PIC : Your Personal Introductory Course Book

	Acknowledgements
	Preface to the second edition
1	Introduction	1
	Some tips before starting	3
	Initial steps	6
	The file registers	11
	A program template	14
2	Exploring the PIC5x series	21
	Your first program	21
	Testing the program	23
	Hardware	24
	Simulating	27
	Emulation	28
	Blowing a PIC	28
	Using the testing instructions	30
	Timing	34
	Seven-segment displays	48
	Logic gates	71
	The watchdog timer	78
	Final instructions	83
	Indirect addressing	83
	The STATUS file register	87
	The carry and digit carry flags	88
	Pages	90
	What caused the PIC to reset?	92
	Some useful (but not vital) tricks	93
	Final PIC5x program - 'bike buddy'	95
3	Exploring the P16C71	100
	Why use the P16C7x series?	100
	The inner differences: an extra bank	101
	A different way of setting up	103
	New file registers	104
	What are interrupts?	105
	The program has interrupted ... what next?	107
	A new program template	109
	Analogue to digital conversion: what is it?	116
	ADCON0	117
	ADCON1	118
	Some final points	123
	Final PIC71 program	124
4	The new P12C50z series (8 pin PICs)	141
	Why use the P12C50x series?	141
	The main differences	141
	A template for the P12C50x	144
	Sample project	145
5	Exploring the P16C84	149
	Why use the P16C84?	149
	How is it different?	149
	What is an EEPROM?	151
	EECON1	152
	INTCON	155
6	A PIC development environment	167
7	Looking to the future	169
	Programming tips	169
8	Sample programs	171
App. A	Specification of some PICs	224
App. B	Pin Layouts of various PICs	225
	App. C: Quick reference	226
	App. D: If all else fails, read this	235
	App. E: Some useful contact information	236
	App. F: References and further reading	237
	App. G: Answers to the exercises	238
	Index	267