Quintessential PIC(R) Microcontroller

Microprocessors and their microcontroller derivatives are a ubiquitous, if rather invisible, part of the infrastructure of our 21st century electronic 1 and communications society. In 1998 it was reckoned that hidden in ev­ ery home were about 100 microcontrollers and microprocessors; in the sillging birthday card, washing machine, microwave oven, television con­ troller, telephone, personal compu...