John Morton offers a uniquely concise and practical guide to getting up and running with the PIC Microcontroller. The PIC is one of the most popular of the microcontrollers that are transforming electronic project work and product design, and this book is the ideal introduction for students, teachers, technicians and electronics enthusiasts.

Assuming no prior knowledge of microcontrollers and introducing the PIC Microcontroller’s capabilities through simple projects, this book is ideal for electronics hobbyists, students, school pupils and technicians. The step-by-step explanations and the useful projects make it ideal for student and pupil self-study : this is not just a reference book – you start work with the PIC microcontroller straight away.

The revised third edition focuses entirely on the re-programmable flash PIC microcontrollers such as the PIC16F54, PIC16F84 and the extraordinary 8-pin PIC12F508 and PIC12F675 devices.

* Demystifies the leading microcontroller for students, engineers an hobbyists
* Emphasis on putting the PIC to work, not theoretical microelectronics
* Simple programs and circuits introduce key features and commands through project work

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5 Responses to “The PIC Microcontroller: Your Personal Introductory Course, Third Edition”

1. Charles Moher says:

   March 11, 2008 at 12:00 am

   If your University or College Prof has just thrown a technical tome at you to get you started and you just can’t do it, this book is a life saver. It doesn’t pretend to be a thorough study of the PIC but it is really easy to understand for anyone with a reasonable background in electronics. Don’t expect a lot of material, it is the size of a novel at 220 pages. I just wish I had of had this when I first got into PICs. It is far superior to any other starter I have read. It quickly gets you up and running with simple projects and has some really neat tricks I did not find in any of the advanced books. It’s biggest weakness is it’s age. Morton needs to come out with a new edition. Maybe one that uses the 16F628. If you can’t find his (the books)16F54, I think the 16F84 is code compatible. Microchip is even encouraging people to abandon the 84 now for the 628.

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2. Mr. R. L. F. Villiers says:

   February 25, 2008 at 12:00 am

   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.

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3. Vaughn D. Martin says:

   February 22, 2008 at 12:00 am

   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.

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4. Henrik Adolfsson says:

   January 29, 2008 at 12:00 am

   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

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5. flamenko says:

   August 18, 2006 at 12:00 am

   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).

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