notes listed on the Motorola website. You can get there from the “Motorola Reference Docs” link in the leftmost column of the NJQRP website links page (www.njqrp.org/links.html). Try entering the software examples they present and see if you can understand what’s being attempted by following th
