Contents

CHAPTER 0: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING
    SECTION 0.1: NUMBERING AND CODING SYSTEMS
    SECTION 0.2: DIGITAL PRIMER
    SECTION 0.3: INSIDE THE COMPUTER
CHAPTER 1: THE PIC MICROCONTROLLERS: HISTORY AND FEATURES
    SECTION 1.1: MICROCONTROLLERS AND EMBEDDED PROCESSORS
    SECTION 1.2: OVERVIEW OF THE PIC 18 FAMILY
CHAPTER 2: PIC ARCHITECTURE & ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING
    SECTION 2.1: THE WREG REGISTER IN THE PIC
    SECTION 2.2: THE PIC FILE REGISTER
    SECTION 2.3: USING INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE DEFAULT ACCESS BANK
    SECTION 2.4: PIC STATUS REGISTER
    SECTION 2.5: PIC DATA FORMAT AND DIRECTIVES
    SECTION 2.6: INTRODUCTION TO PIC ASSEMBLY PROGRAMMING
    SECTION 2.7: ASSEMBLING AND LINKING A PIC PROGRAM
    SECTION 2.8: THE PROGRAM COUNTER AND PROGRAM ROM SPACE IN THE PIC
    SECTION 2.9: RISC ARCHITECTURE IN THE PIC
    SECTION 2.10: VIEWING REGISTER AND MEMORY WITH MPLAB SIMULATOR
CHAPTER 3: BRANCH, CALL, AND TIME DELAY LOOP
    SECTION 3.1: BRANCH INSTRUCTIONS AND LOOPING
    SECTION 3.2: CALL INSTRUCTIONS AND STACK
    SECTION 3.3: PIC18 TIME DELAY AND INSTRUCTION PIPELINE
CHAPTER 4: PIC I/O PORT PROGRAMMING
    SECTION 4.1: I/O PORT PROGRAMMING IN PIC18
    SECTION 4.2: I/O BIT MANIPULATION PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER 5: ARITHMETIC, LOGIC INSTRUCTIONS, AND PROGRAMS
    SECTION 5.1: ARITHMETIC INSTRUCTIONS
    SECTION 5.2: SIGNED NUMBER CONCEPTS AND ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS
    SECTION 5.3: LOGIC AND COMPARE INSTRUCTIONS
    SECTION 5.4: ROTATE INSTRUCTION AND DATA SERIALIZATION
    SECTION 5.5: BCD AND ASCII CONVERSION
CHAPTER 6: BANK SWITCHING, TABLE PROCESSING, MACROS, AND MODULES
    SECTION 6.1: IMMEDIATE AND DIRECT ADDRESSING MODES
    SECTION 6.2: REGISTER INDIRECT ADDRESSING MODE
    SECTION 6.3: LOOK-UP TABLE AND TABLE PROCESSING
    SECTION 6.4: BIT-ADDRESSABILITY OF DATA RAM
    SECTION 6.5: BANK SWITCHING IN THE PIC 18
    SECTION 6.6: CHECK SUM AND ASCII SUBROUTINES
    SECTION 6.7: MACROS AND MODULES
CHAPTER 7: PIC PROGRAMMING IN C
    SECTION 7.1: DATA TYPES AND TIME DELAYS IN C
    SECTION 7.2: I/O PROGRAMMING IN C
    SECTION 7.3: LOGIC OPERATIONS IN C
    SECTION 7.5: DATA SERIALIZATION IN C
    SECTION 7.6: PROGRAM ROM ALLOCATION IN CI8
    SECTION 7.7: DATA RAM ALLOCATION IN CI8
CHAPTER 8: PIC18F HARDWARE CONNECTION AND ROM LOADERS
    SECTION 8.1: PIC18F458/452 PIN CONNECTION
    SECTION 8.2: PIC 18 CONFIGURATION REGISTERS
    SECTION 8.3: EXPLAINING THE INTEL HEX FILE FOR PIC 18
    SECTION 8.4: PIC 18 TRAINER DESIGN AND LOADING
CHAPTER 9: PIC18 TIMER PROGRAMMING IN ASSEMBLY AND C
    SECTION 9.1: PROGRAMMING TIMERS 0 AND 1
    SECTION 9.2: COUNTER PROGRAMMING
    SECTION 9.3: PROGRAMMING TIMERS 0 AND 1 IN C
    SECTION 9.4: PROGRAMMING TIMERS 2 AND 3
CHAPTER 10: PIC18 SERIAL PORT PROGRAMMING IN ASSEMBLY AND C
    SECTION 10.1: BASICS OF SERIAL COMMUNICATION
    SECTION 10.2: PIC 18 CONNECTION TO RS232
    SECTION 10.3: PIC18 SERIAL PORT PROGRAMMING IN ASSEMBLY
    SECTION 10.4: PIC 18 SERIAL PORT PROGRAMMING INC
CHAPTER 11: INTERRUPT PROGRAMMING IN ASSEMBLY AND C
    SECTION 11.1: PIC 18 INTERRUPTS
    SECTION 11.2: PROGRAMMING TIMER INTERRUPTS
    SECTION 11.3: PROGRAMMING EXTERNAL HARDWARE INTERRUPTS
    SECTION 11.4: PROGRAMMING THE SERIAL COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTS
    SECTION 11.5: PORTB-CHANGE INTERRUPT
    SECTION 11.6: INTERRUPT PRIORITY IN THE PIC 18
CHAPTER 12: LCD AND KEYBOARD INTERFACING
    SECTION 12.1: LCD INTERFACING
    SECTION 12.2: KEYBOARD INTERFACING
CHAPTER 13: ADC, DAC, AND SENSOR INTERFACING
    SECTION 13.1: ADC CHARACTERISTICS
    SECTION 13.2: ADC PROGRAMMING IN THE PIC 18
    SECTION 13.3: DAC INTERFACING
    SECTION 13.4: SENSOR INTERFACING AND SIGNAL CONDITIONING
CHAPTER 14: USING FLASH AND EEPROM MEMORIES FOR DATA STORAGE
    SECTION 14.1: SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY
    SECTION 14.2: ERASING AND WRITING TO FLASH IN THE PIC18F
    SECTION 14.3: READING AND WRITING TO DATA EEPROM IN THE PIC 18
CHAPTER 15: CCP AND ECCP PROGRAMMING
    SECTION 15.1: STANDARD AND ENHANCED CCP MODULES
    SECTION 15.2: COMPARE MODE PROGRAMMING
    SECTION 15.3: CAPTURE MODE PROGRAMMING
    SECTION 15.4: PWM PROGRAMMING
    SECTION 15.5: ECCP PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER 16: SPI PROTOCOL AND DS1306 RTC INTERFACING
    SECTION 16.1: SPI BUS PROTOCOL
    SECTION 16.2: DS1306 RTC INTERFACING AND PROGRAMMING
    SECTION 16.3: DS1306 RTC PROGRAMMING IN C
    SECTION 16.4: ALARM AND INTERRUPT FEATURES OF THE DS1306
CHAPTER 17: MOTOR CONTROL: RELAY, PWM, DC, AND STEPPER MOTORS
    SECTION 17.1: RELAYS AND OPTOISOLATORS
    SECTION 17.2: STEPPER MOTOR INTERFACING
    SECTION 17.3: DC MOTOR INTERFACING AND PWM
    SECTION 17.4: PWM MOTOR CONTROL WITH CCP
    SECTION 17.5: DC MOTOR CONTROL WITH ECCP
APPENDIX A: PIC18 INSTRUCTIONS: FORMAT AND DESCRIPTION
APPENDIX B: BASICS OF WIRE WRAPPING
APPENDIX C: IC TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEM DESIGN ISSUES
APPENDIX D: FLOWCHARTS AND PSEUDOCODE
APPENDIX E: PIC18 PRIMER FOR x86 AND 8051 PROGRAMMERS
APPENDIX F: ASCII CODES
APPENDIX G: ASSEMBLERS, DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES, AND SUPPLIERS
APPENDIX H: DATA SHEETS
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