Summary
This tutorial guides beginners on interfacing a push button switch with the Atmega32 microcontroller using Atmel Studio. It explains configuring the microcontroller pin as input, reading the switch status, and controlling an LED. When the push button (Push To On type) connected to PD0 is pressed, it turns on the LED connected to PC0 for 3 seconds. The setup uses a 16 MHz crystal for clock, a 10µF capacitor and a 10KΩ resistor for power-on reset, and a pull-down resistor to keep the input LOW when the button is unpressed.Parts used in the Push Button Switch with Atmega32 Project:
- Atmega32 microcontroller
- 16 MHz crystal oscillator
- 10µF capacitor
- 10KΩ resistor (for power-on reset)
- LED
- Resistor (current limiting for LED)
- Push button switch (Push To On type)
- Pull-down resistor (connected to push button input)
This tutorial is meant for beginners in the field of Atmel AVR programming. I hope that you already read my first tutorial Blinking LED using Atmega32 and Atmel Studio. In most of the embedded electronic projects you may want to use a push button switch to give user inputs to the microcontroller. To use a push button switch with a microcontroller, first you should configure the corresponding pin as input. Then we can easily read the status of that input pin and make required decisions. There are two types of push button switches Push To On and Push To Off, here we are using Push To On switch. In this tutorial a press at the switch turns ON the LED for 3 seconds.
As described in the first tutorial 16 MHz crystal is used to provide clock to the Atmega32 microcontroller. 10µF capacitor and 10KΩ resistor is used to provide Power On Reset (POR) during the startup of microcontroller. LED is connected to the first pin of PORTC (PC0) of the microcontroller and a resistor is used to limit current through it. Push Button Switch is connected to the first pin of PORTD (PD0) of the microcontroller and a pull down resistor is provided to make the input LOW whenever the switch remain unpressed.
for more detail: Using Push Button Switch with Atmega32 and Atmel Studio
