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The PIC Microcontroller: Your Personal Introductory Course, Third Edition

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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).

Morton lets you easily get acquainted with microcontrollers and microprocessors. So that you can code in the assembly or machine language of an actual microprocessor and then see tangible results in some circuit.

Various simple circuits are described. The inevitable analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog. But others too. The book demystifies how to use what is basically a computer. At a level that involves very little theory. This may be a boon to some students who desire a hands-on approach.

This book is wonderful if you want to quickly and efficiently learn about PIC microcontrollers in a hurry without going into elaborate discussions about the subject with in depth examination and references to data sheets that you can obtain for free from Microchip. This is by far the best and mostly clearly written of all the books on this subject that I have seen. The author does do a sales pitch for his PIC PRESS software, which at almost $60 is a bit steep, but he has put a lot of work into it so he deserves some credit and compensation. PIC Press supports about 16 PICs and unfortunately half of them are PIC12CXXX meaning that they are not flash memory but rather UV eraseable memories, and who uses those with the need to erase them under a UV light for 15 minutes - a real hassle. What is the author's love of these type of PICs? This is beyond me.

To program in assembler, I think that it is the base of the pic programin. this book to try about this topic, and the author explains to detail this process.

This was the first book of many that i have bought regarding PIC programming and I can honestly say that it's a superbly written book. The tone is conversational and stimulating. The author is enthusiastic and the pace is perfect.
Many people including myself are intimidated by assembly programming, but you'll find it's alot easier than you think and you'll get the hang of it quite quickly.
It must be said that this book is an intro rather than a complete reference as it does not cover the more modern micros and also doesn't go into much depth around some of the on-chip functions such as ADC and PWM.

I had programmed in BASIC and C so I had some programming experience. This book deals with Assembly and is a fantastic introduction. I have run some assembled .HEX files in the past and now can program them myself. The concepts here can be applied toward the newer chips as well. All in all a terrific starting point and a good reference for the future. Definitely a must-have for the PIC hobbiest.

I bought this book being totally new to PICs and bewildered by the amount of information available on the manufacture's Website. It is a great book for anyone new to PICs how learn to program PICs and about PICs in general. However, I had hoped that the author would touch on how to interface the hardware with the software available, unfortunately he barely touches that subject. Undoubtly he feels with the amount of information available it will be unnecessary to do so.
Nevertheless, I had hoped that at least he would mention how to use Microchip's software to enter the programs and how to use the software to simulate it on the computer. In that case, I would have given this book a definite 5 star instead of the 4 given.

When I purchased this book, I was hoping for an introduction that would lay out everything I needed to build and program my first augmented microcontroller, and thats exactly what I got! This book lays out everything needed for an extreme beginner to gain a deep understanding of how to work with microcontrollers. I've found this book extremely useful and recommend it to anyone who wants to get started in robotics or any other field requiring the use of microcontrollers. You can't go wrong!

Hi!
I bought this book to have as a referenc for PIC processors.
The book is perfect as intended and also good for beginners. Examples given makes a quick start for the reader...A good "Best-" bye! -Henrik