mikroC Tutorials for Absolute Beginners

Introduction to MikroC Pro for PIC Compiler

The aim of this course is to teach you how to develop microcontroller based electronic systems using MikroC Pro for PIC Compiler. MikroC Pro for PIC is a powerful, feature rich compiler fro PIC microcontrollers from Mikroelekronika. It is easy to learn and easy to use with a highly advanced integrated development environment (IDE), ANSI compliant compiler, broad set of easy to use hardware and software libraries, comprehensive documentation and plenty of ready to run examples.

27 Dec 2011By Bitahwa BinduMikroC Pro for PIC, TutorialsMicrocontroller, MikroC, PIC, TutorialsRead more...

Blinking an LED Connected to a PIC Microcontroller – MikroC

An LED is a semiconductor light source, when forward biased, it emits light. LEDs are used mainly to indicate the status of electronic circuits, for example to indicate that power is on or off but nowadays they are used in many applications including lighting and beam detection. In this article we will learn how to connect and switch on and off various LEDs to a microcontroller using MikroC Pro for PIC Compiler. This is the simplest project a beginner [...]

28 Dec 2011By Bitahwa BinduMikroC Pro for PIC, TutorialsBlink LED, LED, Microcontroller, MikroC, PIC, TutorialsRead more...

Reading Switches With PIC Microcontroller – MikroC

Push Buttons or Switches are digital inputs and are widely used in electronic projects as most systems need to respond to user commands or sensors. Reading a switch is very useful because a switch is widely used and can also represent a wide range of digital devices in real world like limit sensors, level switches, proximity switches, keypads (a combination of switches) etc. Connecting a switch to a microcontroller is straight forward, all we need is a pull-up or pull-down [...]

30 Dec 2011By Bitahwa BinduMikroC Pro for PIC, TutorialsDebounce, Microcontroller, MikroC, PIC, Push Button, Switch, TutorialsRead more...

Interfacing LCD Display with PIC Microcontroller – MikroC

LCDs are alphanumeric (or graphical) displays and are frequently used in microcontroller based applications requiring some information to be displayed to the user. There are many devices in the market which come in different shapes and sizes. Some LCDs have 40 or more character lengths with the capability to display several lines. Some other LCD displays can be programmed to display graphic images. Learn to interface an LCD with PIC Microcontroller using mikroC Pro for PIC compiler.

29 Aug 2013By Bitahwa BinduMikroC Pro for PIC, Tutorials16x2 LCD, Interfacing LCD, LCD, LCD tutorial, Microcontroller, MikroC, mikroC pro for PIC, PIC, PIC16F, PIC16F877A, PIC18F, TutorialsRead more...

Interfacing 7-Segment Display With PIC Microcontroller – MikroC

The 7-segment display is the earliest type of an electronic display that uses 7 LEDs bars arranged in a way that can be used show the numbers 0 - 9. (actually 8 segments if you count the decimal point, but the generic name adopted is 7-segment display.) These devices are commonly used in digital clocks, electronic meters, counters, signalling, and other equipment for displaying numeric only data. It is not different from an LED in terms of interfacing, by turning [...]

2 Sep 2013By Bitahwa BinduMikroC Pro for PIC, Tutorials7-Segment, Interfacing, Microcontroller, MikroC, PIC, TutorialsRead more...

Multiplexing of 7-Segment Displays with PIC Microcontroller – MikroC

3 Sep 2013By Bitahwa BinduMikroC Pro for PIC, Tutorials2 digits 7 segment, 7-Segment, Interfacing, Microcontroller, MikroC, Multiplexing of 7-Segment Displays, PIC, TutorialsRead more...

Interfacing a Relay with PIC Microcontroller – MikroC

A relay is an electromagnetic switch which is used to switch High Voltage/Current using Low power circuits. Relays isolate as well low power circuits from high power circuits, this is a good feature especially for safety reasons a section of the circuit with high dangerous voltage/current could be isolated from the user. When a low voltage is applied to the relay (coil wounded on a soft iron core), this coil becomes a magnet which in turns energizes the soft [...]

4 Sep 2013By Bitahwa BinduMikroC Pro for PIC, TutorialsHome Automation, Interfacing, IoT, Microcontroller, MikroC, PIC, Relay, TutorialsRead more...

Analog to Digital Converter with PIC Microcontroller – MikroC

Analog to Digital converters allow analog continuous voltages to be converted into a discreet digital numbers inside the PIC as the PIC can only process digital numbers. This can enable a PIC to be connected to analog sensors such as temperature sensors, pressure sensors, humidity sensors, optical sensors, and power sensors. This is a nice feature to use as most of PIC microcontrollers today have built-in analog to digital converters (ADC) with the number of channels depending on the number [...]

18 Sep 2013By Bitahwa BinduMikroC Pro for PIC, TutorialsADC, ADC Library, Analog Sensor, Analog to Digital, Digital Voltmeter, Microcontroller, MikroC, mikroC pro for PIC, PIC, Sensor, TutorialsRead more...

PIC Microcontroller Communication with RS232 Serial Bus – MikroC

RS232 serial communication is one of the oldest communication where data is sent or received one bit at a time. This protocol can easily be used to communicate between a PC and various devices supporting this type of protocol like PIC microcontrollers, GPS, GSM modem etc. While other interfaces like Ethernet, FireWire, and USB all send data as a serial stream, the term "serial port" usually identifies hardware more or less compliant to the RS-232 standard, intended to interface with [...]

20 Nov 2013By Bitahwa BinduMikroC Pro for PIC, TutorialsEUSART, Interface PIC to PC, Interfacing, Microcontroller, MikroC, PIC, RS232, Tutorials, UART, USARTRead more...