- Hardware Requirements - 

To use this HAT, a mini-USB connector is required to interface the HAT with the STM 
(Or whatever other microcontroller is in use). That being said, an STM32F0 discovery board, 
or another board containing a microcontroller with read/write/ADC/memory capabilities must be used if 
the full functionality of the HAT is to be claimed.
The USB must be capable of data transmission.
A 5V Li-Ion battery and battery holder are necessary for the powering of the HAT, unless some other 
power source is to be used. Jumper cables are necessary for the current design, as it does not conform
to the general standard of board measurements (they are needed to connect the HAT to the board in use).

- Software Requirements -

The coding of this board can be done via the STM Cube IDE (preferred) or Code Blocks. Other coding
platforms can work as well. The terminal must be configured to drive the USB ports that connect to the
discovery board or the HAT. 
Programs can be uploaded to the STM or to the HAT itself, depending on which method is preferred.
The EEPROM on the HAT must be coded via the HAT's USB port, as this sends data to and from the FTDI
and the EEPROM on board the HAT together. 
Currently the HAT has not been revised, and secondary versions have not yet been created. Because of this,
the recommended approach to coding is to do so via the STM or the board in use (and not via the HAT).
The temperature sensor which sends data to and from the HAT's EEPROM was not populated in version 1.0,
and as such the EEPROM and the FTDI on board the HAT are not needed or useful currently.
Thus, any code that is written should be uploaded directly to the board in use, after which wiring
can interface the board with the HAT.

- Initialization Instructions -

To initialize the hardware, connect the battery to the HAT to power the STM board (if batteries 
are not being used, find another way to connect the HAT to power). Connect each 
pin on the STM to the corresponding pin on the HAT via jumper wires.
To initialize the software, connect to the board via a USB, and compile and upload the desired 
code to the board via an appropriate IDE. How to upload code to the board will vary from IDE to
IDE. Check the IDE's online documentation for further details.

- Running Your First Program on the HAT - 

To run your first program on the HAT, refer to the self-explanatory code in the "main.c" file
in the following directory:
"Firmware/GROUP18 Microcontroler Interfacing/Core/src/main.c"
This file can be run to toggle two user connected LEDs based on the strength of light sensed by
the LDRs on the HAT. To set up the hardware for this basic program, two LEDs should be connected
in series with 1k resistors which will be connected to GPIOA and GPIOB on the STM (GPIO pin 10 and
pin 12 respectively). Alternitavely, the LEDs on the STM can be flashed based on the state of the
LDRs if the STM LEDs are set to "HIGH" in the lightSensingInit() function (this would need to be
added). Inside of the while loop in the code, the first statement is a call to initialize the light
sensing sequence, and so everything is set up for ease of use.
Have fun!!