Front Cover -- The PIC Microcontroller: Your Personal Introductory Course -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the third edition -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Some tips before starting -- Initial steps -- The file registers -- A program template -- Chapter 2. Exploring the PIC5x series -- Your first program -- Testing the program -- Hardware -- Using the testing instructions -- Timing -- Seven-segment displays -- The program counter -- Subroutines and the stack -- Logic gates -- The watchdog timer -- Final instructions -- The STATUS file register -- The carry and digit carry flags -- Pages -- What caused the reset? -- Indirect addressing -- Some useful (but not vital) tricks -- Final PIC5x program - 'Bike buddy' -- Chapter 3. The PIC12F50x series (8-pin PIC microcontrollers) -- Differences from the PIC16F54 -- Example project: 'PIC dice' -- Chapter 4. Intermediate operations using the PIC12F675 -- The inner differences -- Interrupts -- EEPROM -- Analogue to digital conversion -- Comparator module -- Final project: Intelligent garden lights -- Chapter 5. Advanced operations and the future -- Extra timers: TMR1 & … -- Capture/Compare/PWM -- USART: Serial communication -- Programming tips -- Chapter 6. A PIC development environment -- Chapter 7. Sample programs -- Program A LedOn - Turns an LED on -- Program B PushButton (1.0) - If a push button is pressed,turns on an LED -- Program C PushButton (2.0) - Shorter version of PushButton 1.0 -- Program D Timing - LED states toggled every second, and buzzer on every five seconds -- Program E Traffic - Pedestrian traffic lights junction is simulated -- Program F Counter (1.0) - Counts signals from a push button,resets after 16 -- Program G Counter (2.0) - Stop reading button twice (otherwise, as Counter 1.0).

Program H Counter (3.0) - Solves button bounce (otherwise, as Counter 2.0) -- Program I StopClock - A stop clock displaying tenths of seconds to minutes -- Program J LogicGates - Acts as the eight different gates -- Program K Alarm - An alarm system which can be set or disabled -- Program L BikeBuddy - A speedometer and mileometer for bikes -- Program M PIC Dice - A pair of dice are simulated -- Program N Quiz - Indicates which of three push buttons has been pressed first -- Program O Phonecard - To act like a phonecard which decrements a file register -- Program P TempSense - Displays whether temperature is too hot, too cold or OK -- Program Q -- Appendix A: Specifications of some Flash PIC microcontrollers -- Appendix B: Pin layouts of some Flash PIC microcontrollers -- Appendix C: Instructions glossary -- Appendix D: Number system conversion -- Appendix E: Bit assignments of various file registers -- Appendix F: If all else fails, read this -- Appendix G: Contacts and further reading -- Appendix H: PICKit™ 1 & BFMP Info -- Appendix I: Answers to the exercises -- Appendix J: Some BASIC commands in assembly -- Index.