Baseline PIC C Programming Tutorials

The following tutorials build on the material covered in the baseline assembler tutorial series, showing how to implement the example applications from those lessons, using freely available PIC C compilers, including those from HI-TECH and CCS.

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1: Basic Digital I/O
Introducing HI-TECH C PRO, HI-TECH PICC-Lite and CCS PCB
Digital I/O, debouncing, and using weak pull-ups on baseline PICs
Updated 16/8/08 L1 source

2: Using Timer0
Configuring and accessing Timer0
Using Timer0 for debouncing, background tasks, event timing and counting
(with some examples of C macros)
Updated 26/1/08 L2 source

3: Sleep Mode and the Watchdog Timer
Using sleep mode, wakeup on change, and the watchdog timer
on baseline PICs
Added 16/2/08 L3 source

4: Driving 7-Segment Displays
Single and multiple 7-segment displays, multiplexing, and BCD counting
on baseline PICs (using the PIC16F505)
Added 8/3/08 L4 source

5: Analog Comparators
Comparators, fixed and programmable voltage references
(using the PIC16F506)
Added 24/4/08 L5 source

6: Analog-to-Digital Conversion and Simple Filtering
Analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and calculating a moving average
(accessing banked memory)
Added 6/4/08 L6 source

Further tutorials are being compiled.

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