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Discovering PICs is the brand new book
from DOCTRONICS which introduces you to assembly language programming
using the PIC16F627/PIC16F627A and MPLAB®, the Microchip Inc.
integrated development environment. The PIC16F627 and PIC16F627A are versatile new and inexpensive PIC devices, with lots of powerful features. Once you have a working knowledge of one PIC, it is easier to understand the features and capabilities of other devices. The latest version of MPLAB® can be downloaded free of charge from the Microchip Inc. web site: http://www.microchip.com. The book tells you something about what is going on inside a PIC. In the first few Chapters, you can find out about bits and bytes and about binary arithmetic.
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 Generating the letter 'A' : wavy wand project |
The circuits needed to build bistables,
registers and counters are described and you will understand the
importance of tristates, decoders and memory as building blocks for
microcontroller systems. Later Chapters consist of guided projects which show you how to develop a new PIC system. The matrix die and wavy wand projects are straightforward, but you can also follow the step by step development of more sophisticated games timer and pulse monitor circuits. Discovering PICs is the ideal follow on from simple flowchart PIC programming. Using assembly language gives you a much better understanding of how PICs work. You can access all the capabilities of the PIC, including true interrupts, look up tables, voltage comparators and the sleep function. |
| In addition to the book, the Discovering PICs package includes a CD-ROM with the complete text of the book in Acrobat® *.pdf form, together with the *.asm source files for all the programs, various resource files and Internet links. You also get a complete PCB and electronic component kit for the wavy wand project, so that you can build your own. |
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| 1 : Running before you learn to walk | 7 : Program essentials |
| 2 : Think binary | 8 : Project: Matrix die |
| 3 : Bistables, registers and counters | 9 : Project: Wavy wand |
| 4 : Tristates, decoders and memory | 10 : Project: Games Timer |
| 5 : PIC architecture | 11 : Project: Pulse monitor |
| 6 : PIC instruction set | 12 : Going solo |
| ISBN 0-9530129-3-X: 194pp, printed in colour | |
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