Acknowledgements

I would like to thank and acknowledge the Intel, Microchip, Philips, National Semiconductor, Maxim and Texas Instrument Corporations for the use made of various data in the preparation of this book. Also to a decade-and-a-half of (mostly willing) students who have acted as guinea pigs in my efforts to present the challenging world of microcontrollers in a logical, non-baffling and interesting way.