Making PIC™ based Laboratory Instruments and Controllers
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“Making PIC™ based Laboratory Instruments and Controllers” is intended as a tutorial for beginning Engineering College students and Hobbyists interested in the more practical uses of microcontrollers. Using PICBASIC PRO Compiler examples written for the LAB-X1 and PIC16F877A MCU, the book explains the fundamental concepts applicable to the design and fabrication of instruments and controllers that use microcontrollers as their logic engines. The book focuses on mastering the eight basic concepts that need to be understood to undertake the creation of instruments and controllers. The focus of this tutorial is the fabrication of simple instruments like metronomes and thermostats. This leads to the understanding of the eight basic concepts that need to be understood and then mastered to create most of the simple instruments needed in the college laboratory or on the hobbyist's workbench. Extensive discussions of sensors and the techniques used to interface them to microcontrollers are used to introduce the user to the hands-on fabrications covered in the book. All the explanations are in simple English and are made without resorting to any complicated formulas and theoretical considerations. The tutorial is divided into two parts. The first part introduces the reader to the PIC16F877A in some detail. A LAB-X1 Experimenter Board along with the PICBASIC PRO Compiler can be used with the book discussions to gain familiarity with the logic engines used in the LAB-X1. Though it is not strictly necessary that the reader have a LAB-X1, having the board does make it much easier for a novice to create instruments more rapidly. The second part of the books first covers of the use of sensors and their interfacing to the instruments. It then goes on to the detailed design of the instruments that needs to be undertaken to understand what has to be done. There are eight basic concepts that need to be understood and each one is covered in detail. For the advanced user, this tutorial is a great companion to the PICBASIC PRO Compiler and LAB-X1 Experimenter Board. If you're looking for a complete package, purchase this book and the Developer's Bundle, which includes PBP, LAB-X1, melabs Programmer, and the 16F877A. For those not having a fast internet connection, the included CD ROM provides copies of all the data sheets and related information needed. These include listing of all the sample programs in the manual, a free demo compiler and more. Short book reviews are included for those interest in further learning. KEY FEATURES:  Laid out in an easy to understand, progressive learning sequence.  Extensive discussion of the input and output capabilities of the PIC16F877A MCU. All programming examples are in written in the powerful, easy to use and easy to understand PICBASIC PRO Compiler language.  Each of the eight disciplines that you have to master are covered in detail. All learning will transfer to almost the entire line of PIC microcontrollers with minimal effort.  An excerpt from the "Using Sensors (Transducers)" section: "The most basic question that we have to answer is… Why would I want to build an instrument when instruments to measure almost everything I am interested in are already available off the shelf? The answer to this question is neither simple or short. First: Almost all the instruments you need are not available off the shelf. More accurately stated, only bits and parts of the instruments that you need are available. The instruments we are going to build will be more useful than generic off the shelf instruments and in some ways more specifically targeted to the task that we have at hand. Since we know exactly what we need, we will design the instrument to provide exactly what we want. We do not have to compromise on any property of the instrument. Also our instruments will be able to provide other intelligence functions like turning other laboratory equipment ON and OFF as needed by our experiments and as determined by the conditions the instrument is monitoring in real time. A very useful feature almost never found on an industrial instrument. Second: We will be able to automatically send the information that is being gathered to a computer for analysis either in real time or on a deferred basis depending on what our overall needs are. We can also gather a lot more information over a longer period of time with our custom instruments because we will now have the ability to automate the process. Transient phenomena that requires constant monitoring over long periods of time and produces only in a few important instances can now be monitored continuously and intelligently without concern or added expense. Three…." 316 pages, includes CDROM

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