Table of Contents
Introduction to the first edition
Introduction to the second edition
Section 1: Getting Started with Embedded Systems
Chapter 1: Tiny computers, hidden control
Section 2: Minimum Systems and the PIC 16F84A
Chapter 2: Introducing the PIC mid-range family and the 16F84A
Chapter 3: Parallel ports, power supply and the clock oscillator
Chapter 4: Starting to program – an introduction to Assembler
Chapter 5: Building Assembler programs
Chapter 6: Working with time: interrupts, counters and timers
Section 3: Larger Systems and the PIC 16F873A
Chapter 7: Larger Systems and the PIC 16F873A
Chapter 8: The human and physical interfaces
Chapter 9: Taking timing further
Chapter 10: Starting with serial
Chapter 11: Data acquisition and manipulation
Chapter 12: Some PIC microcontroller advances
Section 4: Smarter Systems and the PIC 18F2420
Chapter 13: Smarter systems and the PIC 18F2420
Chapter 15: C and the embedded environment
Chapter 16: Acquiring and using data with C
Chapter 17: More C and the wider C environment
Chapter 18: Multi-tasking and the real-time operating system
Chapter 19: The Salvo real-time operating system
Section 5: Where Can We Go from Here? Distributed Systems, Bigger Systems
Chapter 20: Connectivity and networks
Chapter 21: Moving beyond 8-bit: a survey of larger PIC microcontrollers
Appendix 1: The PIC 16 Series instruction set
Appendix 2: The electronic ping-pong program
Appendix 3: The Derbot AGV – hardware design details
Appendix 4: Some basics of Autonomous Guided Vehicles