• Programming 32-bit Microcontrollers in C: Exploring the PIC32 (Embedded Technology) | | | |
• Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers: Principles and Applications | | | |
• Intelligent Sensor Design Using the Microchip dsPIC (Embedded Technology) | | | |
• Advanced PIC Microcontroller Projects in C: From USB to RTOS with the PIC 18F Series | | | |
• USB Complete: The Developer's Guide (Complete Guides series) | | | |

Flying the PIC24
Review written by: W. Richardson From
This book is pretty good, but lacks the hardware explanations and schematics. It relies heavily on Microchip Explorer 16, but doesn't go into creating your own designs.

Excellent Pic 24 Primer !
Review written by: David J. Malcman From Perth, Australia
As the review title suggests, this book is an excellent Pic 24 primer easy to follow for students and industry engineers alike. Clearly illistrated and generally well thought out.
However, this book excludes any material on bootloaders, serial or usb which I believe is an important aspect of a high end microcontroller in the field.

Best PIC Book ever..
Review written by: Rubens B. Junior From São Paulo, Brazil
This is the best book about PIC that you can buy. Its written in a easy to read English (English may be a problem for foreigns like me) and the book has a lot of examples of Microchip C compiler.

Enough of the flight analogies...
Review written by: P. Lopresto From USA
This is a pretty decent PIC programming book. I used it in my PIC class and was able to do fairly well (B+), which is awesome considering I never had a day of C-programming. The software that is bundled with the book is pretty easy to use, and the book does a good job explaining many of the programs aspects. And the sample code was very beneficial in solving both lab and homework problems.

The only down fall is that the author of this book obviously is a flying enthusist/pilot. Every chapter (and seemingly, every paragraph) has some reference to a plane, flying, or pilot training. It becomes annoying and repetitive. If you get past it though, it's a decent book.

This is the best book on embedded gcc
Review written by: Eric W. Engler From Atlanta, GA USA
This book pretends to be a programming book on the PIC24 16-bit microcontroller family from Microchip. And if it were only that, it would easily earn a 5 rating. But the author has gone way beyond his calling. He turned this into a real insider's view of what gcc is doing under the covers with this MCU. This is better than good because there are so few good books on embedded C programming, and none of them do a good job of showing both sides. As a C programmer you normally don't care what the computer is doing under the covers. But as an embedded C programmer this is critical information! So I'd like to give this book a 10: 5 for PIC24 coverage and 5 for under-the-cover info on what gcc is doing. Even if you don't use the PIC 24, you need this book!