TABLE OF CONTENTS The first flight for every student pilot is typically a blur a sequence of brief but very intense sensations, including:
The rush of the first take-off, which is performed by the instructor.
The white-knuckled, sweaty grip on the yoke while trying to keep the plane flying straight for a couple of minutes, after the instructor gives the standard "anybody that can drive a car can do this" speech.
Acute motion sickness, as the instructor returns for the landing and performs a sickness-inducing maneuver, called the "side slip". where it looks like the runway is coming through the side window.
For those who are new to the world of embedded programming, this first chapter will be no different.
Every flight should have a purpose, and preparing a flight plan is the best way to start.
This is going to be our first project with the PIC24 16-bit microcontroller and, for some of you, the first project with the MPLAB IDE Integrated Development Environment and the MPLAB C30 language suite. Even if you have never heard of the C language before, you might have heard of the famous "Hello World!" programming example. If not, let me tell you about it.
Since the very first book on the C language, written by Kernighan and Ritchie several...
