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H. H. WardProgramming Arduino Projects with the PIC Microcontrollerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7230-5_2

2. Programming Basics

Hubert Henry Ward1  
(1)
Leigh, UK
 
This chapter covers the following main topics:

  • A standard approach to writing a program

  • How to create a source file within a project

  • How to use the header file into source file

  • How to set up different types of oscillators

  • How PIC communicates with the outside world using PORTS

  • How to use TRIS registers to set the PORTS

  • The main aspects of a ‘C’ program

  • How to download a program to a development board

It also looks at how you might build your own development board and use ICSP (in-circuit serial programming). ...

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