En -Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers

Preface

This is a book about embedded systems, introduced primarily through the application of three PIC® microcontrollers.

Starting from an introductory level, the book aims to make the reader into a competent and

independent practitioner in the field of embedded systems, to a level whereby he or she has the skills

necessary to gain entry to professional practice in the embedded world.

The book achieves its aims by developing the underlying knowledge and skills appropriate to today’s

embedded systems, in both hardware and software development. On the hardware side, it includes in-depth

study both of microcontroller design, and of the circuits and transducers to which the microcontroller must

interface. On the software side, programming in both Assembler and C is covered. This culminates in the

study and application of a Real Time Operating System, representing the most elegant way that an embedded

system can be programmed.

The book is divided into introductory and concluding sections and three main parts, and develops its

themes primarily around three example PIC microcontrollers, which form the basis of each part. These

are the 16F84A, the 16F873A and the 18F242. It works through these in turn, using each to develop the

sophistication of the ideas introduced. Nevertheless, the book should not be viewed just as a manual on PIC

microcontrollers. Using these as the medium of study, the main issues of embedded design are explored. The

skills and knowledge acquired through the study of this set of microcontrollers can readily be transferred

to others.

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