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Introduction 1

1

Battery connects here (red wire to

‘+V’, black wire to ‘0V’). You can

feed the wires through the two of the

larger strain-relief holes to the left.

Download socket (the cable

plugs in here so that the

GENIE microcontroller can

talk to the computer)

Green LED, controlled

by output signal G

G0

0

8-pin GENIE

microcontroller (the

magic bit!)

Sounder, controlled by

output signal G

G4

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Light sensor (LDR) on

analogue input A

A1

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Push switch on

input G

G3

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Red LED, controlled by

output signal G

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The activity kit is a great

place to start. It provides

you with a fun introduction

to GENIE by allowing you to

control outputs so that lights

flash and sounds are made!

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Making the GENIE 2

2

Switch on the soldering iron. It will only take a

few minutes for the iron to reach operating

temperature. Once the soldering iron is hot,

clean the soldering iron tip with a moist sponge.

Melt some solder at the chamfered end of the

soldering iron tip. This is called ‘tinning’ and it

will aid the flow of solder from the soldering

iron to the copper track on the printed circuit

board and component pins.

Fit each component onto the board. When

fitting components such as resistors, you should

use long-nosed pliers to bend the legs through

90 degrees. This will make them easier to fit.

Some of the components need to be fitted the

correct way around:

®The 8-pin GENIE microcontroller should be

positioned so that the notch points towards

the download socket and the dot next to pin

1 is at the same corner as the ‘1’ shown on the

board.

®The green and red LEDs should be fitted so

that the flat edges of the LEDs line up with

the flat edges shown on the board.

To solder a pin, hold the soldering iron onto the

board for a few seconds, then quickly touch the

tip with a small amount of solder.

When using an uncased sounder, you should

solder the sounder to the two points marked P

P4

4.

You should always remember to replace the

soldering iron back into the stand after soldering

and repeat cleaning the tip of the iron with the

moist sponge before the start of each soldering

operation.

Finally, cut off any excess

wire or component legs

for a tidy finish.

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8-pin GENIE microcontroller 1

GENIE 08 activity board (PCB108) 1

Download (3.5mm stereo) socket 1

8-pin DIL socket 1

Battery clip 1

3 x AA battery holder 1

6 x 6mm switch 1

Miniature light sensor (LDR) 1

Piezo sounder 1

Green LED 1

Red LED 1

330 ohm resistor 2

(orange, orange, brown, gold)

10k ohm resistor 2

(brown, black, orange, gold)

22k ohm resistor 1

(red, red, orange, gold)

100k ohm resistor 1

(brown, black, yellow, gold)

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Telling the GENIE your wishes 3

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For your project to work, you need to tell the GENIE microcontroller what it should do.

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cable and stored on the GENIE chip. By changing the flowchart, you can vary how the GENIE behaves.

First, you need to tell the software which type of chip you are using. To do this,

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Telling the GENIE your wishes 4

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GENIE microcontrollers can make sounds and

also play musical tunes.

This will light the green LED that is connected to

output G0.

In addition to changing the output, you can also

add a delay (GENIE programs run very quickly

and without a wait, sometimes the lights change

too fast for you to see!).

The flowchart on the

right uses the HIGH

and LOW commands

to turn the green LED

on and off.

It loops back to make

the flashing repeat.

This would play the

note middle C for one

second.

By playing two different

notes (one after the

other, as shown on the

right), you can create an

alarm. In this flowchart,

the green LED is also

flashed to give a visible

as well as audible alarm.

There are two lights on the activity kit, a green

LED on output G

G0

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G2

2.

Double-clicking on an output command allows

you to control a light (or several in the case of

the OUTPUTS command), for example:

The activity kit has a sounder connected to

output G

G4

4. To make a sound, you could use the

SOUND command as follows:

You can use the TUNE command to play a

whole tune such as a mobile telephone ring

tone. For better quality sound and music, you

may wish to consider the GENIE 14 Audio Kit.

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to control more than one light.

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Telling the GENIE your wishes 5

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respond to a digital signals.

The ANALOGUE command allows you to check

if a signal lies within a given range.

With GENIE, analogue levels can vary between 0

0

(the lowest level) and 2

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5(the highest).

Double-click on the command to select a sensor

to check and a range. GENIE will follow the ‘Y

Y’

(yes) path when the signal is in range, otherwise

it will follow the ‘N

N’ (no) path.

For example, to test if the light sensor on

analogue signal A1 is between 0 and 100, you

should enter the following:

The DIGITAL command allows you to make a

decision based on whether a digital signal is

either on (pressed) or off (not pressed).

When a digital signal is on, it has the value ‘1

1’

whereas when it is off, it has the value ‘0

0’.

Double-click on the command to select which

digital inputs you wish to check. GENIE will

follow the ‘Y

Y’ (yes) path when the digital signal

matches the chosen pattern, otherwise it will

follow the ‘N

N’ (no) path.

The above pattern will test if the push switch on

is pressed. Y

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a flowchart: the green LED on output G0 will

light whenever the switch is pressed.

In a flowchart, this would look like:

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Bringing the GENIE to life 6

6

As soon as the program has been

downloaded you will see the

above screen (c) and GENIE will

start running your flowchart.

Y

our GENIE project is now ready

to go! Y

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cable and use your GENIE board

away from the computer.

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Once you have written your flowchart program,

you need to store it on the GENIE chip. Here’s

how you do it:

1

1Wire-up the built GENIE circuit board and

connect up a suitable battery power supply.

2

2Plug the GENIE cable into the download

socket on the GENIE circuit board.

3

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software will then show a ‘Connected’

message (see picture a).

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Troubleshooting GENIE 7

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If you are unable to connect to a GENIE microcontroller or download a program, you should go

through the following troubleshooting hints and tips.

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The GENIE troubleshooter will automatically

check your cable and software to ensure that

the computer can access the GENIE cable.

To run the GENIE troubleshooter, choose

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• Circuit Wizard, GENIE Design Studio and the GENIE Programming Editor software all check

and report problems involving the cable. If given, follow through on the on-screen advice.

• Unplug the cable, wait a few seconds and then plug it back in. Windows can occasionally fail

to detect that a cable has been inserted.

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• Check that the voltage of the battery is sufficient. For this board, the battery voltage should

be in the range of 3 volts to 5 volts.

• Check the voltage level across the power connections (+V and 0V) on the board. This can

identify if there is a problem with the battery clip or battery holder. Ensure that the wiring

has not become loose and the batteries are properly seated in the holder.

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• Try plugging the cable into another GENIE board if you have one available. When powering

up this circuit, the green STATUS LED should flash once (when properly connected it will flash

repeatedly).

• Try with another GENIE microcontroller if possible.

• Visually inspect the board for bad solder joints or cases where soldering has incorrectly

bridged pins together. Note that for the download socket, the two left-most pins should be

connected together, as should the two right-most pins.

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components on the actual circuit board (shown below it).

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Physical dimensions and mounting 9

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The diagram below shows the physical dimensions of the printed circuit board (PCB). This information is

important to know when you are embedding the circuit into another project or container.

49mm

1.93in

52.5mm

2.06in

∅3mm (M3)

42.5mm

1.68in

46.5mm

1.83in

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components, legs and soldering, is

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The four large holes in the corners of

the PCB (indicated by the arrows) are

designed for mounting. They have a

diameter of 3mm, suitable for use

with M3-sized screws.

The other two large holes, located at

the top-left of the PCB, are of the

same size but are instead intended to

act as strain-relief holes for an off-

board battery clip.

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