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[ Tutorials:                                                      ]
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Getting Started with Development Tools: from Microchip

Gooligum Electronics PIC Tutorials (baseline- and midrange-PIC's, assembler and "C"): from David Meiklejohn

Elmer 160 (16F84, assembler): from John McDonough

WinPicProg PIC Tutorial (16F628, assembler): from Nigel Goodwin

PIC Microcontrollers (16F84, assembler): from Nebojsa Matic (mikroElektronika)

PIC Microcontrollers - Programming in C: from Milan Verle (mikroElektronika)

PIC18F45K20 - MPLAB C lessons: from Microchip

Arithmetic Tutorials: from Douglas W. Jones

Coin-Cell-Powered Embedded Design (using 18LF4321 in "C", free online book) from John B. Peatman

PIC24 Tutorial ("C30"): from Engscope

Collection of useful ASM30 related links: from MBedder

Six rules for writing clean code: from Matt Gordon

General rules for writing clean assembler code: from MBedder

Efficient C-code for 8-bit-MCU's: from Nigel Jones


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[ Further explanations:                                           ]
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MPASM/MPLINK/MPLIB User's Guide: from Microchip

MPLAB Assembler, Linker and Utilities for PIC24 and dsPIC30/33: from Microchip

MPLAB Assembler, Linker and Utilities for PIC32 MCUs: from Microchip

PIC18 Configuration Settings Addendum: from Microchip

Essential C (a 45 page summary of "C") from Nick Parlante

The C book (free online-book): from Mike Banahan, Declan Brady and Mark Doran

PIC Microcontrollers - Free Online Book, examples with 16F887 from Milan Verle (mikroElektronika)

Digital Filter Design from Zoran Milivojević (mikroElektronika)

Differences between EQU and RES: from Dale Chisholm

Why should I use "BANKSEL" to select the correct bank? from myself and Dale Chisholm

Explanation of the paging in the PIC16-family: from Dale Chisholm

Example of Relocatable Code: from Andrew Jacobs

Arithmetic Operators in MPASM: from Andrew Jacobs

Explanation of fractional numbers: from Jonny Doin

Hard coding a software-breakpoint (ASM, C18, C30, C32): from Jason Kajita


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[ Migration Documents:                                            ]
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Migration a 8-bit-PIC design to PIC1xF1xxx: from Microchip

Migrating a design from PIC16 to PIC18: from Microchip

Migration from 18F to 18FxxJxx: from Microchip

Migration from 18F to 24F - an overview: from Microchip

dsPIC30F to PIC24H Conversion Guidelines: from Microchip

dsPIC30F to dsPIC33F Conversion Guidelines: from Microchip

Other (device-specific) migration documents: from Microchip


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[ Advanced Programming Technics:                                  ]
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Simple co-operative multitasking: from Richard Collett

Different ways for multithreading: from Olin Lathrop

State machine shortcuts: from Michael Kreiman

Protothreads (stackless threads in C): from Oliver Schmidt

Embedded multitasking with small MCUs: Part 1 - State Machine Constructs: from Keith Curtis

Embedded multitasking with small MCUs: Part 2 - Cooperative vs. pre-emptive: from Keith Curtis

Class B Safety Software - AN1229: from Microchip


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[ Tips and Tricks:                                                ]
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8-pin PIC Tips 'n Tricks: from Microchip

CCP and ECCP Tips 'n Tricks: from Microchip

Intelligent Power Supply Design Tips 'n Tricks: from Microchip

Microcontroller Power Managed Tips 'n Tricks: from Microchip

Example of LCD-Code for Picdem2: from violin

Code Module Library: from Dario Greggio


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[ Neat Assembler Tricks:                                          ]
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How to access a variable bit: from Mike McLaren, Harry (1and0) and myself

How to multiply a variable with a real constant: from Richard Collet

Several good DIV- and MOD-routines: from Andrew Jacobs, Philippe Paternotte, Harry (1and0) and Mike McLaren

How to divide a 16-bit-variable with a constant: from Andrew Jacobs

Spreadsheet for calculating the values (see previous Tips): from Dennis Welbourn

How to shift W-register 3 times (left or right) in 2 instructions (PIC18): from Lennart Hedlund

How to exchange 2 registers without a temp-register

Replace only the <mask> bits in <reg> by those in W leaving the rest of <reg> untouched from Danish Ali

Print byte (hex) in W as two ASCII nybbles: from Mike McLaren

Unpacked 3-digit BCD_to_Bin for PIC18: from MBedder and Harry (1and0)

16 Bit Binary to 5 Digit BCD: from Andrew Jacobs

PIC Microcontroller Radix Math Methods: from 'piclist.com'

Check the Rotary Encoder A and B switches for a change from Mike McLaren

Vertical counters for implementing repeating keys: from Mike McLaren and Jonny Doin

Fast, short square root for PIC18: from schen

Explanation how to compute a square root: from John N. Power

Bit-banged SPI-slave: from Jonny Doin

Makros for comparing two registers: from Harry (1and0)

Conditional (content of a register) register-copying (or how to use the "C"-bit as Zero-bit): from Harry (1and0)

Conditional branch depending on two bits: from Dario Greggio

Case select in assembler (for some (not-successive) select-points): from Richard Collet

Computed GOTO (index 0-63) for PIC18: from Mike McLaren

Computed "GOTO" (index 0-255) for PIC18: from Olin Lathrop

Null-terminated string-tables in program-memory: from Mike McLaren

Cycle-accurate variable delay-routine (11..524298 cycles): from Michael Bond and Mike McLaren

32-step-software-PWM (for driving LED's): from Mike McLaren

8-channel 256-step-software-PWM (for PIC16 and PIC18): from Mike McLaren

"Gamma" correction-table for LED-brightness: from Leo Bodnar

Calculating parity for 8-bit-values: from Daniel


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[ "C"-related topics:                                             ]
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Explanation of using the "volatile"-qualifier: from John Temples

FAQ about C on PIC (like: Can I make an array of port-pin's?): from John Temples

Error: section '.udata_main.o' can not fit the section: from John Temples


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[ Interesting projects:                                           ]
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USB PIC related open source projects: from Xiaofan Chen

Open Source Bootloader for dsPIC30: from Mikael Gustafsson

Bootloader for dsPIC30: from Daniel Chia

Add a SD-card to EIP10-board: from lcoulon (project still in progress)

SD-card Enc28J60 Web-Server and FTP-server from Nimish Yedurkar (project still in progress)

PIC handheld debugger: from Jaromir Sukuba

LCD Oscilloscope for Spectrum Analyzers: from Matjaz Vidmar

MiniBasic for PIC32: from Malcolm McLean and others

Oscilloscope and signal generator realized with PIC18F4550: from Hristian Todorov

8-channel USB-Logic-Analyzer based on PIC18F4550: from Mark Csele

Special thanks to all of these very knowledgeable people, only their knowledge makes such a summary possible...

Additional big thanks to Dennis (Neiwiertz) for sending a lot of links to me (I hope, this way we can improve the clarity of this list).

Finally, big thanks to Jason Kajita, too. His blog is really a good source...

I applaud your initiative and believe that you will be a good keeper for its care-taking.

Glenn