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by Marco Gottardo (Author)
After the great success of the first book "Let's go pic The book" a new book on PIC microcontrollers by the same author. This book contains all you need to start to work with PIC microcontrollers in a more lightweight and easy to handle format towards the big parent "Let's go pic". Key chapters of this book are devoted to interrupt systems, analog signals, and LCD displays. The book looks at HITECH C language on IDE MPLAB X (at the moment the last version available) software and on Micro GT Mini and IDE hardware platforms, which can be easily ordered online. It also explains LadderPIC, a language that enables microcontrollers to be programmed in the same way as PLCs.
Author Biography
Marco Gottardo was born in Padova, north-east Italy, in 1968. In 1995, he launched G-Tronic Robotics, a company specializing in the development of customized microprocessor and microcontroller systems. He went on to take a degree in Information Technology Engineering at the Polytechnic of Business Studies, Lugano, Switzerland, graduating with the highest honours in 1999. He continued his studies at Lugano and, in 2002, he was awarded a Master's in Industrial Information Technology and Applied Robotics, again with the highest honours. He went on to do another master's in 2010, this time in Electrical Engineering at the University of Padova. Marco is an expert in electronics, robotics and industrial automation and has been a lecturer and trainer in his field for nearly 20 years.
