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The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written over the past few years and creates a one-stop reference for engineers involved in markets from communications to embedded systems and everywhere in between.
PIC design and development a natural fit for this reference series as it is one of the most popular microcontrollers in the world and we have several superbly authored books on the subject. This material ranges from the basics to more advanced topics. There is also a very strong project basis to this learning. The average embedded engineer working with this microcontroller will be able to have any question answered by this compilation. He/she will also be able to work through real-life problems via the projects contained in the book. The Newnes Know It All Series presentation of theory, hard fact, and project-based direction will be a continual aid in helping the engineer to innovate in the workplace.
Section I. An Introduction to PIC Microcontrollers
Chapter 1. The PIC Microcontroller Family
Chapter 2. Introducing the PIC 16 Series and the 16F84A
Chapter 3. Parallel Ports, Power Supply and the Clock Oscillator
Section II. Programming PIC Microcontrollers using Assembly Language
Chapter 4. Starting to Program-An Introduction to Assembler
Chapter 5. Building Assembler Programs
Chapter 6. Further Programming Techniques
Chapter 7. Prototype Hardware
Chapter 8. More PIC Applications and Devices
Chapter 9. The PIC 1250x Series (8-pin PIC microcontrollers)
Chapter 10. Intermediate Operations using the PIC 12F675
Chapter 11. Using Inputs
Chapter 12. Keypad Scanning
Chapter 13. Program Examples
Section III. Programming PIC Microcontrollers using PicBasic
Chapter 14. PicBasic and PicBasic Pro Programming
Chapter 15. Simple PIC Projects
Chapter 16. Moving On with the 16F876
Chapter 17. Communication
Section IV. Programming PIC Microcontrollers using MBasic
Chapter 18. MBasic Compiler and Development Boards
Chapter 19. The Basics-Output
Chapter 20. The Basics-Digital Input
Chapter 21. Introductory Stepper Motors
Chapter 22. Digital Temperature Sensors and Real-Time Clocks
Chapter 23. Infrared Remote Controls
Section V. Programming PIC Microcontrollers using C
Chapter 24. Getting Started
Chapter 25. Programming Loops
Chapter 26. More Loops
Chapter 27. NUMB3RS
Chapter 28. Interrupts
Chapter 29. Taking a Look under the Hood
*Over 900 pages of practical, hands-on content in one book!
*Huge market - as of November 2006 Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, produced its 5 BILLIONth PIC microcontroller
*Several points of view, giving the reader a complete 360 of this microcontroller
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By Ira Laefsky (Philadelphia, PA)
I wish that such an omnibus handbook had been available for the design of Microcontroller Systems when I was introduced to there eight-bit ancestors in the late 1970's. In fact, I wish that a volume which described Assembly and Higher-Level Language Programming, Interface Circuit Design, Analog-to-Digital Conversions, everything one needs to know about interfacing a variety of Sensors and Actuators, Stepper Motors, Real-Time Clocks and IR-Remote Controls were available for the design of any kind of Microcontroller System.
Now, an unbelievably comprehensive guide to the Programming, Hardware Prototyping, Interfacing and Debugging of significant real applications for the widely available Harvard-Architecture PIC Microcontroller family. This invaluable reference will guide my subsequent design of any Microcontroller-based system, and is well enough explicated to serve as an introduction for the Hardware Novice (such as typical graduates of most university Computer Science programs), or as complete reference for the EE who must implement a PIC-based Microtroller solution to any real-world problem in sensing and control.
--Ira Laefsky
Information Technology Consultant and HCI Researcher
By anon_2003 (usa)
I'm an embedded programmer/engineer. For me or some one like me, this is a great reference. If you are new to PICs, know that this is NOT a tutorial. Everything you want to know about PICs is in this book, but it helps to know what you are doing.
This book is very written. I like not having to pick through a bunch of anecdotes and/or technical jargon to find what I need. The writing is very clear and to the point.
I'm more of a software person, so this book is very helpful to me as it covers both hardware and software in depth. As an added bonus, there is a CD with various programming tools. I might try these out at home sometime, but we have our own tools already at work. There's a membership to Newnes online as well. If I try that out, I'll write more.
This book is a valuable reference and a great deal for all the information. I'm happy to have it all in one place.
By Bass Cadet (California)
This book is appropriate for beginning through intermediate PIC microcontroller users. It covers the basics quite well. The authors explain the different features and highlights in each product family and seem to bring new users up at a reasonable pace from an introductory level to an intermediate level. It's more readable than Microchip's multitude of user's manuals and product documentation.
There are sections on assembly, PicBasic, MBasic, and C programming languages. I was less interested in the BASIC programming sections but can understand including them for new and hobbyist level users. The CD-ROM is a nice addition but the contents are student versions of the applications and not the most up to date. Some of the program examples are over ten years old, though it is encouraging that they work with the current microcontrollers.
More advanced users will find the index woefully lacking. I searched for several minutes looking for coverage of the PIC's code protect feature. No mention in the index but I happened upon a reference while searching a similar topic. It did not provide specific information on how to use this feature, just "it's there but we won't enable the bit because then you won't be able to read the program back." If I were really interested in that topic, I would have to refer back to Microchip's documentation. Another topic which I saw no mention was in-line assembly in C programs. This is important particularly in timing critical designs, but I could find no reference to it in the C programming sections. Also, I would have preferred more explanation of the MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE) as well as the simulation and debugging resources. Bottom line is it's a good book, but it won't replace Microchip's extensive documentation especially for more seasoned users.
By Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States)
This should be usable by folks with any microcontroller experience or the long-term electronics hobbyist just moving into microcontrollers. I'll leave this book on the workbench as a reference. The CD contains a copy of the MPLAB C30 compiler, simulator, MBasic876 compiler, and source code that I have just begun to look at. If you have just one PIC reference, this should be it.
By D. He (Cambridge, MA USA)
This book is great for a reference source for all the PICs out there. Not the greatest for each model but as I said early a good reference. Also includes sample codes and "how to program stuff."
In my work with electrical engineering, I find that I can occasionally reference this book. However, there is a lot of information I do not need, and thus I find it easier to look through shorter reference guides and manuals instead.
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