Contents

Preface to the Second Edition  IX
Preface to the First Edition   XI
Part I The Fundamentals
1. Digital Representation   3
2. Logic Circuitry   17
3. Stored Program Processing   43
Part II The Software
4. The PIC16F84 Microcontroller   71
5. The Instruction Set    95
6. Subroutines and Modules   147
7. Interrupt Handling   185
8. Assembly Language Code Building Tools   213
9. High-Level Language   247
Part III The Outside World
10. The Real World   271
11. One Byte at a Time   293
12. One Bit at a Time  331
13. Time Is of the Essence  401
14. Take the Rough with the Smooth   435
15. To Have and to Hold   483
16. Enhancing the Family   509
17. A Case Study   529
Appendices
A. Acronyms and Abbreviations   549
B. Special-Purpose Register Structure for the PIC16F87XA   555
C. C Instruction Set   557
Index   559