1 Fundamentals of Microcontrollers - Arduino bare-metal breakdown
A favourite route off Arduino, this Mitch Davis series gradually removes the framework and board until viewers can program bare chips using the datasheet.
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2 Bare-Metal MCU #1 - Intro to registers
Mitch Davis's series is praised for teaching register-level AVR programming at a gentle pace, moving learners from Arduino functions towards understanding the hardware directly.
3 STM32 Guide #1: Your first STM32 dev board
The opening part of Mitch Davis's four-part STM32 guide, repeatedly suggested to newcomers for choosing a first board and understanding the ST software ecosystem.
4 Mitch's guide to STM32
Mitch Davis's series is regularly suggested as a compact way into STM32 programming, valued for covering bare-metal fundamentals alongside the vendor's hardware abstraction layer.
5 Bare-Metal MCU #9 - Review; ATTiny85 from scratch
An episode in a bare-metal microcontroller series that programs an ATtiny85 from scratch with AVRDUDE, suggested for those wanting to move beyond the Arduino IDE.
6 STM32 Guide #2: Registers + HAL (Blink example)
Well regarded as an STM32 starting point from Mitch Davis, explaining registers and the HAL through a blink example, and especially useful for those coming from Arduino.
7 Datasheets: 16x2 LCD By Hand (No microcontroller)
Mitch Davis shows how to read a character LCD datasheet and drive the display manually, recommended as a grounding for embedded learners.
8 Bare-Metal MCU #4 - Bootloaders and Programmers
Recommended for building a general understanding of bootloaders and programmers, including how they relate to Arduino-style boards.
