INTRODUCTION TO BASCOM AVR
SOFTWARE
INSTRUCTOR: ABDUL BASIR FAIQ, M.ENG
Introduction to Bascom avr software
History and different versions of the software
Parts of the software
1- Toolbar
Parts of the software
2- Writing our program
Parts of the software
3- Our pins
Parts of the software
4- PDF Viewer
Start a new project
1- Create new project
Start a new project
2- Create new page
- Here we can have bookmarks and labels
File
2- File NEW
- This option creates a new window in which you will write your program
- You can have multiple windows open at the same time
File
3- File Open
- With this option you can load an existing program from disk
File
4- File Close
- Close the current program
5- File Save
- With this option, you save your current program to disk under
- the same file name
File
6- File Save As
With this option, you can save your current program to disk
under a different filename
7- File Print Preview
- With this option, you can preview the current program before it is printed
File
8- File Print
With this option, you can print the current program
9- File Project
Each file you open is a project
File
10- File ZIP
This option will put all project files into a ZIP file
9- File EXIT
With this option, you can leave BASCOM
Edit Menu
1- Edit Undo (CTRL+Z)
With this option, you can undo the last text manipulation
2- Edit Redo (CTRL+SHIFT+Z)
With this option, you can redo the last undo
3- Edit Cut (CTRL+X)
With this option, you can cut selected text into the clipboard
4- Edit Copy (CTRL+C)
With this option, you can copy selected text into the clipboard
Edit Menu
5- Edit Paste (CTRL+V)
With this option, you can paste text from the clipboard starting at
the current cursor position
6- Edit Find (CTRL+F)
With this option, you can search for text in your program
7- Edit Find Next
With this option, you can search again for the last specified search item
8- Edit Replace (CTRL+R)
With this option, you can replace selected text in your program
Edit Menu
9- Edit GOTO (CTRL+G)
With this option, you can immediately go to a specified line number.
10- Edit Toggle Bookmark
With this option, you can set/reset a bookmark, so you can jump in
your code with the Edit Go to Bookmark option
11- Edit Goto Bookmark
With this option, you can jump to a bookmark
12- Edit Indent Block (CTRL+SHIFT+I)
With this option, you can indent a selected block of text (5 spaces)
Edit Menu
13- Edit Unindent Block (CTRL+SHIFT+U)
With this option, you can unindent a block (CTRL+SHIFT+U).
14- Edit Remark/Unremark Block (CTRL+M)
Remark: With this option, you can Remark or
Unremark a selected block of text
Edit Menu
15- Edit Insert ASCII
This option will show a pop up window from which you can select
an ASCII character.
Edit Menu
16- Edit Fold All Subs and Functions
When Code folding is enabled in Options, Environment, IDE, Editor ,
this options will fold/collapse all sub procedures and functions
17- Edit Unfold All Code
This option will unfold all folded code so all code becomes visible
Edit Menu
18- Edit Proper Indent
This option will properly indent your code;
Indention is used to make code better readable
Program Menu
1- Program Compile (F7)
With this option, you compile your current program.
Your program will be saved automatically before being compiled
Program Menu
2- Program Syntax check (Ctrl+F7)
With this option, your program is checked for syntax errors.
No file will be created except for an error file, if an error is found
Program Menu
3- Program Show Result (Ctrl+W)
Use this option to view information concerning the result of the compilation
4- Program Simulate (F2)
With this option, you can simulate your program
5- Program Send to Chip (F4)
With this option, you send your program to the external chip
Tools Menu
1- Tools Terminal Emulator (Ctrl+T)
With this option you can communicate via the RS-232 interface to the
microcomputer
Tools Menu
2- Tools LCD Designer (Ctrl+L)
With this option you can design special characters for LCD-text displays
Options Menu
1- Options Compiler Chip
With this option, you can modify the compiler options
We can select: the target chip, size of the external RAM, and etc…
Options Menu
2- Options Compiler Output
With this option, you can select what type of file/document/program; the targeted mc must
generate. (e.g binary file, debug file, Intel HEX file, report file, error file and etc…)
Options Menu
3- Options Communication
With this option, you can modify the communication settings for the terminal emulator.
Options Menu
4- Options Environment
The Environment TAB has a
few TABS of it's own.
Overview of Bascom AVR Parts
P1: Index (different version of the software)
P2: How to install
P3: Present every menu of the software
P4: Hardware's (Which type of external hardware can be supported by Bascom AVR)
P5: Different type of chips in AVR family
P6: Bascom language fundamentals (Basic Language)
P7: Assembly language and compilers
P8: Library of assembly language (Codes are already defined we can use directly)
