PIC Microcontroller Projects in C, 2nd Edition

Chapter 4

Microcontroller Program Development

Abstract

This chapter provides an introduction to various microcontroller program development tools. The highly popular Program Description Language (PDL) is described with many examples. In addition, the less commonly used flow chart technique is described again with several examples. Examples are given to show the advantages and disadvantages of both the PDL and the flow chart methods.

Keywords

Flow charts; Microcontroller program development tools; Program description language (PDL); Representing various program control structures using the PDL language and flow charts

Chapter Outline

4.1 Using the PDL and Flow Charts 52

4.1.1 BEGIN–END 52

4.1.2 Sequencing 52

4.1.3 IF–THEN–ELSE–ENDIF 52

4.1.4 DO–ENDDO 54 ...