• Programming 16-Bit PIC Microcontrollers in C: Learning to Fly the PIC 24 (Embedded Technology) | | | |
• PIC Microcontrollers: Know It All (Newnes Know It All) | | | |
• Advanced PIC Microcontroller Projects in C: From USB to RTOS with the PIC 18F Series | | | |
• Beginner's Guide To Embedded C Programming: Using The Pic Microcontroller And The Hitech Picc-Lite C Compiler | | | |
• PIC in Practice, Second Edition: A Project -based Approach | | | |

Best book on the PIC that I could find.
Review written by: J. Z. From somewhere
From Fall of 2008 to Spring of 2009, I was part of a senior design team whose aim was to create a control board. After a poor start in the Fall, I decided to see what resources were out there in the form of books. I literally looked through every book on Amazon that fell under designing with the PIC microcontroller (yes, that might be neurotic, but our senior design professors weren't that helpful and I was desperate) and came across this book. There were only a few reviews at that time, but they spoke extremely highly of this book. I decided to gamble and purchased the book from Amazon and was not disappointed. This book answered many questions I had about PIC controllers and embedded systems in general. I would recommend it for anyone with a good basic knowledge of electronics and mathematics. I would tell a beginner in electronics to keep the book in mind for future use when they have built up knowledge and experience.

As for the control board? It was an abysmal failure, but that is another story. :)

Perfect for learning, from the ground up.
Review written by: Derek Workman From Stansbury Park, Utah USA
Tim Wilmshurst knows how to look through the eyes of a beginner. He makes the reading fun, and well organized. There are plenty of code examples and illustrations as well. I was a complete novice in the field of Microcontrollers before I bought this book, but now I feel like I'm on top of what is going on.

This book is complete; I keep going back and reading the same chapters over, because I learn something new every time. I have not found a need to buy another book about PIC Microcontrollers this one covers all of the principles you need to know.

In a short description of the book:
He teaches the complete structures of Microchip's 16F84A, 16F873A and 18F242 PIC's. He teaches the assembler code, and how it works. He also gets into C code a bit. He gears his book around the robot you see on the front cover, and near the end of reading this book, you should be able to build it if you know basic circuit analysis. Another thing I liked about this book is that it gave real world examples and strategies that can be used to simplify circuitry.

I am not good with words, But this is an excellent book if you want to learn how microcontrollers work! Buy it.

Fills in the gaps
Review written by: Peter Match From South Setauket, New York USA
I'm an electrical engineer who designs high voltage power supplies, so it's been some time since I've done any programming. I wanted to be able to design simple micro controller circuits. I found this book to be a great refresher, I especially liked it since I was already partial to Microchip parts. Also, this book helped me to make the leap to programming in C, I liked that it gave very specific examples using an actual compiler.

Not for a beginner.
Review written by: D. Lee From
I think this is not intended for a beginner. For primers in PIC, look other books.

Excellent book for systems engeenering
Review written by: andres_dandrea From Venezuela
The explanations are very clean. 100% recommended for people looking to understand how today's systems works and how to design them.

It not only talks about PIC as a great tool to develop systems, but also about systems as a whole and all the technologies implicated in it's functioning.

I'm really happy with this book!!!