PIC: Your Personal Introductory Course [Paperback]

John Morton (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0750639326 | ISBN-13: 978-0750639323 | Publication Date: July 1, 1998

Convert a daunting piece of modern technology into a useful and flexible part of your electronics toolkit - learn about the PIC chip the easy way with PIC: Your Personal Introductory Course.

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 get to grips with the PIC without fuss. The book is written for experimenters and students beginning to use the PIC from technician to undergraduate.

Demystifies the leading microcontroller for students and technicians
Emphasis on putting the PIC to work, not theoretical microelectronics
A practical introduction to the world of microcontrollers

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

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Product Details

• Paperback: 243 pages
• Publisher: Newnes (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750639326
• ISBN-13: 978-0750639323
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,700,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Overall a book worth the few dollars you pay., June 24, 1999

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[e-mail] (Phoenix, Az USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PIC: Your Personal Introductory Course (Paperback)

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pic : Your Personal Introductory Course, April 2, 2001

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Paul M Hesse (Oakwood, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PIC: Your Personal Introductory Course (Paperback)

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.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Starting Point, October 26, 2000

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D. Rimkunas (Gainesville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PIC: Your Personal Introductory Course (Paperback)

This book is excellent for what it wants to be. It gets you rolling and conversant with the basics. With that in mind, it doesn't include serial communications, which you would probably want to ease into after having the basics down. I used this book after already working with the intel 8051, and wish that my intro to micros had been this painless.