Lab Exercise 15: Arrays of Structures

 Objective

This lab introduces you to the syntax used to work with arrays of structures. For this exercise, we have defined a structure to hold the real and imaginary parts of a complex number. You will then need to modify the real and imaginary parts of each element of an array of complex numbers.

Software Tools

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MPLAB® X
Integrated Development Environment
MPLAB® XC16
C Compiler

Exercise Files

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Project and Source Files

 Procedure

1

Open the Project

Start MPLAB® X IDE, then click on the Open Project Main_Open_Project.png icon on the main toolbar

Navigate to the folder where you saved the exercise files for this class.

Click on the Lab15.X folder.

Select Open Project OpenProjectButton.png.

2

Open C Source File

Lab15.png

Open the Lab15.c source file from the project tree by double-clicking on its icon.

This will bring up Lab15.c in a window to edit

3

Edit Source File

STEP 1:
Multiply the real (re) part of each array element by 10. (HINT: Use *=)

STEP 2:
Multiply the imaginary (im) part of each array element by 5 (HINT: Use *=)

Lab15Flow.png

4

Debug Project

Once you finish writing the code:

Click on the Debug Project Main_Debug_Project.png button. This will build and send the program to the simulator.
Click on the Continue Debug_Continue.png button. This begins the simulation.Wait for the UART 1 Output window to finish printing.
Click on the Halt Debug_Pause.png button. This will stop execution so that we may examine the results.

 Results

5

End Debug Session

End the Simulation Session by clicking the Finish Debugger Session Debug_Finish_Debugger_Session.png button.

Clear out the UART 1 Output window (Ctrl + L)

Close the Project.

 Conclusions

  • Arrays of structures allow groups of related structures to be referenced by a common name.
  • Individual structures may be referenced by the array index.
  • Individual structure members may be referenced by the dot notation, in conjunction with the array name and index.
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