Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers

PIC microcontrollers are used worldwide in commercial and industrial devices. The 8-bit PIC which this book focuses on many designs. An engineer working on applications that include a microcontroller will not be behind the PIC sooner rather than later. It is 8-bit technology.

This book is a family of microcontrollers in your device. It has to be understood PIC, assembly and language must be understood. The author explained with both examples and the latter. This is a building block for future PIC endeavors.

New to the 2nd Edition:
* Include end of chapter questions / actions moving from introductory to advanced
* More worked examples
* Includes PowerPoint slides for instructors
* Includes all code snips on a companion web site for ease of use
* A survey of 16/32-bit PICs
* A project using ZigBee


* Covers both assembly and Cli languages, essential for optimizing the PIC
* Amazing breadth of the topic moving away from the introduction of microcontroller families
* Details MPLAB and other Microchip design tools


SECTION I: GETTING STARTED WITH EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Chapter 1: Tiny Computers, Hidden Control
SECTION II: MINIMUM SYSTEMS AND THE PIC16F84A
Chapter 2: Introducing the PIC 16 series, and the 16F84A
Chapter 3: Parallel Ports, Power Supply, and the Clock Oscillator
Chapter 4: Starting to Program - An Introduction to Assembler
Chapter 5: Building Assembler Programs
Chapter 6: Working with Time: Interrupts, Counters, and Timers Unchanged
SECTION III: LARGER SYSTEMS AND TEH PIC16F883A
Chapter 7: Larger Systems and the PIC 16883A
Chapter 8: The Human and Physical Interface
Chapter 9: Taking Timing Further
Chapter 10: Starting with Series
Chapter 11: Data Acquisition and Manipulation
SECTION IV: SMARTER SYSTEMS AND THE PIC18XX2
Chapter 12: Smarter Systems and the PIC 18FXX2
Chapter 13: The PIC 18FXX2 Peripherals
Chapter 14: Introducing C
Chapter 15: C and the Embedded Environment
Chapter 16: Acquiring and Using Data with C
Chapter 17: More and Wider C environment
Chapter 18: Multi-tasking and the Real Time Operating System
Chapter 19: The Salvo Real Time Operating System
SECTION V: TECHNIQUES OF CONNECTIVITY AND NETWORKING
Chapter 20: Connectivity and Networks
Chapter 21: A Zigbee project
Chapter 22: A Survey of 16/32 bit PIC Microcontrollers, and DSPIC
Appendix 1: The PIC 16 Series Instruction Set
Appendix 2: The Electronic Ping-Pong
Appendix 3: The Derbot AGV? Hardware Design Details
Appendix 4: Some Basics of Autonomous Guided Vehicles
Appendix 5: PIC 18 Series Instruction Set (Non-Extended)
Appendix 6: Essentials of C