PIC'n Techniques, PIC Microcontroller Applications Guide (Paperback)

~ David Benson (Author)

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Product Description

PIC'n Techniques is an intermediate level applications guide covering Microchip Technology's PIC microcontrollers. The book describes the unique features of the 8-pin microcontrollers.

The use of timer 1, timer 2 and the capture/compare/PWM (CCP) module is detailed, followed by timing, counting and pulse width modulation (PWM) experiments. These experiments include producing a single time interval output, free running pulse output, event counting, time measurement, frequency measurement and PWM. Some of these techniques are illustrated further by experiments which show how to design and build simple digital pulse and frequency generators and time interval and frequency measurement instruments.

The book also explains how to establish serial communication between a PIC chip and a PC via a RS-232 conversion circuit and a terminal program. These techniques are used in a digital voltmeter/data logger experiment for uploading data to a PC for display plus graphing using a spreadsheet program. PIC'n Techniques illustrates techniques used in designing and building intermediate level microcontroller-based instrumentation and systems.

Product Details

• Paperback: 307 pages
• Publisher: Square 1 Electronics (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965416232
• ISBN-13: 978-0965416238
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,507,810 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I Wish I Had Read the Other Reviews..., June 2, 2002

By	"mlaramee" (Jacksonville, FL United States) - See all my reviews

I wouldn't have bought this book If I had. Sometimes buying books online is really a mistake. Had I been able to flip through this book in a book store, I would not have bought it!

My first shock was the style/type of print. My impression was that this was a kids book! The type is large and weird looking. Second; most of this book is taken up by pages and pages of code. There is hardly ANY hardware coverage/examples at all. After flipping through the pages (having only had the book 10 minutes), I became disgusted and threw it on my bookshelf - never to be looked at again!

I was planning on buying all of the pic'n series; however, now I am not so sure.

Buy a book by John Iovine instead. I have two of his books and both of them are outstanding...

Stay AWAY from Myke Predko books also...

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Book is 99 % software, 1 % hardware -not an applicat guide !, July 22, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

The book gives detailed code for some fairly trivial and some reasonably complex apps. Looks like its geared to hobbiest, I normally expect that a good application guide should be a better balance of software and hardware.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Straight and to the point., September 15, 1999

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

David Benson has written a book that is full of MPASM examples that can be used as is or modified to fit your needs. The book is good for intermediate and beginners that are still struggling with learning PIC assembly. I would have liked to see the 17Cxxx series covered in this book. He does a good job of describing the the 12Cxxx series as well as some of the mid-range PICs. He does a great job of covering PC to PIC communications! Overall, this book makes a GREAT addition to my reference library. Good job David!