Tutorial 0 – Getting Started with Microchip PIC Microcontrollers.
After my tutorial series on Atmel AVR Microcontrollers and I have planed to start a similar tutorial series on Microchip PIC Microcontrollers. PIC Family of Micros are popular among hobbyists as they are easily available, easy to use and are low cost. In the first couple of tutorial we will make/collect hardware and software tools which will be required to experiment with PIC MCUs. Once you have the basic tools up and running we will proceed to learning how to do basic stuffs with PICs, like setting and using PORTs, Controlling LEDs, Relays, Motors etc. These will help you as building blocks that will help you develop your own project and understand and implement thousands of PIC MCU projects out there in Magazines and Internet. These tutorials assumes that you are a beginner with Microcontroller i.e. having no or little experience with them. What is a Microcontroller? Ans: For information of "What is a microcontroller?" and how it can help you see this link. Selecting A Microcontroller We will start our journey with PIC16F877A and PIC16F628A Microcontrollers. Then we will move to high performance 18F core microcontrollers like PIC18F2550 and PIC18F4550. Tools Required What hardware and software tools you will need is described in this page. The article also gives you the over all process of development with MCUs. The […]