Title: Making PIC Microcontroller Instruments and Controllers Author: Harprit Singh Sandhu ISBN: 0071606165 / 9780071606165 Format: Soft Cover Pages: 372 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Year: 2009 Availability: 45-60 days
Description
Contents
Essential Design Techniques From the Workbench of a Pro
Harness the power of the PIC microcontroller unit with practical, common-sense instruction from an engineering expert. Through eight real-world projects, clear illustrations, and detailed schematics, Making PIC Microcontroller Instruments and Controllers shows you, step-by-step, how to design and build versatile PIC-based devices. Configure all necessary hardware and software, read input voltages, work with control pulses, interface with peripherals, and debug your results. You'll also get valuable appendices covering technical terms, abbreviations, and a list of sample programs available online.
• Build a tachometer that gathers, processes, and displays data
• Make accurate metronomes using internal PIC timers
• Construct an asynchronous pulse counter that tracks marbles
• Read temperature information through an analog-to-digital converter
• Use a gravity sensor and servos to control the position of a table
• Assemble an eight-point touch screen with an input scanning routine
• Engineer an adjustable, programmable single-point controller
• Capture, log, monitor, and store data from a solar collector
Preface
Part I : The PIC 16F877A Chapter 1 : An Introduction to the PIC 16F877A Microcontroller Unit Chapter 2 : Getting Started: The Hardware and Software Setup Chapter 3 : Understanding Microchip Technology's PIC 16 F877A : A Description of the MCU Chapter 4 : The Software, the Compilers, and the Editor Chapter 5 : Controlling the Output and Reading the Input Chapter 6 : Timers and Counters Chapter 7 : Clocks, Memory, and Sockets Chapter 8 : Serial Communications : Sockets U9 and U10 Chapter 9 : Using Liquid Crystal Displays : An Extended Information Resource
Part II : The Projects Chapter 10 : Using Sensors (Transducers) Chapter 11 : Conditioning the Input Signal Chapter 12 : Conditioning the Output Signal Chapter 13 : An Introduction to the Eight Projects Chapter 14 : The Universal Instrument : A Background Discussion Chapter 15 : Counting Pulses : A Programmable Tachometer Chapter 16 : Creating Accurate Intervals with Timers: The Metronomes Chapter 17 : Understanding the Counters : Counting Marbles Chapter 18 : A Dual Thermometer Instrument Chapter 19 : An Artificial Horizon : A Table Surface That Stays Level Chapter 20 : Building a Simple Eight-Button Touch Panel Chapter 21 : Single Set Point Controller with Remote Inhibit Capability Chapter 22 : Logging Data from a Solar Collector Chapter 23 : Debugging Chapter 24 : Some Real-World Projects You Can Build
Conclusion
Appendixes
Appendix A : Setting Up a Compiler for One-Keystroke Operation
Appendix B : Abbreviations Used in this Book and in the Datasheets
Appendix C : Listings of PICBASIC PRO programs on the Internet at melabs.com
Appendix D : Notes on Designing a Simple Battery Monitor Instrument: Thinking about a Simple Problem Out Loud
Appendix E : Using the Support Web Site to Help Make Instruments and Controllers
Index