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Program PIC microcontrollers to drive small motors

Get your motors running in no time using this easy-to-follow guide. Detailed circuit diagrams and hands-on tutorials show you, step by step, how to program PIC microcontrollers to power a wide variety of small motors. You'll learn how to configure all the hardware and software components and test, troubleshoot, and debug your work. Running Small Motors with PIC Microcontrollers is filled with more than 2,000 lines of PicBasic Pro code you can use right away.

Use PIC microcontrollers to control all kinds of small motors, including:

• Model aircraft R/C servos
• Small DC motors
• Servo DC motors with quadrature encoders
• Bipolar stepper motors
• Small AC motors, solenoids, and relays

• Contents

• Preface

• Part I: Microcontrollers
• Chapter 1 Introduction to microEngineering Labs' LAB-X1 Experimental Board
• Chapter 2 Getting Started
• Chapter 3 Understanding the Microchip Technology PIC 16F877A: Features of the MCU
• Chapter 4 The Software, Compilers, and Editors
• Chapter 5 Controlling the Output and Reading the Input
• Chapter 6 Timers and Counters
• Chapter 7 Clocks and Memory: Sockets U3, U4, U5, U6, U7, and U8
• Chapter 8 Serial Communications: Sockets U9 and U10
• Chapter 9 Using Liquid Crystal Displays: An Information Resource

• Part II: Running the Motors
• Chapter 10 The PIC 18F4331 Microcontroller: A Minimal Introduction
• Chapter 11 Running Motors: A Preliminary Discussion
• Chapter 12 Motor Amplifiers
• Chapter 13 Running Hobby R/C Servo Motors
• Chapter 14 Running Small DC Motors with Permanent Magnet Fields
• Chapter 15 Running DC Motors with Attached Incremental Encoders
• Chapter 16 Running Bipolar Stepper Motors
• Chapter 17 Running Small AC Motors: Using Solenoids and Relays
• Chapter 18 Debugging and Troubleshooting
• Chapter 19 Conclusion

• Part III: Appendixes
• Appendix A: Setting up Compiler for One Keystroke Operation
• Appendix B: Abbreviations Used in the Book and in the Data Sheets
• Appendix C: The Book Support Web Site
• Appendix D: Sources of Materials
• Appendix E: Motor Control Language: Some Minimal Ideas, Guidance, and Notes

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