C Programming for the PIC Microcontroller: Demystify Coding with Embedded Programming

© Hubert Henry Ward 2020

H. H. WardC Programming for the PIC Microcontrollerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5525-4_1

1. Introduction

Hubert Henry Ward¹  

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Lancashire, UK

 

This chapter covers some of the fundamentals of what a microprocessor-based system is and how a microcontroller is different. It then covers the historic development of the ‘C’ programming language for PIC controllers.

After reading this chapter, you should appreciate how the micro sees your instructions and understand the terms machine code, assembler, compiler, and linker.

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