PIC Projects and Applications using C

PIC Projects and Applications Using C details how to program the PIC microcontroller in the C language. The book takes a learn-by-doing approach, with applications covering topics such as inputs, outputs, keypads, alphanumeric displays, analogue-to-digital conversion, radio transmitters and receivers, data EEPROM, interrupts and timing. To aid debugging, the book provides a section detailing the use of the simulator and in-circuit debugger.

With this book you will learn:

• How to program the PIC microcontroller in C
• Techniques for using the simulator and debuggers to find faults on your code
• The ins and outs of interfacing circuits, such as radio modules and liquid crystal displays
• How to use the PIC on-board functions, such as interrupts and timing modules, and make analogue measurements

• Relevant parts of the language are introduced and explained when required for those new to the subject
• Core principles are introduced gradually for self-paced learning
• Explains how and why a software program works, and how to alter and expand the code

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Microcontroller and C
Chapter 2 First C Program
Chapter 3 Using Eight Outputs
Chapter 4 Inputs
Chapter 5 Keypad Scanning
Chapter 6 Analogue to Digital Conversion
Chapter 7 Alpha Numeric Display
Chapter 8 Porting Code to Other Microcontrollers
Chapter 9 Timer/Counter Modules
Chapter 10 Interrupts
Chapter 11 Fault Finding, Using the Simulator, and the In-Circuit Debugger
Chapter 12 Radio Transmitters and Receivers
Chapter 13 EEPROM Data Memory
Chapter 14 Projects
Chapter 15 C Extra

Appendix A Data Sheets
Appendix B Useful Contacts