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A. SuberoProgramming PIC Microcontrollers with XC8Maker Innovations Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0467-0_1

1. Preparing for Development

Armstrong Subero1  
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Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago
 

It would be nice to be able to jump right into building projects and using our microcontroller. However, before we do so, we need to properly set up our environment for working. This chapter is catered to people who have used microcontroller platforms such as Arduino, PICAXE, or BASIC Stamp-based platforms and want to build bare-bones microcontroller systems. Beginners should have no trouble following along though. If you have experience breadboarding circuits using ...

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