Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers: Principles and Applications

Tim Wilmshurst9780750667555, 0750667559

This book is a hands-on introduction to the principles and practice of embedded system design using the PIC microcontroller. Packed with helpful examples and illustrations, it gives an in-depth treatment of microcontroller design, programming in both assembly language and C, and features advanced topics such as networking and real-time operating systems. It is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing copies of all programs and software tools used in the text and a ‘student’ version of the C complier

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Contents……Page 6
1 Tiny computers, hidden control……Page 30
2 Introducing the PIC® 16 Series and the 16F84A……Page 52
3 Parallel ports, power supply and the clock oscillator……Page 72
4 Starting to program – an introduction to Assembler……Page 92
5 Building Assembler programs……Page 116
6 Working with time: interrupts, counters and timers……Page 147
7 Larger systems and the PIC® 16F873A……Page 172
8 The human and physical interfaces……Page 211
9 Taking timing further……Page 252
10 Starting with serial……Page 290
11 Data acquisition and manipulation……Page 331
12 Smarter systems and the PIC® 18FXX2……Page 362
13 The PIC® 18FXX2 peripherals……Page 395
14 Introducing C……Page 413
15 C and the embedded environment……Page 436
16 Acquiring and using data with C……Page 450
17 More C and the wider C environment……Page 471
18 Multi-tasking and the Real Time Operating System……Page 493
19 The SalvoTM Real Time Operating System……Page 507
20 Connectivity and networks……Page 540
Appendix 1 The PIC® 16 Series instruction set……Page 554
Appendix 2 The electronic ping-pong……Page 555
Appendix 3 The Derbot AGV – hardware design details……Page 560
Appendix 4 Some basics of Autonomous Guided Vehicles……Page 564
Appendix 5 PIC® 18 Series instruction set (non-extended)……Page 568
Appendix 6 Essentials of C……Page 571
Index……Page 576