PIC Microcontroller Projects in C: Basic to Advanced

Extensively revised and updated to encompass the latest developments in the PIC 18FXXX series, this book demonstrates how to develop a range of microcontroller applications through a project-based approach. After giving an introduction to programming in C using the popular mikroC Pro for PIC and MPLAB XC8 languages, this book describes the project development cycle in full. The book walks you through fully tried and tested hands-on projects, including many new, advanced topics such as Ethernet programming, digital signal processing, and RFid technology. This book is ideal for engineers, technicians, hobbyists and students who have knowledge of the basic principles of PIC microcontrollers and want to develop more advanced applications using the PIC18F series.

This book Includes over fifty projects which are divided into three categories: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced.

New projects in this edition:

Logic probe

Custom LCD font design

Hi/Lo game

Generating various waveforms in real-time

Ultrasonic height measurement

Frequency counter

Reaction timer

GPS projects

Closed-loop ON/OFF temperature control

Bluetooth projects (master and slave)

RFid projects

Clock using Real-time-clock (RTC) chip

RTC alarm project

Graphics LCD (GLCD) projects

Barometer+thermometer+altimeter project

Plotting temperature on GLCD

Ethernet web browser based control

Ethernet UDP based control

Digital signal processing (Low Pass Filter design)

Automotive LIN bus project

Automotive CAN bus project

Multitasking projects (using both cooperative and Round-robin scheduling)

Unipolar stepper motor projects

Bipolar stepper motor projects

Closed-loop ON/OFF DC motor control