How do I get started in embedded programming?

For a beginner Arduino is the best and easiest choice for starting. You can visit www.instructables.com for some projects. Once you are able to make small projects then the most important part of embedded programming is the programming itself so you need to practice and understand whichever programming language you use. For this purpose use projects described on the arduino forum as well as in the examples of the arduino IDE. These will get you started with embedded programming.

You can start with Arduino plateform ,it's very easy control board to start with .for more information search google for "Arduino"and then you can use (PIC or AVR ) and mikroC pro compiler to make a real project