The new 32-bit microcontrollers bring the promise of more speed and more performance while offering an unprecedented level of compatibility with existing 8 and 16-bit PIC microcontrollers. In sixteen engaging chapters, using a parallel track to his previous title dedicated to 16-bit programming, the author puts all these claims to test while offering a gradual introduction to the development and debugging of embedded control applications in C.

Author Lucio Di Jasio, a PIC and embedded control expert, offers unique insight into the new 32-bit architecture while developing a number of projects of growing complexity.

Experienced PIC users and newcomers to the field alike will benefit from the text's many thorough examples which demonstrate how to nimbly side-step common obstacles, solve real-world design problems efficiently and optimize code using the new PIC32 features and peripheral set.

You will learn about:

• basic timing and I/O operation
• debugging methods with the MPLAB SIM simulator and ICD tools
• multitasking using the PIC32 interrupts
• all the new hardware peripherals
• how to control LCD displays
• experimenting with the Explorer16 board and the PIC32 Starter Kit
• accessing mass-storage media
• generating audio and video signals
• and more!

Just months after the introduction of the new generation of 32-bit PIC microcontrollers, a Microchip insider and acclaimed author takes you by hand at the exploration of the PIC32

Free CD-ROM includes source code in C and the Microchip MPLAB C32 compiler

Includes handy checklists to help readers perform the most common programming and debugging tasks