Product Description

John Morton offers a uniquely concise and practical guide to getting up and running with the PIC Microcontroller. The PIC is one of the most popular of the microcontrollers that are transforming electronic project work and product design, and this book is the ideal introduction for students, teachers, technicians and electronics enthusiasts.

Assuming no prior knowledge of microcontrollers and introducing the PIC Microcontroller's capabilities through simple projects, this book is ideal for electronics hobbyists, students, school pupils and technicians. The step-by-step explanations and the useful projects make it ideal for student and pupil self-study: this is not just a reference book - you start work with the PIC microcontroller straight away.

The revised third edition focuses entirely on the re-programmable flash PIC microcontrollers such as the PIC16F54, PIC16F84 and the extraordinary 8-pin PIC12F508 and PIC12F675 devices.

* Demystifies the leading microcontroller for students, engineers an hobbyists
* Emphasis on putting the PIC to work, not theoretical microelectronics
* Simple programs and circuits introduce key features and commands through project work

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #308081 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780750666640
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"Students and hobbists have a gift in this book!....Highly Recommended."
C Vu, Journal of the Association of C and C Users

...this book is ideal for use in schools and colleges. The step-by-step explanations make it ideal for self-study too: this is not a reference book - you start work with the PIC straight way.
-Electronics Web

...essential for beginners and ideal for enthusiasts wanting to revolutionize and transform the capabilities of electronic project work and product design. It's not only a book to be read, but a guide to be actively used as you build circuits around chips and write your own programs.
-Poptronics

...a very good start for anyone who wants to learn about programming PIC microcontrollers. -Electronic Product News -- Review

Review

"Students and hobbists have a gift in this book!....Highly Recommended.."
C VU

From the Publisher
This book guides a PIC user from their first sight of a PIC microcontroller to making the PIC work in the real world. Detailed examples show just how powerful and useful a PIC can be. Explanations are short and simple enough to let a reader come to grips with the PIC without fuss. The book is written for experimenters and students beginning to use the PIC from technician to undergraduate.

Customer Reviews

Overall a book worth the few dollars you pay.
I found his book to be very simple yet descriptive. I like the fact that Mr. Morton uses several different PICs (16C5X, 16C7X, and the 12C50X) in his discussions. I've been using the PIC for almost two years and have just about every book on PICs, I think this is a good book. I did not like all the pages that were used to give the example programs. He should have covered many topics that are more important such as; I2C, UARTS, PSP, SPI,...etc.). A good book for beginners with a small background in electronics and microcontrollers.

Must have for PIC starters
This books absolutely deserves 5 stars. It provides simple way to understand and program PIC Microchip MCUs. This book is not about fancy projects, it is basically textbook for starters and definately a must have. There is no copy/paste material and messy diagrams about PIC architecture. The author states that programming PICs is "moving numbers" and it cannot be said in a better way. You will have a through understanding of PIC programming. There are simple projects that explain theory in a practical way and PICs used are 16F54, 16F57 and 12F675 (inexpensive onces).

Pic : Your Personal Introductory Course
I found this book to be about the best book anyone could need if they wish to get started using the Microchip Pic Processor.

The book gets off to a good start by teaching the reader about the numbering system used with the pic. It then moves on to dealing with the syntax of assembly. I found the explaination of what the various syntax mean in lay mans terms to be a easy read.

I have various other books on the PIC from Mike Predko and David Benson. This book from John Morton in my opinion is better as it does not wander from the topic at hand..It deals with what is required to perform the task of learning to program the PIC.

This book would make an excellent teaching tool for a college as it is well written.