Programming the PIC Microcontroller with MBASIC by Jack Smith

Programming the PIC Microcontroller with MBASIC by Jack Smith

Focuses on designing with Microchip's mid-range PIC line using MBASIC, a powerful but easy to learn programming language. This book illustrates MBASIC's abilities through a series of design examples, beginning with simple PIC-based projects and proceeding through more advanced designs.

I've been so impressed with this book in the week I've been reading it, that I have to think the only reason it's not made it to these forums yet is because no one has found it yetIf you've been waiting, as I have, for a rewrite of the MBasic manual, then you should buy this book. This is much more than just a manual (although it's very good as that), and I haven't seen any MBasic tutorials with this much depth anywhere. It's an AMAZING volume of work, easily one of the best textbooks on any subject that I've seen in a long time. Laid out in a tutorial format, with each chapter building on the ideas in the previous pages, the book is also easy to use to find specific techniques as you would with a reference book, either with the index, or with the thorough way Jack cross-references related subjects within each chapter. Jack introduces one or two major concepts in each chapter, such as working with digital outputs, I2C, stepper motors, or HSerial, and then shows how to design the electronics parts of the concept as well, and gives solid reasoning for how he's making design choices along the way. He has a deep understanding of both computer theory and electronics design, but presents both of them in a friendly, non-jargon-y way that I think many experience levels could understand. My biggest question now is, it's obvious that Jack got some fantastic help on the project from Basic Micro themselves - so why aren't they selling the book right from this site? Or at least announcing its availability? So far, I have found answers to every question that's stumped me even after reading these forumsI hope some others can enjoy this as much as I have. It's made me excited again about how much MBasic allows you to do with a PIC. --Brian, Basic Micro ForumI got home late tonight. I wish I'd gotten home a lot sooner because THE book is here!! And it's a beaut, too. All I can say is...Some day I hope to know as much about PICs as Jack forgets every day....This meets my definitions of complete and comprehensive! --kenjj, Basic Micro ForumThis very useful book allows even someone new to PICs to be able to choose the proper device, program and design the circuit for simple to sophisticated designs. This is a great book for quickly learning about and using microcontrollers to do amazing tasks. --IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, Dec. 2005

Hog to Hog, a satirical novel by Jack Smith, received the George Garrett Fiction Award in 2007 and was published in 2008 by Texas Review Press. Southern Review, North American Review, Texas Review, X-Connect, In Posse Review, and Night Train are among the literary periodicals in which he has published pieces. Ploughshares, Georgia Review, American Book Review, Prairie Schooner, Mid-American Review, Pleiades, the Missouri Review, and Environment magazine have all published his reviews. He's had over a dozen essays published in Novel & Short Story Writer's Market, as well as over a dozen in The Writer magazine. Write and Revise for Publication: A 6-Month Strategy for Creating an Outstanding Novel and Other Works of Fiction, his creative writing book, was published by Writer's Digest Books in 2013.

Killing Me Softly, a nonfiction environmental book he coauthored, was published by Monthly Review Press in 2002. Smith co-edits The Green Hills Literary Lantern, an online literary magazine published by Truman State University, in addition to writing.

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ISBN 13	9780750679466
ISBN 10	0750679468
Title	Programming the PIC Microcontroller with MBASIC
Author	Jack Smith
Series	Embedded Technology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Newnes
Year published	2005-07-19
Number of pages	800
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.