Product Description

John Morton offers a uniquely concise and practical guide to getting up and running with the PIC Microcontroller. The PIC is one of the most popular of the microcontrollers that are transforming electronic project work and product design, and this book is the ideal introduction for students, teachers, technicians and electronics enthusiasts.

Assuming no prior knowledge of microcontrollers and introducing the PIC Microcontroller's capabilities through simple projects, this book is ideal for electronics hobbyists, students, school pupils and technicians. The step-by-step explanations and the useful projects make it ideal for student and pupil self-study: this is not just a reference book - you start work with the PIC microcontroller straight away.

The revised third edition focuses entirely on the re-programmable flash PIC microcontrollers such as the PIC16F54, PIC16F84 and the extraordinary 8-pin PIC12F508 and PIC12F675 devices.

* Demystifies the leading microcontroller for students, engineers an hobbyists
* Emphasis on putting the PIC to work, not theoretical microelectronics
* Simple programs and circuits introduce key features and commands through project work

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #200835 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

Very little knowledge of electronics needed to understand..
I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and needed to use microcontrollers to control things in various design projects. This book explained the PIC so well that I now use it where I never though possible before. This book is a must for anyone wanting to learn how to use a PIC, even if you don't have a strong background in electronics (very basic knowledge required to build your own circuits). Even my buddy Twigs could learn using this book.

Wonderful Intro to Pics
I found this book to be very useful in learning quickly how to program PICmicros in general terms. The author goes from the basics of boolean logic and base-2 and base-16 number systems introductions all the way to analog-to-digital conversion and how to write to the eeprom of the 16C84. The important thing to remember if you are considering writing this book is that he covers three of the "early" PIC models, but the newer models have inherited qualities of these models. For instance the 16C84 led to the 16F84 which has now led to the 16F628.

I work in an electronic manufacturing services company, so I see a lot of PICs on boards that we manufacture, but haven't had the opportunity to see how the programs were written until now. One individual complained that he referenced "blowing" the PIC. This is not an uncommon term I've heard used for programming chips, since PALS, PLAs, PROMS and many other programmable chips are programmed by actually blowing fuses in the chip. While this is no longer the case with PICs (I don't think), the term I'm sure is still valid.

He includes a large number of examples, excersizes (with the answers to all in back), gotchas, and how-to's. There are numerous sample programs for each topic. A++++

Easy to understand~! Great Book
I have read serveral books on the PicMCU and this is by far the best one I had read. The other ones by Myke Predko are very confusing and are very repetitive whereas this book is straight to the point and it really gives reader a very clear understanding of the basics.