• July 2006 — Developing with a PIC
Bootloader
• August 2006 — Multiplexed LED
Displays and Relay
• September 2006 — Real-Time Clock
• October 2006 — USB PIC
Programmers
• November 2006 — PIC Hardware
Interface
• December 2006 — Christmas Music
Most of the articles in this book use
the PICBASIC
PRO Compiler
sample version.
Another
book I recently
released is
Beginner’s Guide
to Embedded C
Programming. It
has been out a
few months
now and the
feedback has been great. The book
has eight projects that use the PICkit
2 Starter Kit. The book (see Figure 8)
covers the basics of embedded C
programming from the beginner’s
perspective, the same way I try to
cover the BASIC language in Nuts &
Volts. Some of the topics covered are:
■ FIGURE 8. My
Beginner’s Guide
to Embedded C
Programming book.
• C language structure
• C language statements
• Functions
• Linking multiple C files
• How to control outputs
• How to read inputs
• How to read an analog voltage with
an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
• MPLAB® Integrated Development
Environment setup and operation
• PIC16F690 microcontroller register
and configuration setup
This book retails for $39.95.
You can also find it at my website
www.elproducts.com and the
Nuts & Volts online bookstore.
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I’m sure you have a holiday gift list
of your own, but hopefully I gave you
(or your family) some ideas for the
“electronics hobbyist that’s hard to buy
for.” Be sure and watch the Microchip
website as it gets closer to the end of
the year. In the past, Microchip has had
a holiday development tool sale (usually
in December) that allows you to buy
some of this stuff at a discount. I don’t
know what percentage the discount
will be or the exact date, but I have
been told it will happen again this year.
This may make it an even better holiday
season for the Nuts & Volts reader!
Send me your comments and
suggestions to chuck@elproducts.com.
I’m going to take you a little deeper
into the PIC MCU peripherals in my
2009 columns. Thanks for another
great year, and for supporting my
column. I look forward to continuing
it in the new year. NV
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NOTE: The Microchip name and logo, MPLAB, and
PIC are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology, Inc., in the USA and other countries. MPASM
and PICkit are trademarks of Microchip Technology,
Inc., in the USA and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are property of their respective companies.
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