Links, Resources, and Acknowledgments

Microchip Technology Inc. (www.microchip.com)

Microchip Technology Inc. is a manufacturer of PIC® microcontrollers and associated products. I gratefully acknowledge the support and assistance of Microchip Inc. in the development of this book and the use of the company trademarks and intellectual property. Special thanks are due to John Roberts of Microchip UK for his assistance and advice. The company Web site contains details of all Microchip hardware, software, and development systems. MPLAB IDE (integrated development system) must be downloaded and installed to develop new applications using the tools described in this book. The data sheet for the PIC 16F877A microcontroller should also be downloaded as a reference source.

PIC, PICmicro, MPLAB, MPASM, PICkit, dsPIC, and PICDEM are trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc.

Labcenter Electronics (www.labcenter.co.uk)

Labcenter Electronics is the developer of Proteus VSM (virtual system modeling), the most advanced cosimulation system for embedded applications. I gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Labcenter team, especially John Jameson, in the development of this series of books. A student/evaluation version of the simulation software may be downloaded from www.proteuslite.com. A special offer for ISIS Lite, ProSPICE Lite, and the 16F877A simulator model can be found at www.proteuslite.com/register/ipmbundle.htm.

Proteus VSM, ISIS, and ARES are trademarks of Labcenter Electronics Ltd.

Custom Computer Services Inc. (www.ccsinfo.com)

Custom Computer Services Inc. specializes in compilers for PIC microcontrollers. The main range comprises PCB compiler for 12-bit PICs, PCM for 16-bit, and PCH for the 18 series chips. The support provided by James Merriman at CCS Inc. is gratefully acknowledged. The manual for the CCS compiler should be downloaded from the company Web site (Version 4 was used for this book). A 30-day trial version, which will compile code for the 16F877A, is available at the time of writing.

The Author’s Web Site (www.picmicros.org.uk)

This book is supported by a dedicated Web site, www.picmicros.org.uk. All the application examples in the book may be downloaded free of charge and tested using an evaluation version of Proteus VSM. The design files are locked so that the hardware configuration cannot be changed without purchasing a suitable VSM license. Similarly, the attached program cannot be modified and recompiled without a suitable compiler license, available from the CCS Web site. Special manufacturer’s offers are available via links at my site. This site is hosted by www.larrytech.com and special thanks are due to Gabe Hudson of Larrytech® Internet Services for friendly maintenance and support.

I can be contacted at the e-mail address [email protected] with any queries or comments related to the PIC book series.

Finally, thanks to Julia for doing the boring domestic stuff so I can do the interesting technical stuff.