Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 629.89 EAN: 9780130462138 ISBN: 0130462136 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 420 Publication Date: August 15, 2002 Publisher: Prentice Hall Sales Rank: 260281 Studio: Prentice Hall
Book DescriptionB> This book is developed around Microchip's latest family of parts, the PIC18FXXX family. It focuses on the PIC18F452, a new part brought to market in May 2002. It is intended that the reader will find a smooth path to the creative process of writing enhanced application code. This book attempts to organize and unify the development of these three capabilities: to understand and use components, to exploit powerful algorithmic processes, and to break down the complexity of an instrument or device so as to meet its specifications. The book is dedicated toward the development of creative design capability. Throughout this book, the approach taken is to introduce a template of assembly language code that encompasses a set of features of the PIC18F452 plus its interactions with some of the I/O devices resident on a small 4'x4' development board. For electrical engineers who work with the PIC18FXXX family.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great book!
This book is an excellent introduction to the PIC18F452 microcontroller. The book begins with very basic concepts and is quite easy to learn from. It is also nicely sectioned so that you can easily pick and choose which topics you wish to learn.
Rating: - Great Resource for Students and Engineers
I have used this book extensively for several designs. The book contains practical examples that can be adapted to many types of designs.
The code examples are well written with text that explains the code and strategy behind it. The author has taken the time to fully explain the many
aspects of microcontroller design, pitfalls to avoid and methods to get around the limitations of an 8-bit micro. The book is down to earth but challenges you at the same time. I found the hardware data ... Read More
Rating: - Tough Going at times, but worth it.
Make no mistake -- this book would be at home in an Engineering Class. It will make you THINK and examine his teaching of Single Board Systems at a higher level.
+ If you want a "cut & paste" book to get thru a rough spot & finish a project that is due, you'll be disappointed.
+ If you want to understand what you are doing so that you can apply your skills better, you'll like it. No free lunch, remember?
Rating: - WORST BOOK EVER WRITTEN
This is the only book about microchip PIC18f452, but the only useful information this book has to offer is in chapter 2 and 3, after that you get lost trying to understand what the author is talking about. Chapter 2 and 3 cover only the basics, nothing else. Save your money! more books on microchip are coming up. If you have to take a microcontroller class, then you better get a good instructor.
Rating: - Poor description and poor examples
The book contains short chapters included short descriptions..The 18F452 register construction , subroutines and the examples are in a skin-deep manner.I should say that I have learnt more knowledge from the 18F452 datasheet than this book..I think it is written very quickly for a short time so it had to be poorly...
- Great book!
- Tough Going at times, but worth it. 
- WORST BOOK EVER WRITTEN
- Poor description and poor examples 
