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The PIC microprocessor family from Microchip Technology
were originally the "heir apparent" to the wildly successful
6502. They remain among the most popular microprocessors
and microcontrollers available today, especially for embedded
and low end applications.

Over six billion PIC microcontrollers have been sold.

Helping along with this popularity is the enormously popular
Basic Stamp from Parallax.

This library page has combined and updated our earlier PIC
Microprocessor, Pic a Peck of PIC's, and PIC Links library pages.

One major potential use of PIC's involves our Magic Sinewaves.

Some library files require an Adobe Acrobat 5.0  plug in for online
viewing.  Offline, these may be accessed by an Acrobat Reader or
an eBook Reader or any other .PDF accepting program.

PIC Chip Manufacturer Microchip Technology      The Chandler, Arizona horse's whatever source for PIC chips,      data sheets, ap notes, CD data disks, assemblers, and emulators.,

Click for a Wikipedia PIC Microcontroller summary.
Click for sources of PIC samples .

Basic Stamp Manufacturer Parallax      Fast and easy application of PIC microprocessors by use of      interpreted BASIC modules. Also newer Propellor chips.,

Click for a Wikipedia Basic Stamp summary.

Click to reach the Basic Stamp Application Notes.
Click to reach the Basic Stamp Product Info .
Click to reach the Basic Stamp Forums .

Instant Chip Prices & Availability from OEM's Trade      A great source to determine which chips (and other electronic parts )      are available from who for how much.

Click here for additional Consulting services.

Resource Bin #54  RESBN54.PDF ( July 1996 )      Picking a potent peck of pliant PIC's. The PIC is now the      component of the decade. Here are all of the necessary tools      and resources you'll need to get yourself PIC literate.

Click here for PIC Microprocessor Books info.
Click here for Circuit Cellar reprints.

PIC PostScript Flutterwumpers POSTFLUT.PDF      All of the raw power of genuine 100% authentic Adobe PostScript      can easily get applied to stunningly low cost PIC robotic systems.      Royalty free! Tutorial gives examples and insider details.

Click here for more PostScript info
Click here for PIC Books info.

Resource Bin #70  RESBN70.PDF (November 1997 )      Exploring PostScript PIC Flutterwumpers. Getting started with      PostScript as language. Two examples. Robotic flutterwumpers.      Flutfiles and PIC's. How it works. For more help. Contest

Click here for more flutterwumper tutorials.
Click to reach the Magic Sinewave library

PostScript for PIC's with these Flutterwumper Utilities      Partitioning gives the full power of the general purpose PostScript      computing language to even the simplest and smallest of PIC's!  Read      in WP or editor, then send to Distiller or GhostScript

Click here to use Distiller as a PostScript Interpreter
Click herefor a Gonzo PostScript Utilities Tutorial.

Flutterwumper Utilities Demo FLUTDEMO.PDF      Shows PIC compatible PostScript. Included are demos of a simple      rectangle, a large circle, and a Palatino "R", along with tolerance limit      displays. The generated demo output of FLUTOOLS.PDF.

Click for Captain Video secret mountain laboratory access.

Magic Sinewave Summary MSINEXEC.PDF #65      An "executive summary" on magic sinewaves that gathers together      the key featuers and development history from several earlier      files. Magic sinewaves offer efficiency and power quality advantages.

Click here for the Magic Sinewave library.
Click here for a Magic Sineave intro tutorial.

Click here for the GuruGram 65 source code.
Click here to Contact the Author directly.

Introduction to Magic Sinewaves MSINTRO1.PDF     "Slideshow" style introductory presentation covers the fundamentals      of the new magic sinewave technology. Unique benefits include      highest possible efficiency combined with fewest low harmonics

Click for the MSINTRO1.PSL sourcecode.
Click for a Magic Sinewave development proposal.
Click for Magic Sinewave Spectral Analysis hints.

Ultra Fast MagSine Calculator FASTMSSOL.SHTML #73      The very first in a new series of ultra fast and nearly deterministic      Magic sinewave calculators. These are hundreds to thousands of      times faster and more convenient than before. Tutorial review.

Click here for the Ultra Fast MS Calculator.
Click here for the Angle Position Plots.

Click here for a Magic Sinewave tutorial.
Click here for a Magic Sinewave slide show.
Click here for a Magic Sinewave proposal.

Click here for the GuruGram 73 source code.
Click here to Contact the Author directly.

Improved Magic Sinewave Chip NUMSCHIP.PDF #38      Combined data sheet and application note for a second and improved      Magic Sinewave demo/evaluation chip. This MSD28D-05X combinesl      3-phase zeroing of harmonics 2-22 with improved inputs and sync.

Click here for the Magic Sinewave library.
Click here for a Magic Sinewave intro.
Click for a 3-phase Magic Sinewave tutorial.
Click for a Magic Sinewave development proposal.

Click here to Order MSD28-05X chips & source code.
Click here for the NUMSCHIP.PSL source code.
Click here for additional Consulting services.
Click here to Contact the Author directly.

MagSine PIC Programming Guide MSPICPRO.PDF #40      Tutorial guidelines for writing PIC based sourcecode for Magic      Sinewaves. Why PIC? Getting started. Tools. First Principles. A      precision time delay. Delay expansion. Updating. Sync, more...

Click here for the Magic Sinewave library.
Click here for a Magic Sinewave intro.
Click for a 3-phase Magic Sinewave tutorial.
Click for a Magic Sinewave development proposal.

Click here to Order MSD28-05X chips & source code.
Click here for the MSPICPRO.PSL source code.
Click here for additional Consulting services.
Click here to Contact the Author directly.

The Saga of the Dripping Stalactites STALAC.PDF #35       Celebrating the beauty of applied mathematics, first through a catalog      of our more obscure "fun with long strings of numbers" topics and      then by way of the Magic Sinewave timeline history.

Click here to reach the Math Stuff library.
Click here for a Magic Sinewave intro.
Click for a Magic Sinewave development proposal.
Click here to Order MSD-28X chips & source code.

Magic Sinewave Demo Hardware! MSCHIPS.PDF #33      Combined data sheet and application note for the very first available      Magic Sinewave demo/evaluation chips. This MSD28D-04X offers full      3-phase compatibility + best efficiency zeroing of harmonics 2-22.

Click here for the Magic Sinewave library.
Click here for a Magic Sinewave intro.
Click for a 3-phase Magic Sinewave tutorial.
Click for a Magic Sinewave development proposal.

Click here to Order MSD-28X chips & source code.
Click here for the MSCHIPS.PSL source code.
Click here for additional Consulting services.
Click here to Contact the Author directly.

Tech Musings #120  MUSE120.PDF  (January 1998)      NewTek's new PIC Calibar tv generator, investigating Brown's      Gas, television broadcast magazines, understanding meta studies,      comparing energy densities, plastic injection molding book, more.

Click here to place a PIC banner ad.

Hardware Hacker #66  HACK66.PDF  (July 1993 )      A flying car newsletter. Photopolymer resources. Amateur      television books. Royalty free real PostScript. The Basic Stamp      from Parallax. Thoughts on a printed circuit drill.

Click here for Instant Resource solutions..

Tech Musings #120  MUSE120.PDF  (January 1998)      NewTek's new PIC Calibar tv generator, investigating Brown's      Gas, television broadcast magazines, understanding meta studies,      comparing energy densities, plastic injection molding book, more.

Click for Captain Video secret mountain laboratory 

Hardware Hacker #66  HACK66.PDF  (July 1993 )      A flying car newsletter. Photopolymer resources. Amateur      television books. Royalty free real PostScript. The Basic Stamp      from Parallax. Thoughts on a printed circuit drill.

Click here for Instant Resource solutions

Tech Musings #109  MUSE109.PDF  (February 1997 )         How to use PIC table lookup. That idea mortality curve. Aodbe's new       Acrobat 3.0. Linearizing ac power phase controls. Vacuum tube       audio resources. Antideluvian skew preponderance. Exotic woods.

Click to reach the Cubic Spline library.

Tech Musings #134 MUSE134.PDF (March 1999)      Online aerial photo access. A collection of loose ends. Selected      SETI books. PIC video overlay displays. Underwater arc absurdities.      Military manual source. Shooting the AOL messenger

Click here for SETI Books info.

Tech Musings #108  MUSE108.PDF  (January 1997 )      Debunking miracle energy sources, A history of color organs,      Those great new baby PIC's, New consultant's insider magazine,      AC phase control fundamentals, linearizing by table lookup.

Click here for Live Auction bargains.

Tech Musings #88  MUSE88.PDF ( May 1995)      Misconceptions of acoustic cancelling. Chip adaptor      resources. PIC micro fundamentals and instruction set.      Fast & easy SMD removal. Essential hacker nutrients.

Click to reach the Flutterwumper library page.

Tech Musings #136 MUSE136.PDF (May 1999)      Tachometer design basics. "knotty neon" lighting rope.      New PIC breadboard sources. Some boat anchor resources.      Ancient twinkle lights circuit. Revisiting the NE-2.

Click here for more Tech Musings tutorials.

Tech Musings #115  MUSE115.PDF  (August 1997 )      PIC chips now on CD ROM. Hydrogen car fact and fancy. A brand       new PIC friendly genlocking video character display! Fuel cells       and related resouces. Decade's BOB-5L design contest.

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Tech Musings #99  MUSE99.PDF ( April 1996 )      PIC left and right shifting; Hot chassis shock hazards, Low      amperage fuse substitutions; New power supply resources,      Servicing switchmode power supplies.

Click to reach our GuruGram library.

Tech Musings #98  MUSE98.PDF ( March 1996 )      PIC programming tricks; Greeting card music chips. Some      new updates for Adobe Acrobat; Selecting addressing modes;      On line tv engineering sites

Click here for Instant Consulting solutions.

Tech Musings #94  MUSE94.PDF ( November 1995 )      Important EE Internet sites, pseudoscience strikes again, a new      MIDI electronic music book, Basic Stamp II microcomputer,      a collection of microcomputer startup resources.

Click here for test equipment bargains.

Hardware Hacker #87  HACK87.PDF  (April 1995 )      AC motor drive fundamentals. New Basic Stamps from Parallax.      PIC Microcomputer resources. Additional details on forced zero      magic sinewaves. Dealing with "too good to be true" results.

Click here for a Magic Sinewave devlopment proposal.

Hardware Hacker #82  HACK82.PDF  ( November 1994 )      Cyborg cosimano helmets, long range remote control, unique direct      toner decals, Powerful new PIC software, "virtual ways"CAM machine,      pseudoscience resources, FCC periodic regs, more...

Click here for pushme-pullyou Hexapod links.

Blatant Opportunist #30  FLUTWUMP.PDF       A flutterwumper is an X-Y-Z device that chomps or spits. Key      design secrets include don't sweat the mechanics, minimize chomper      load, no gantries need apply, use two-brainers, PostScript, and PIC's.

Click here for flutterwumper tutorials.

Major Resources...

Microchip
Parallax
OEM's Trade

Basic Stamp Stuff...

Active Tools
Active Robots
Andrew Gregory
Applications of the BASIC Stamp controller
Arrick Robotics
Audio Mulch

Basic Software Informer
Basic Stamp Books
Basic Stamp Microcontroller Projects
Bill Den Beste Electronics
Bill's Home Page
Blue Bell Design
Boondog Automation

Cables for Basic Stamp 2
Circuit Cellar
Chip Randall
Chuck's Robotics

Dave Chu's robotics
Decade Engineering BOB-II
Didel
Digi-Key
Dimension Engineering
DIY Drones
DMOZ
Don Lancaster's Guru's Lair
Dontronics

Educational Microcontroller Resources
EME Systems

Green Trust

Hobby Engineering
How Stuff Works
HTH On-Line Catalog
HVW Tech

Intelligent Agents

Jan Axelson

K3PGP

Labcenter Electronics Proteus VSM
LOSA List of Stamp Application
Lynxmotion

Mad Overlord
Make
Mcmanis Stamp Decoding
Milford

OOPic
Oreillynet

Parallax
Parsons
Peabody
Phanderson
Phoney Controller
Pick a Peck of PIC's
PIC micro web ring
Pololu
PPT Slide

Recons World
Repeater Builder
Reynolds Electronics
Robot Books
Robot Builder's Resources
Robots
Rocket Telemetry

Sapp Electronic Music
Scott Edwards Electronics
Seattle Robotics
Selmaware
Solutions Cubed
Source Forge
Sparkfun
Stamp and PIC Links
Stason

Tigoe
Todbot
Tracy Allen
Trossen

Vector 2X Page
Vintage

Uttermatter

Weethet
Windmill
Wirz Electronics Surplus
Wonder How To

Xplore

Zbasic

Microchip & PIC...

Acroname PIC Interface Example
Applications of the BASIC Stamp controller
AppliTech Engineering Consulting

Bluebird Electronics
Brand Electronics
Brian's PIC Page

Chip directory
Circuit Cellar
Circuit Specialists
CNC Retrofiit Links
Custom Computer Design

DDS VFO
Decade Engineering BOB-II
Digikey
Doctor Dobbs Journal
Don Lancaster's Guru's Lair

Electric motors for artificial muscles
Eric's PIC Page
European Scrambling Systems FAQ

FCE Smart Floor

Gateway Electronics
Greatest Little PIC Book

How Microcontrollers Work

IBM Technical Journal
Inbound links

Jameco Electronics
John Morrow Embedded Engineering

Kasa Engineering Services
Karl Schmidt Transtronix

Machine Vision
MadLab Home Page
Magenta Electronics
Mchipbbs
MCT: Links
Mechatronics Links
Mechatronics Resources
Michel Van den Bergh Electronics
Microchip Technology
Microcontrollers for Embedded Systems
Microcontrollers, Microchip, PIC
Microprocessor applications
Mouser Electronics
My Thesis is about Microchip Micocontrollers

Nerd World Media
NHRC-2 Repeater Controller


Peter Anderson's PIC Page
PIC16F84 Linux Programming
PIC Micro Books from Square 1
PIC Projects
PIC Projects Page
PWM DTMF on a PIC

Robot Bookmaks
Robot Books, and Toys
Robotics Related Web Sites
Robotics Resources

Scott Edwards Electronics
Serial PIC Programmer
Sherwood Engineering Design Services
Small Systems Engineering
Spread Spectrum Scene
SSS Breaking Developments
Stamp and PIC Links
Synthetic PIC

TechTools PIC Tools
TNG-3 Interface

Universal Device Programmer

Vincenzo Amarante IK0AOC

Wirz Electronics' Microchip PIC Products

Basic Stamp:

Basic Stamp intro to Microcomputers   ( Claus Kuhnel ) Basic Stamp II Manual v 2.1   ( Parallax ) Microcontroller Application Cookbook   ( Matt Gilland ) Microcontroller Projects With Basic Stamps   ( Al Williams ) Programming &Customizing the Basic Stamp   (Scott Edwards ) Stamp II Communications and Control Projects   ( T. Petruzzelis ) Programming Microcontrollers with PIC Basic   ( Chuck Hellebuyck ) 123 PIC Microcontroller Experiments   ( Michael Predko ) Revised 2/10

PIC Related:

AVR RISC Microcontroller Handbook   (Claus Kuhnel) Basic Stamp   (Claus Kuhnel and Klaus Zahnert) Basic Stamp II - Tutorial and Applications  (Peter Anderson) Design With PIC Microcontrollers   (John Peatman) Easy PIC'n, A Beginners guide to the PIC   (Dave Benson) Microcontroller Beginner's Handbook   (Lawrence Duarte) PIC Microcontroller Serial Communications   (Roger Stevens) Microcontroller Projects With Basic Stamps   ( Al Williams ) PIC'n up the Pace PIC 16/17 Applications   (Dave Benson) PIC Microcontroller Applications Guide   (Dave Benson) PIC micro Microcontroller Pocket Reference  (Myke Predko) PIC Personal Introductory Course   ( John Morton ) Pic Microcontroller Project Book   ( John Iovine ) Programming & Customizing the Avr Microcontroller   (D. Gadre) Programming &Customizing the Basic Stamp   (Scott Edwards) Programming & Customizing the Pic Microcontroller   ( M. Predko )

Here are some of the PIC and Basic Stamp online forums and
newsgroups...

microchip online forum mcu.programming.com mel pic basic forum pic microdevelopers forum sci.electronics.basicssci.electronics.components sci.electronics.designsci.electronics.equipment sci.electronics.misc sci.electronics.repair

    Other Guru's Lair library pages of interest include Tech
    Musings, Hardware Hacker, Blatant Opportunist, Don's
    Resource Bin, Math Stuff, PostScript, GuruGrams, Ask
    the Guru, and Flutterwumper resources.

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