Books & Tutorials

Master and Command C for PIC® MCU by Fred Eady

Embedded C Programming by Mark Siegesmund

[+] Book
Book/Tutorial	Author	Description
Embedded C Programming: Techniques and Applications of C and PIC MCUs	Mark Siegesmund	Book: hands-on introductory course on concepts of C programming using a PIC microcontroller and the CCS C compiler.
CCS C Manual	Custom Computer Services, Inc.	Book: lists supported C features & details on all PIC® MCU specific features & functions
Beginner`s Guide to Embedded C Programming	Chuck Hellebuyck	Embedded C first timers
Intro to PIC C	Nigel Gardner	Book: basics of C are explained from the perspective of writing programs for PIC® MCUs.
The Standard C Library	P. J. Plauger	Book: how to use the library functions mandated by ANSI & ISO standards for C programming lang.
Library of Terms and Routines	Colin Mitchell	Book: descriptions of 4 major products
Pic: Your Personal Introductory Course	John Morton	Book: introduction to the world of microcontrollers
Tutorial test		PIC
Embedded Design with the PIC18F452 Microcontroller	John Peatman	Book: Microchip Technology's PIC18F family of MCUs, program code examples, and utilities.
TAB Electronics Build Your Own Robot Kit	Myke Predko and Ben Wirz	Book: kits are assembled and programmed by the user.
SUMO BOT: Build Your Own Remote-Controlled Programmable Sumo-Bot	Myke Predko, Ben Wirz	Book: assembled and programmed by the user.
PIC Microcontroller Project Book	Jon Iovine	Book: hands-on directions for putting RISC-based chips with up to 8K of memory to work.
C What Happens	David Benson	Book: A series of explanations and examples for those who want to learn to program PIC® MCUs.
The C Programming Language	Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie, Dennis M. Ritchie	Book: meant to help teach programmers C & examples are included.
Easy Pic'N: A Beginners Guide to Using Pic16/17 Microcontrollers from Square 1	David Benson	Book: a Beginners Guide to Using Pic16/17 Microcontrollers from Square 1
Programming Embedded Systems in C and C ++	O'Reilly Media	Book: introduction for those venturing into embedded systems software development for the first time
PIC Microcontroller Project Book	John Iovine	Book: learn programming techniques using Microchip's free MPLAB compiler.

[+] Online Tutorial
Book/Tutorial	Author	Description
PIC for Programmers	Celio Guimaraes	Tutorial: complete introduction to programming in assembly with PIC.
PIC16F84 Fundamentals	Dr. PAUL OH	Tutorial: Fundamentals for the PIC16F84
Introduction to PIC microcontrollers
Tutorial test		PIC
Setting up SDL	Thomas Carriero
The basics of C
If Statements		Control the Flow of your program
Loops		Repeat a block of code
Functions
Switch Case		substitute for long if statements that compare a variable to several "integral" values
Pointers		write programs that can handle nearly unlimited amounts of data on the fly
Structures		provide a way of storing many different values in variables of potentially different types under the
Arrays		have one name for a group of variables of the same type that can be accessed by a numerical index
Strings		tools available for working with strings
File I/O		For C File I/O you need to use a FILE pointer, which will let the program keep track of the file bei
Type Casting		make a variable of one type, such as an int, act like another type, such as a char, for one single o
Accepting Command-Line arguments		understand the full declaration of the main function, which previously has accepted no arguments
Linked Lists		store data with structures so that the programmer can automatically create a new place to store data
PIC Fundamentals	Paul Oh	Tutorial: Learn how to develop PIC16F84-based applications.
LED PWM control		Tutorial: a 16F877 to drive over 180 LEDs in a row-and-column arrangement.
Servo Tester		Tutorial: Control servos with a PIC® MCU.
PIC Thermometer		Tutorial: A temperature sensor.
In-circuit 16F84 Programmers	David Tait	Tutorial: software to program the 16F84 in-circuit using the PC serial (or parallel) port.
My First PIC Project	David Tait	Tutorial: brief description of the EEPROM PICs (16x84) and a couple of small programs