Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers

Introduction to the first edition

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 ...