Author Description

In the book, Microcontroller Basics with PIC, Tam Hanna presents the essential aspects of microcontroller programming, without overloading the you with unnecessary or quasi-relevant bits of information. Having read the book, you should be able to understand and program 8-bit microcontrollers. The introduction to microcontroller programming focuses on the Microchip Technology PIC series. The PIC micro has the advantage of being easy to comprehend. It is offered in a DIP enclosure, widely available and not overly complex. The entire datasheet of the PIC micro is shorter by than the description of the architecture outlining the processor section of an advanced microcontroller. Simplicity has its advantages here. Having mastered the fundamental operation of a microcontroller, you can easily move on to advanced softcores later. Having placed assembly code as the executive programming language in the foreground in the first part of the book, Hanna reaches a deeper level with C in the second part. The informative book details tips and tricks, interesting measurement technology, practical aspects of microcontroller programming, and hands-on options for easier working, debugging and fault finding.