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Embedded Systems (ECEg-5702)

PIC Microcontroller

By Muluneh H. 18/05/2018 1
Outline of the Lecture

Introduction

PIC16F877A Architecture:
• The power supply
• The reset
• The clock sources
• Watchdog timers
• The configuration registers
• Ports
• Interrupts
• Timers
• Capture/compare/PWM modules (CCP)
• Analog-to-Digital Converter (A/D) Module
• Serial Communication
• Program memory organization
• Data memory organization

Summary

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Microcontrollers
• There are hundreds of microcontroller manufactures, but here are
the top vendors in the global microcontroller market:

Company Website Families

Microchip Technology microchip.com PIC Series

Texas Instruments(TI) Inc. ti.com MSP430 Series

Cypress Semiconductor http://www.cypress.com PSoC Series

NXP Semiconductor https://www.nxp.com/

Infineon Technologies https://www.infineon.com C16x, C500

STMicoelectronics http://www.st.com ST or STM Series

Silicon Labs https://www.silabs.com C8051F

Atmel Corporation atmel.com AVR Series

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Microcontrollers

Atmel’s AVR series

Atmel has broad portfolio of devices: Starting from small 8-bit flash µCs to advanced
cores that run operating systems, like Linux and windows CE .
Atmega (Atmega8, Atmega16….)
 8-bit flash based µCs
 up to 16MIPS, 8-512KB flash…costs $6 max.
 In-circuit programmable…programmer HW not required
 free GCC based compiler and assembler STK-500K programmer and debugger kit available.
Texas Instruments’ MSP Series
• Series world’s lowest power µCs
• TI has broad portfolio of devices: Starting from small 16-bit flash µCs to advanced
SOCs that run operating systems, like Linux and windows CE
• MSP430xxx
 16-bit ultra low power flash based µCs
 up to 25MIPS, 4-120KB RAM…costs $5 max.
 on-chip LCD controller, up to 16-bit fast ADC

In This tutorial, We will focus on Microchip’s PICs Microcontroller.

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Microchip PIC Microcontroller Series
• Widely used device from Microchip Technology
 Sold > 10 billion PIC controllers
 Several device families
 Many devices per family
 Common development environment
 Widely available
 Large user base
 Extensive application notes
 Low cost
 Free / low cost development tools
• Basic architectural features
 Pipelined RISC microprocessor core
 Accumulator execution model
 Data width — 8 / 16 / 32 bits
 Instruction width — 12 / 14 / 16 / 32 bits
• Microchip PIC series: there are three families:
I. Baseline (PIC10Cxxx…….PIC12Cxxx)
 Highly limited ROM based 8-bit µCs
II. Mid range (PIC16Fxxx)
 8-bit flash based µCs
 PIC16F8xx up to 5MIPS, 8KB flash…costs $3 max.
 In-circuit programmable…programmer HW not required
III. High end (PIC18Fxxx, dsPIC, PIC24xxx and PIC32MX..)
 8, 16 and 32-bit architecture
 on chip USB, Ethernet, GPS, …

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PIC architecture is a “Harvard” Architecture

Feature of Harvard architecture

• Near all instructions are single instruction word
• Only one fetch per instruction
• Instruction fetch and execute are pipelined so you can operate at
near clock rate instructions per second
• 2 separate buses
• One for instructions and one for data
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MICROCHIP Microcontroller Family

• Data width
 8 / 16/ 32 bits
 Wider integer ⇒ higher precision arithmetic
• Instruction width
 12 / 14 / 16 / 32 bits
 Wider instruction ⇒ more complex instructions + higher precision arithmetic

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Learning PIC Architecture
Some general observations
• Variety
Hundreds of PIC devices in 3 families and several sub-families
• Updates
Microchip Technology upgrades devices frequently
Familiar devices replaced with new model
• Instruction Set Architecture
8 and 16 bit devices share approximately uniform instruction set
PIC32 implements MIPS ISA
• Limitations
Course takes general pedagogical approach to PIC as typical MCU
 Focus on 8-bit devices — Mid-Range + PIC16
Many books + websites on PIC with general-sounding titles
Each device is unique

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Some Typical 8‐bit PIC Device Families

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Introduction to PIC16F877A
• PIC16F877A is an 8 bit microcontroller developed by Microchip.
• The PIC microcontroller PIC16f877a is one of the most renowned
microcontrollers in the industry.
• This controller is very convenient to use, the coding or programming
of this controller is also easier.
• One of the main advantages is that it can be write-erase as many
times as possible because it use FLASH memory technology.
• It has a total number of 40 pins and there are 33 pins for input and
output.

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PIC16F87xA families

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 Basic features of PIC16F877A
• RISC architecture • 256 bytes EEPROM memory
35 single world instructions to learn • 368 bytes RAM memory
All single-cycle instructions except • A/D converter:
branches 10-bit resolution, 8-channel A/D
Converter
• Operating frequency 0-20 MHz
• 3 independent timers/counters
• Precision internal oscillator • Watch-dog timer with its own on-chip
Factory calibrated RC oscillator for reliable operation
Software selectable frequency range of • Analogue comparator module with
4MHz to 31KHz Two analogue comparators
• Power supply voltage 2.0-5.5V Fixed voltage reference (0.6V)
Programmable on-chip voltage reference
• Power-Saving Sleep Mode • Two Capture, Compare, PWM
• Brown-out Reset (BOR) with module
software control option • USART module with 9 bit address
detection
• 33 I/O pins, 5 I/O ports
• Synchronous Serial Port (SSP) with
• 8K ROM memory in FLASH master mode and master/slave.
program memory technology supports SPI and I2C mode

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 PIC16F877A Pin Configuration
• The pin configuration of the PIC16F877A microcontroller (DIP
package) is shown below

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PIC16F877A Architecture

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40 Pins of PIC16F877A
• 33 I/O pins, 5 I/O ports
 The pins RB0-RB7, RC0-RC7, and RD0-RD7 are digital I/O pins.
 The pins AN0-AN7 are for analog I/O
 TX and RX are for debugging I/O
 The pins CCP1 and CCP2, which share locations with RC1 and RC2, can be used for a PWM signal

• The remaining pins deal with power/ground, the clock signal, and programmer I/O.
• 5 Power Pins
 Power to Pin 1 (Vpp) – connected via 47k Resistor
 Power to Pin 11 (Vdd)
 Ground to Pin 12 (Vss)
 Power to Pin 32 (Vdd)
 Ground to Pin 31 (Vss)
• 2 External Clock Pins
 Crystal Oscillator to Pins 13 & 14 (OSC1, OSC2), the polarity doesn’t matter.
 Capacitor into power & ground

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Reset
• The reset is used for putting the microcontroller into a known
condition in cases when the microcontroller behave inaccurate under
certain undesirable conditions.
• Resetting a PIC16F microcontroller starts execution of the program
from address 0000H of the program memory.
• The PIC16F87XA differentiates between various kinds of Reset:
Power-on Reset (POR)
MCLR Reset during normal operation
MCLR Reset during Sleep
WDT Reset (during normal operation)
WDT Wake-up (during Sleep)
Brown-out Reset (BOR)
• Two types of resets are commonly used: power-on reset and external
reset using the MCLR pin.

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Power-on Reset (POR)
• All PIC microcontroller devices have a built-in Power-On Reset circuit.
• A power-on rest(PoR) generator is a microcontroller peripheral that
generates a rest signal when power is applied.
• It ensures that the device starts operating in a known state. it will be
reset and start operation in a properly initialized way.
Power-up Timer (PWRT)
The Power-up Timer provides a fixed 72 ms nominal time-out on
power-up only from the POR.
The chip is kept in Reset as long as the PWRT is active.
The PWRT’s time delay allows VDD to rise to an acceptable level.
A configuration bit is provided to enable or disable the PWRT.

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Reset pin: MCLR
• Reset pin is usually marked as MCLR (Master Clear Reset).
• Pin1 is the master clear pin of PIC16F877A.
• It is used for external reset of the microcontroller by applying a logic zero
(0) or one (1) to it, which depends on the type of the microcontroller.
• PIC16F877A has an active low MCLR, meaning that it should constantly be
given a voltage of 5V and if 0 V are given then the controller is reset.
• Resetting the controller will bring it back to the first line of the program
that has been burned into the IC.

• When we want to reset the IC we just have to

push the button which will bring the MCLR pin
to 0 potential thereby resetting the controller.

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Watchdog Timer
• A watchdog timer is a timer connected to a completely separate RC
oscillator within the microcontroller.
• If the watchdog timer is enabled, every time it counts up to the maximum
value, the microcontroller reset occurs and the program execution starts
from the first instruction.
• The point is to prevent this from happening by using a specific command.
• All PIC microcontroller devices have a Watchdog timer which gives the
code developer a way to reset the device in the event of unexpected code
operation.
• The WDT can be permanently disabled by clearing configuration bit,
WDTE.

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Brown-out Reset (BOR):Rest at the supply voltage drop below the permissible
• PIC microcontroller devices have a built-in Brown-Out Reset (BOR) feature that resets
the device when the supply voltage drops too low.
• This is used to insure that the device will not try to run at a voltage that is too low for
correct operation.
• The configuration bit, BODEN, can enable or disable the Brown-out Reset circuit.
• If VDD falls below VBOR (about 4V) for longer than TBOR (about 100 µS), the brown-
out situation will reset the device. If VDD falls below VBOR for less than TBOR, a Reset
may not occur.
• Once the brown-out occurs, the device will remain in Brown-out Reset until VDD rises
above VBOR.

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Clock Sources
• The PIC16F87XA can be operated in four different oscillator
modes.
LP Low-Power Crystal
XT Crystal/Resonator
HS High-Speed Crystal/Resonator
RC Resistor/Capacitor
• The user can program two configuration bits (F 1 and F 0) to OSC OSC

select one of these four modes:

• FOSC1:FOSC0: Oscillator Selection bits
11 = RC oscillator
10 = HS oscillator
01 = XT oscillator
00 = LP oscillator

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Clock Sources
• Crystal Oscillators or Ceramic Resonators :
In XT, LP or HS modes, a crystal or ceramic resonator is connected to the
OSC1/CLKI and OSC2/CLKO pins to establish oscillation.
For applications where accuracy of timing is important, a crystal should be used.
If a crystal is used, a parallel resonant crystal must be chosen, since series
resonant crystals do not oscillate when the system is first powered.
Figure below shows how a crystal is connected to the microcontroller. The
capacitor values depend on the mode of the crystal and the selected frequency.
Higher capacitance increases the oscillator stability but also increases the start-
up time.

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Clock Sources
• RC OSCILLATOR :
For timing insensitive applications, the “RC” device option offers additional cost
savings.
The RC oscillator frequency is a function of the supply voltage, the
resistor (REXT) and capacitor (CEXT) values and the operating temperature.
A close approximation of the clock frequency is 1/(4.2RC),
The oscillator frequency divided by 4 (FOSC/4) is available on pin OSC2 of the
microcontroller.
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 Ports
• Port is a group of pins in microcontroller which can be accessed simultaneously.
• Physically, port is a register inside a microcontroller which is connected by wires
to the pins of a microcontroller.
• When working with a port we may want to:
 Set port direction
 Set an output value
 Read an input value
 Set an output value and then read back the output value
• There are 5 ports in PIC16F877A that provide parallel I/O Interfaces to outside
world PORTA, PORTB, PORTC, PORTD, PORTE.
 one 6-bit ports: A ,
 three 8-bit ports: B ,C,D and
 one 3 bit port: E
• I/O line can either be INPUT or OUTPUT.
• By clearing some bit of the TRISx register, the corresponding port pin is
configured as input or output.
• If some bit of the TRISx register (bit=1), the corresponding port pin is configured
as input.
• If some bit of the TRISx register (bit=0), the corresponding port pin is configured
as output.

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I/O pin
The pin can be set for input or output data transfer

Write TRIS bit Data

Direction Tri-state
Latch Output
Enable

Output Output
CPU Data Bus
Data Current
Latch Driver
Write data bit

Input
Data
Read data bit Latch

Analogue input
multiplexer

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PORTA and TRISA
• PORTA is a 6-bit wide, bidirectional port located from Pin 2 to 7
• All of the Port A pins except RA4 have a shared use with the analog
multiplexer (MUX).
• The first step in configuring Port A is to select which pins are to be set as
digital input/output and which are to be analog inputs.
• This is done with the lower four bits of the ADCON1 register file (RAM).
• If we want all of Port A to be digital, the setting is 0x06.
• The corresponding data direction register is TRISA.
• Setting a TRISA bit ( = 1) will make the corresponding PORTA pin an input
• Clearing a TRISA bit (= 0) will make the corresponding PORTA pin an
output.

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ADCON1 "Analog vs Digital" Selection Codes

• if we want all of the Port A bits as “digital”, ADCON1 must must

set to 0x06

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PORTB and TRISB
• PORTB is a 8-bit wide, bidirectional port located from Pin 33 to 40
• The corresponding data direction register is TRISB.
• Setting a TRISB bit ( = 1) will make the corresponding PORTB pin
an input
• Clearing a TRISB bit (= 0) will make the corresponding PORTB pin
an output.
• Three pins of PORTB are multiplexed with the In-Circuit Debugger
and Low-Voltage Programming function:RB3/PGM,RB6/PGC and
RB7/PGD

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PORTC and TRISAC
• PORTC is 8-bit wide, bidirectional port located from Pin 15 to 18 and
pin 24 to 26
• The corresponding data direction register is TRISC.
• Setting a TRISC bit ( = 1) will make the corresponding PORTC pin an
input
• Clearing a TRISC bit (= 0) will make the corresponding PORTC pin an
output.
• PORTC is multiplexed with several peripheral functions. PORTC pins
have Schmitt Trigger input buffers.
• When the I2C module is enabled, the PORTC<4:3>pins can be
configured with normal I2C levels, or with SMBus levels, by using the
CKE bit (SSPSTAT<6>).
• When enabling peripheral functions, care should be taken in defining
TRIS bits for each PORTC pin.
• Some peripherals override the TRIS bit to make a pin an output,
while other peripherals override the TRIS bit to make a pin an input.

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PORTD and TRISD
• PORTD is a 8-bit wide, bidirectional port located from Pin 33 to 40
• The corresponding data direction register is TRISD.
• Setting a TRISD bit ( = 1) will make the corresponding PORTD pin
an input
• Clearing a TRISD bit (= 0) will make the corresponding PORTD pin
an output.
• PORTD is an 8-bit port with Schmitt Trigger input buffers.
• PORTD can be configured as an 8-bit wide microprocessor port
(Parallel Slave Port) by setting control bit, PSPMODE (TRISE<4>).

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PORTE and TRISE
• PORTE is a 3-bit wide, bidirectional port located from Pin 8 to 10
(RE0/RD/AN5, RE1/WR/AN6 and RE2/CS/AN7)
• The Port E pins also share their pins with the analog multiplexer as
in Port A and its use is identical with Port A.
• The corresponding data direction register is TRISE.
• Setting a TRISE bit ( = 1) will make the corresponding PORTE pin
an input
• Clearing a TRISE bit (= 0) will make the corresponding PORTE pin
an output.

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Blink LED Schematic Diagram

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 Blink LED
• Hardware Setup void initalization()
 Connect a pull-up resister R2 on MCLR pin {
(Pin1) of the controller, the other end of TRISC = 0x00;//configuring PORTC as output
}
which will be tied to Vdd.
void delay_ms(int ms)
 For oscillation, connect a 4MHz crystal across {
pin13 and pin14 of the microcontroller with 2 int i;
capacitors C1 and C2 on either side of the for(i=0;i<ms;i++);
crystal. }
 The LED is connected to Pin RC1 of PortC via a int main(int argc, char** argv) {
470R resister R1. initalization();
//Loop executed infinite times
while(1)
{
//Pin1 of PORTC high
PORTC=0x02;//0b00000010;
delay_ms(10000); //Delay of 1 sec
// BEGIN CONFIG
#pragma config FOSC = HS; // Oscillator Selection bits (HS oscillator) //Pin1 of PORTC low
#pragma config WDTE = ON; // Watchdog Timer Enable bit (WDT enabled) PORTC=0b00000000;
#pragma config PWRTE = ON ; // Power-up Timer Enable bit (PWRT disabled) delay_ms(10000);//Delay of 1 sec
#pragma config BOREN =ON;// Brown-out Reset Enable bit (BOR enabled) }
//END CONFIG return 0;
}
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Blink LED Using Push Button

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 Blink LED With Push Button
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
#include<xc.h> initalization();
void initalization() int i=0;
{ //Loop executed infinite times
while(1)
{
TRISC = 0x00;//configuring PORTC as output while((PORTB &(0b00000010)) == 0b00000010)
TRISB = 0xFF;//configuring PORTB as input {
if(i==0)
} {
//Pin1 of PORTC high
void delay_ms(int ms) PORTC= 0x02;//0b00000010;
{ delay_ms(10000); //Delay of 1 sec
i++;
int i; }
for(i=0;i<ms;i++); else
} {
PORTC= 0x00;//0b00000010;
delay_ms(10000); //Delay of 1 sec
i--;
}
}
}
return 0;
}
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 Exercise
• Design DC Motor direction control system using PIC16F877A. The
system has three push buttons, two of them used for rotating the
motor CW and CCW. The third push button used to stop the rotating
motor. Please use L293D motor driver IC to interface the motor with
the microcontroller.
Draw the block diagram
Draw the schematic diagram on Proteus
Write the firmware code.

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How does the processor of the microcontroller get the required information from
the external I/O and peripherals devices ?

• There are two ways for the processor to get information from the
external devices:
using polling
using interrupts
• Polling:
The microcontroller accesses the external device at the exact time interval , and gets
the required information.
The programmer is the one who determines the time intervals in which
microcontroller contacts the device.
In the Polling method, the PIC microcontroller must "access by itself" the device and
ask for the information it needs for processing.
The main drawback of using polling method for writing a program is
 It waste the time of microcontroller, which needs to wait and check whether the new information has
arrived.
 not suitable for time critical or real time system

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 Interrupts
• Interrupt is one of the most powerful feature in embedded applications.
• Almost all the real time applications are implemented using Interrupts.
• Interrupts are special events that requires immediate attention, it stops a
microcontroller/microprocessor from the running task and to serve a special task
known as Interrupt Service Routine (ISR) or Interrupt Handler.
• Interrupts will always be active listening for some particular actions to happen
and when they occur they execute a piece of code and then gets back to the
normal function. This piece of code is called the interrupt service routine (ISR).
• Interrupts can be useful in many applications such as:
 Time critical applications.
 For example, in an emergency such as a power failure or fire in a plant the CPU may have to shut
down the system immediately in an orderly manner. In such applications an external interrupt can
force the CPU to stop whatever it is doing and take immediate action.
 Performing routine tasks.
 A timer interrupt scheduled with the required timing can divert the CPU from normal program
execution to accomplish the task at the precise time required action.
 Task switching in multi-tasking applications.
 In multi-tasking applications, each task may have a finite time to execute its code. Interrupt
mechanisms can be used to stop a task should it consume more than its allocated time.
 To service peripheral devices quickly.
 Some applications may need to know when a task, such as an A/D conversion, is completed.
This can be accomplished by continuously checking the completion flag of the A/D converter.
A more elegant solution would be to enable the A/D completion interrupt so the CPU is
forced to read the converted data as soon as it becomes available.
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 Interrupts
• In Microcontrollers there are two main types of interrupts. They are
External Interrupt and
 Internal Interrupt.
• The internal Interrupts occur inside the Microntroller for performing a task,
for example Timer Interrupts, ADC Interrupts etc..
These interrupts are triggered by the software to complete the Timer operation or ADC
operation respectively.
• The external interrupt is the one that can get triggered by the user.
 for instance an external interrupt can be trigger using a push button .
• PIC Microcontroller consists of both Hardware and Software Interrupts.
• If the interrupts are generated by external hardware at certain pins of
microcontroller, or by inbuilt devices like timer, they are called Hardware
Interrupts.
• While Software Interrupts are generated by a piece of code in the program.
• There are lots of types of interrupts in Microcontroller and the PIC16F87XA
family has up to 15 sources of interrupt.

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Interrupts in PIC16F877A
• PIC 16F877A has the following 15 interrupt sources :
 External
 Timer 0
 Timer 1
 RB Port Change
 Parallel Slave Port Read/Write
 A/D Converter
 USART Receive
 USART Transmit
 Synchronous Serial Port
 CCP1 (Capture, Compare, PWM)
 CCP2 (Capture, Compare, PWM)
 TMR2 to PR2 Match
 Comparator
 EEPROM Write Operation
 Bus Collision
• There are 5 registers that used to control the operation of Interrupts in PIC16F877A
Microcontroller :
 INTCON Register
 PIE1 Register
 PIR1 Register
 PIE2 Register
 PIR2 Register
• PIC16F877A the 33rd pin RBO/INT is used for external interrupt.

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 INTCON Register
• INTCON Register is a readable and writeable register which contains various
enable and flag bits for External and Internal Interrupts.

• GIE: Global Interrupt Enable bit

• TMR0IF: TMR0 Overflow Interrupt Flag bit
 1-Enables all unmasked interrupts
 0-Disables all interrupts  1-TMR0 register has overflowed (must be
cleared in software)
• PIE: Peripheral Interrupt Enable bit
 0-TMR0 register did not overflow
• 1-Enables all unmasked peripheral interrupts
• 0-Disables all peripheral interrupts • INTF: B0/INT External Interrupt Flag
• TMR0IE: TMR0 Overflow Interrupt Enable bit  1 – The RB0/INT external interrupt occurred.
 1-Enables the TMR0 interrupt It must be cleared in software.
 0-Disables the TMR0 interrupt  0 – The RB0/INT external interrupt did not
occur
• INTE: RB0/INT External Interrupt Enable
 1 – Enables the RB0/INT external interrupt • RBIF: RB Port Change Interrupt Flag
 0 – Disables the RB0/INT external interrupt  1 – At least one of the RB7 – RB4 pins changed
state, a mismatch condition will continue to set
• RBIE: RB Port Change Interrupt Enable the bit. Reading PORTB will end the mismatch
 1 – Enables the RB port change interrupt condition and allow the bit to be cleared. It
 0 – Disables the RB port change interrupt must be cleared in software.
 0 – None of the RB7 – RB4 pins have changed
state
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 Interrupt
• Interrupts can be easily handled by using reserved word ‘interrupt’. MPLAB
and MikroC PRO for PIC Microcontrollers implicitly declares a function
‘interrupt’ to handle interrupts which cannot be re-declared.

void interrupt() // Interrupt ISR

{

}
• This function is a special function.
• The interrupt functions is called by the hardware itself and operates by
following steps:
If the interrupt function is loaded into the memory, the function will waits for a moment
for the interrupt to occur;
When the interrupt has occurred, the operating system stops the execution of the main
function and free itself to perform the interrupt function;
After the execution of the interrupt function, the operating system continues to run the
main function from the place it stopped before the interrupt has occurred.

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 A push button switch is connected to the External Interrupt pin INT of the
External Interrupt Microcontroller. When this button is pressed, the microcontroller is interrupted and
the ISR is executed. The ISR toggles or change the status of PORTC pin 0 .

#include <xc.h> void main(void)

#define _XTAL_FREQ 20000000 {
void interrupt ISR(void) // Initialize external interrupts on RB0 pin
{ InitExternal_INT();
if(INTF==1) //If External Edge INT Interrupt TRISC0 = 0; // Make output
{ RC0 = 0; // Make value zero
RC0 = ~RC0; // Toggle RC0 pin
while(1)
INTF = 0; // clear the interrupt {
} }
} }
void InitExternal_INT(void)
{
TRISB0 = 1; // Make RB0 pin as input
INTCON |= 0x90; // Enable Global + INT interrupt
OPTION_REG |= 0x40; // Make INT as posedge triggered
}

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Timers
• Timers are used to measure the time or generate the accurate time delay.
• Timer is nothing but a simple binary counter that can be configured to count
clock pulses(Internal/External).
• Once it reaches the Max value, it will roll back to zero setting up
an Overflow flag and generates the interrupt if enabled.
• There are a lot of systems that perform various processes that depend on time.
• Simple example of this process is the digital wristwatch. The role of this
electronic system is to display time in a very precise manner and change the
display every second (for seconds), every minute (for minutes) and so on
• The microcontroller PIC16F877A has 3 different timers which can be used in
many tasks, such as
 generating timing signals,
 causing interrupts to be generated at specific time intervals,
 measuring frequency and time intervals,
 “delay procedure” to implement some delay in the program,
 and so on.
• The three time modules are:
 Timer0
 Time1
 Timer2

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 Basic Components of Timer Module
• MAIN COMPONENTS OF A TIMER/COUNTER MODULE

• The source signal can be external or internal clock sources.

• The time taken for the Timer register depends on the value of
Prescaler and the value of the Fosc.
• The Fosc stands for Frequency of the Oscillator, it is the frequency of
the Crystal used.
• Prescaler is a name for the part of a microcontroller which divides
oscillator clock before it will reach logic that increases timer status.
• The range of the prescaler id is from 1 to 256 and the value of the
Prescaler can be set using the OPTION Register
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 Timer 0:
• Timer 0 module timer/counter has the following features:
8-bit timer/counter
Readable and writable
8-bit software programmable prescaler
Internal (4 Mhz) or external clock select
Interrupt on overflow from FFh to 00h
Edge select (rising or falling) for external clock
• Timer0 Registers
OPTION_REG: This registers is used to configure the TIMER0 Prescalar, Clock Source
etc
TMR0: This register holds the timer count value which will be incremented
depending on prescalar configuration.
INTCON: This register contains the Timer0 overflow flag(TMR0IF) and
corresponding Interrupt Enable flag(TMR0IE).

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Timer0: OPTION_REG

Note: There is only one prescaler available which is

mutually exclusively shared between the Timer0
module and the Watchdog Timer. A prescaler
assignment for the Timer0 module means that there
is no prescaler for the Watchdog Timer and vice
versa. This prescaler is not accessible but can be
configured using PS2:PS0 bits of OPTION_REG.
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Timer0: INTCON

• GIE: Global Interrupt Enable bit

1-Enables all unmasked interrupts
0-Disables all interrupts
• PIE: Peripheral Interrupt Enable bit
1-Enables all unmasked peripheral interrupts
0-Disables all peripheral interrupts
• TMR0IE: TMR0 Overflow Interrupt Enable bit
1-Enables the TMR0 interrupt
0-Disables the TMR0 interrupt
• INTE: NA for Timers
• RBIE: NA for Timers
• TMR0IF: TMR0 Overflow Interrupt Flag bit
1-TMR0 register has overflowed (must be cleared in software)
0-TMR0 register did not overflow
• INTF: NA for Timers
• RBIF: NA for Timers
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Steps for configuring and using the Timer0
• Below are the steps for configuring and using the Timer0 for delay
generation:
Calculate the Timer Count for the required delay.
Set the Presaclar bits in OPTION_REG as per the delay calculations.
Clear the PSAbit for using the prescalar.
Select the Clock Source Internal/External using TOCS bit.
Load the timer value into TMRO register.
Enable the Timer0 Interrupt by setting TMR0IE bit
Enable the Global and Peripheral interrupts by setting GIE and PIE bits
• Delay Calculations for 1ms @20Mhz with Prescalar as 32:
RegValue = 256-(Delay * Fosc)/(Prescalar*4))
= 256-((1ms * 20Mhz)/(32*4)) = 256-156
=100
TMR0=100; OPTION_REG = (1<<2);

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Blink the LEDs with 1ms delay Using Timer0
char value = 0x02;
#define SBIT_PS2 2
void interrupt timer_isr()
{
if(TMR0IF==1)
{
value=~value; // complement the value for blinking the LEDs
TMR0 = 101; //Load the timer Value*
//(Note: Timervalue is 101 instaed of 100 as the TImer0 needs two instruction Cycles to start incrementing TMR0 */
TMR0IF=0; // Clear timer interrupt flag
}
}}

void main()
{
TRISC=0x00; //COnfigure PORTD as output to blink the LEDs
OPTION_REG = (1<<SBIT_PS2); // Timer0 with external freq and 32
as prescalar
TMR0=100; // Load the time value for 1ms delay
TMR0IE=1; //Enable timer interrupt bit in PIE1 register
GIE=1; //Enable Global Interrupt
PEIE=1; //Enable the Peripheral Interrupt
while(1)
{
PORTC = value;
}
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Timer 1:
• The timer TMR1 module is 16-bits timer/counter with the
following features:
16-bit timer/counter with two 8-Bit register TMR1H/TMR1L
Readable and writable
software programmable prescaler upto 1:8
Internal or external clock select
Interrupt on overflow from FFFFh to 00h
Edge select for external clock
• The below table shows the registers associated with PIC16f877A
Timer1 module.

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Timer1:T1CON Register

• T1CKPS1:T1CKPS0:Timer1 Input Clock Prescale Select bits

11 = 1:8 prescale value
10 = 1:4 prescale value
01 = 1:2 prescale value
00 = 1:1 prescale value
• T1OSCEN: Timer1 Oscillator Enable Control bit
1-Oscillator is enabled
0-Oscillator is shut-off
• T1SYNC: Timer1 External Clock Input Synchronization Control bit
1-Do not synchronize external clock input
0-Synchronize external clock input
• TMR1CS: Timer1 Clock Source Select bit
1-External clock from pin RC0/T1OSO/T1CKI (on the rising edge)
0-Internal clock (FOSC/4)
• TMR1ON: Timer1 On bit
1-Enables Timer1
0-Stops Timer1
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Steps for configuring and using the Timer1
• Below are the steps for configuring and using the Timer1 for delay
generation:
Calculate the Timer Count for the required delay.
Set the Presaclar bits in T1CON as per the delay calculations.
Select the Clock Source Internal/External using TMR1CS bit.
Load the timer value into TMR1H,TMR1L register.
Enable the Timer1 Interrupt by setting TMRIE bit
Enable the Global and Peripheral interrupts by setting GIE and PIE bits
Finally start the timer by setting TMR1ON bit
• Delay Calculations for 100ms @20Mhz with Prescalar as 8:
RegValue = 65536-(Delay * Fosc)/(Prescalar*4))
= 65536-((100ms * 20Mhz)/(8*4))
= 3036 = 0x0BDC
// Load the time value(0x0BDC) for 100ms delay
TMR1H=0x0B;
TMR1L=0xDC;
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 Blink the LEDs with 1ms delay Using Timer1
char value = 0;
void main()
#define SBIT_PS1 5
{
#define SBIT_PS0 4
TRISD=0x00; //COnfigure PORTD as output to blink the LEDs
void interrupt timer_isr()
T1CON = (1<<SBIT_PS1) | (1<<SBIT_PS0); // Timer0 with external freq and 8 as prescalar
{ TMR1H=0x0B; // Load the time value(0xBDC) for 100ms delay
if(TMR1IF==1) TMR1L=0xDC;
{ TMR1IE=1; //Enable timer interrupt bit in PIE1 register
value=~value; // complement the value for blinking the LEDs
GIE=1; //Enable Global Interrupt
TMR1H=0x0B; // Load the time value(0xBDC) for 100ms delay
PEIE=1; //Enable the Peripheral Interrupt
TMR1L=0xDC;
TMR1ON = 1; //Start Timer1
TMR1IF=0; // Clear timer interrupt flag
while(1)
}
{
}
PORTD = value;
}
}

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 Timer2
• The Timer2 module is an 8-bit timer/counter with the following features:
8-bit timer/counter
Readable and writable
Software programmable prescaler/PostScaler upto 1:16
Interrupt on overflow from FFh to 00h
• The below table shows the registers associated with PIC16f877A Timer2
module.

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Timer2:T2CON Register

• TOUTPS3:TOUTPS0: Timer2 Output Postscale Select bits

0000 = 1:1 postscale
0001 = 1:2 postscale
0010 = 1:3 postscale
•
•
•
1111 = 1:16 postscale
• TMR2ON: Timer2 On bit
1-Timer2 is on
0-Timer2 is off
• T2CKPS1:T2CKPS0: Timer2 Clock Prescale Select bits
00 = Prescaler is 1
01 = Prescaler is 4
1x = Prescaler is 16

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Steps for configuring and using the Timer2
• Below are the steps for configuring and using the Timer2 for delay generation:
 Calculate the Timer Count for the required delay.
 Set the Prescaler bits in T2CON as per the delay calculations.
 Load the timer value into TMR2 register.
 Enable the Timer2 Interrupt by setting TMR2IE bit
 Enable the Global and Peripheral interrupts by setting GIE and PIE bits
 Finally start the Timer2 by setting TMR2ON bit
• Generating 1sec delay using Timer2:
• As the timer2 is 8-bit and supports 1:16 prescalar, it is not possible to directly
generate the delay of 1sec. The max delay with 1:16 prescaler will be:
Delay = 256 * (Prescaler*4)/Fosc
= 256 * 16*4/20Mhz
=819us
• Now 500us can be generated using timers which will be used to increment a
counter 2000 times to get 1sec delay.
Delay Calculations for 500usec @20Mhz with Prescalar as 16:
RegValue = 256-(Delay * Fosc)/(Prescalar*4))
= 256-((500us* 20Mhz)/(16*4))
= 256-156=100
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Blink the LEDs with 1s(500us x2000times) delay Using
Timer2
#define SBIT_T2CKPS1 1
void main()
char value = 0;
{
int count = 0;
TRISD=0x00; //COnfigure PORTD as output to blink the LEDs
void interrupt timer_isr()
{
T2CON = (1<<SBIT_T2CKPS1); // Timer2 with external freq and 16 as prescalar
if(TMR2IF==1)
TMR2=100; // Load the timer value for 500us delay
{
TMR2IE=1; //Enable timer interrupt bit in PIE1 register
if(count>=2000) //500us * 2000=1000000us=1sec
GIE=1; //Enable Global Interrupt
{
PEIE=1; //Enable the Peripheral Interrupt
count=0;
TMR2ON = 1;
value=~value; // complement the value for blinking the LEDs
while(1)
/*Load the timer Value, (Note: Timervalue is 101 instead of 100 as the
Timer2 needs two instruction Cycles to start incrementing TMR2 */ {

TMR2 = 101; PORTD = value;

TMR2IF=0; // Clear timer interrupt flag }

} }

else
{
// Keep incrementing the count till it reaches 2000 to generate 1sec delay
count++;
}
}
}
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CAPTURE/COMPARE/PWM (CCP)MODULES
• Capture-Compare-Pulse-Width-Module (CCP) is a special module
designs for modulation and waveform generation applications.
 Capture module causes the contents of an internal 16 bit timer, upon detecting an nth rising or
falling edge, to be written to on-board special function registers
 Compare module generates an interrupt, or change on output pin, when Timer 1
matches a pre-set comparison value
 PWM module generate a square waveform with a specified period and duty cycle.
• PIC16F877A microcontroller has two independent Capture/Compare/PWM
(CCP) modules, named as CCP1 and CCP2.
• Each CCP module has two 8-bit registers (CCPxH, CCPxL) that can be use as:
16 bit Capture Register
16 bit Compare Register
10-bit PWM Register

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CAPTURE Module: Reading Assignment

COMPARE Module: Reading Assignment

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PWM Module
• PIC has two PWM module with a resolution of 10-bits.
• The 8-MSB bits are stored in CCPRxL and remaining 2-bits in
CCPxCON register.

• The registers associated with PIC16F877A PWM.

• Note: Where x will 1 for PWM module one and 2 for PWM module
two.

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CCPxCON: PWM Registers

• CCPxX:CCPxY: PWM Least Significant bits

These bits are the two LSBs of the PWM duty cycle. The eight MSBs are found
in CCPRxL.
• CCPxM3:CCPxM0: CCPx Mode Select bits
0000 - Capture/Compare/PWM disabled (resets CCPx module)
0100 - Capture mode, every falling edge
0101 - Capture mode, every rising edge
0110 - Capture mode, every 4th rising edge
0111 - Capture mode, every 16th rising edge
1000 - Compare mode, set output on match (CCPxIF bit is set)
1001 - Compare mode, clear output on match (CCPxIF bit is set)
1010 - Compare mode, generate software interrupt on match (CCPxIF bit is
set, CCPx pin is unaffected)
1011 - Compare mode, trigger special event (CCPxIF bit is set, CCPx pin is
unaffected);
11xx - PWM mode
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 Terminologies about PWM
• Ton: Time for which the signal is ON/HIGH.
• Toff: Time for which the signal is OFF/LOW.
• Period: The cycle time of the signal which is the sum of Ton and Toff
period.
Period= Ton+Toff
Freq of Pwm signal = 1/Period.
• Duty Cycle: The percentage of time for which the PWM signal will be
ON/HIGH.
• DutyCycle = (Ton/(Ton+Toff))*100 = (Ton/Period) * 100

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Terminologies about PWM
• Lets relate the above concepts with the PIC registers.
• PIC uses TIMER2 for generating the PWM signals.
• Period:
PR2 register is used to specify the PWM Period.
The PWM period can be calculated using the following formula.
 PWM Period = [(PR2) + 1] * 4 * TOSC * (TMR2 Prescale Value)
 PR2 = ( PWM Period / ( TOsc x 4 x TMR2 Prescaler ) ) – 1
 TOsc = 1 /FOSC
• DutyCycle:
The DutyCycle is represented by 10 bits
CCPR1L and CCP1CON<5:4> are used to specify the DutyCycle.
The CCPR1L contains the eight MSBs and the CCP1CON<5:4> contains the two LSBs.
PWM Duty Cycle= (CCPR1L : CCP1CON<5:4>)*Tosc* TMR2 Prescaler
• PWM Signal Generation:
Once the PWM is configured and Timer2 is enabled, TMR2 starts incrementing
depending on the prescalar.
• Once the TMR2 value is equal to dutyCycle (CCPR1L+CCP1CON<5:4>) the
PWM pin will be pulled LOW.
• The timer still continues to increment till it matches with the period PR2.
After which the PWM pin will be pulled HIGH and TMR2 is reset for next
cycle.
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 Example
• Example: PWM pulses must be generated from pin CCP1 of a
PIC16F877A microcontroller. The required pulse period is 44us and
the required duty cycle is 50%. Assuming that the microcontroller
operates with a 4MHz crystal, calculate the values to be loaded into
the various registers. Assuming a timer prescaler factor of 4,

The required steps are summarized as

follows:
• Load Timer 2 with prescaler of 4 (i.e.,
load T2CKPS) with 00000101 (i.e.,
05H).
• Load 0AH into PR2.
• Load 16H into CCPR1L.
• Load 0 into TRISC (make CCP1 pin
output).
• Load 0CH into CCP1CON just to select
PWM
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Steps to Configure PWM
• Configure the CCP1 module for PWM operation.
• Set the PWM period by writing to the PR2 register.
• Set the PWM duty cycle by writing to the CCPR1L register and
CCP1CON<5:4> bits.
• Make the CCP1 pin an output by clearing the TRISC<2> bit.
• Set the TMR2 prescale value and enable Timer2 by writing to
T2CON.

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Program to demonstrates the LED fading and
Varying DC motor Speed using PWM signals
int main()
#include <xc.h>
{
char dutyCycle = 0;
void delay(int cnt)
TRISC = 0x00; // Configure PORTC as output(RC2-PWM1, RC1-PWM2)
{
while (cnt--); CCP1CON = 0x0F; // Select the PWM mode.
} PR2 = 100; // Set the Cycle time to 100 for varying the duty cycle from 0-100
CCPR1L = 50; // By default set the dutyCycle to 50
TMR2ON = 1; //Start the Timer for PWM generation

while (1) {
for (dutyCycle = 0; dutyCycle < 100; dutyCycle++) // Keep increasing the dutyCyle to increase the brightness of LED
{
CCPR1L = dutyCycle;
delay(1000);
}
for (dutyCycle = 100; dutyCycle > 0; dutyCycle--) // Keep reducing the dutyCyle to decrease the brightness of LED
{
CCPR1L = dutyCycle;
delay(1000);
}
}
}
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 Analog-to-Digital Converter (A/D) Module
• The A/D module converts an analog input voltage into a digital
number so it can be processed by a microcontroller or any other
digital system.
• PIC16F877A has an inbuilt 10 bit Successive Approximation ADC
which is multiplexed among 8 input pins.
• The A/D module has high and low-voltage reference input that is
software selectable to some combination of VDD, VSS, RA2 or RA3.
• With 5v as the Vref the resolution of PIC16f877A ADC can be
determined as below:
Resolution of ADC = Vref/(210-1) = 5/1023 =0.004887 = 4.887mv
• Port A and Port E of ADC input pins multiplexed with other GPIO
pins.
• The ADC pin can be enabled by configuring the corresponding
ACON1 register.
• When the ADC function is selected for a pin ,then other Digital signals
are disconnected from the ADC input pins.

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ADC Pins and Registers

• The registers associated with PIC16F877A ADC

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ADCON0:ADC Registers

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ADCON1

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Read the ADC value of channel0 and Display it on LCD
#include <xc.h> int main()
#define SBIT_ADON 0 {
#define SBIT_CHS0 3 int adcValue=0;
#define SBIT_ADFM 7 /*Configure PORTB and PORTD as output to display the
ADC values on LEDs*/
void delay(int cnt)
TRISB = 0x00;
{
TRISD = 0x00;
while(cnt--);
ADC_Init(); //Initialize the ADC module
}
while(1)
void ADC_Init()
{
{
// Read the ADC value of channel zero
ADCON0=0x00; // sampling freq=osc_freq/2,ADC off initially
// All pins are configured as Analog pins and ADC result is right justified
adcValue = ADC_Read(0);
ADCON1=(1<<SBIT_ADFM);
//Adc value displayed on LEDs connected to PORTB,PORTD
}
PORTB = (adcValue & 0xff);
int ADC_Read(int adcChannel)
// PORTB will display lower 8-bits and PORTD higher 2-bits
{
PORTD = (adcValue>>8) & 0x03;
//select required channel and turn ON adc
}
ADCON0 = (1<<SBIT_ADON) | (adcChannel<SBIT_CHS0);
}
delay(1000); //Acquisition Time(Wait for Charge Hold Capacitor to get charged )
GO=1; // Start ADC conversion
while(GO_DONE==1); // Wait for the conversion to complete
// GO_DONE bit will be cleared once conversion is complete
return((ADRESH<<8) + ADRESL); // return right justified 10-bit result
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 Serial Communication
• PIC16F877A comes with inbuilt USART(Universal Synchronous Asynchronous
Receiver Transmitter) which can be used for Synchronous/Asynchronous
communication to transmit and receive data.
• USART is a two wire communication system in which the data flow serially.
• USART is also a full-duplex communication, means you can send and receive data
at the same time which can be used to communicate with peripheral devices, such
as personal computers.
• The USART can be configured in the following modes:
 Asynchronous (full-duplex)
 Synchronous – Master (half-duplex)
 Synchronous – Slave (half-duplex)
• Synchronous communication:
 The information is transmitted from the transmitter in sequence, bit after bit, with fixed baud rate,
when the clock frequency along with the bits are transmitted to the receiver.
 This means that the transmitter and the receiver are synchronized between them by the same clock
frequency.
• Asynchronous communication:
 In this case, the information is divided into frames, in the size of byte. Each one of the frame has a
“Start” bit and a “Stop” bit.
 “Start” bit marks the beginning of a new frame, “Stop” bit marks the end. Frames of information must
not necessarily be transmitted at equal time space, since they are independent of the clock.
• In this tutorial we will see how to configure the USART module to work
as Asynchronous mode with 8-bit communication system, which is called UART.
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UART Registers
• The registers associated with PIC16F877A UART.

• To allow serial communication with the PIC16F877A, we need to

set different parameters within 2 registers(TXSTA and RCSTA):

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TXSTA: UART Register

• CSRC: Clock Source Select bit

Asynchronous mode : Don’t care.
• TX9: 9-bit Transmit Enable bit
1 = Selects 9-bit transmission
0 = Selects 8-bit transmission
• TXEN: Transmit Enable bit
1 = Transmit enabled
0 = Transmit disabled
• SYNC: USART Mode Select bit
1 = Synchronous mode
0 = Asynchronous mode
• BRGH: High Baud Rate Select bit
1 = High speed
0 = Low speed
• TRMT: Transmit Shift Register Status bit
1 = TSR empty
0 = TSR full
• TX9D: 9th bit of Transmit Data, can be Parity bit

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RCSTA: UART Register

• SPEN: Serial Port Enable bit

1 = Serial port enabled (configures RC7/RX/DT and RC6/TX/CK pins as serial port pins)
0 = Serial port disabled
• RX9: 9-bit Receive Enable bit
1 = Selects 9-bit reception
0 = Selects 8-bit reception
• SREN: Single Receive Enable bit
Asynchronous mode : Don’t care.
• CREN: Continuous Receive Enable bit
Asynchronous mode:
1 = Enables continuous receive
0 = Disables continuous receive
• ADDEN: Address Detect Enable bit
Asynchronous mode 9-bit (RX9 = 1):
1 = Enables address detection, enables interrupt and load of the receive buffer when RSR is set
0 = Disables address detection, all bytes are received and ninth bit can be used as parity bit
• FERR: Framing Error bit
1 = Framing error (can be updated by reading RCREG register and receive next valid byte)
0 = No framing error
• OERR: Overrun Error bit
1 = Overrun error (can be cleared by clearing bit CREN)
0 = No overrun error
• RX9D: 9th bit of Received Data (can be parity bit but must be calculated by user firmware)

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Baud Rate Calculation
• The main criteria for UART communication is its baud rate.
• Both the devices Rx/Tx should be set to same baud rate for successful
communication.
• This can be achieved by SPBRG register.
• SPBRG is a 8-bit register which controls the baud rate generation.
• Given the desired baud rate and FOSC, the nearest integer value for
the SPBRG register can be calculated using the below formula.
• BRGH = 1 High Speed
SPBRG = (Fosc / (16 * BaudRate)) - 1
• BRGH = 0 Low Speed
SPBRG = (Fosc / (64 * Baud rate)) - 1

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List of standard BaudRates and the SPBRG values.

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Steps To Send Char
• Wait till the previous char is transmitted. TXIF will be set when the
TXREG is empty.
• Clear the TXIF for next cycle.
• Load the new char to be transmitted into TXREG.

void UART_TxChar(char ch)

{
while(TXIF==0); // Wait till the transmitter register becomes empty
TXIF=0; // Clear transmitter flag
TXREG=ch; // load the char to be transmitted into transmit reg
}

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Steps To Receive Char
• Wait till the Data is received. RCIF will be set once the data is received
in RCREG register.
• Clear the receiver flag(RCIF) for next cycle.
• Copy/Read the received data from RCREG register.

char UART_RxChar()
{
while(RCIF==0); // Wait till the data is received
RCIF=0; // Clear receiver flag
return(RCREG); // Return the received data to calling function
}

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Transmit and receive the chars at 9600 baudrate with
20Mhz clock.
#include <xc.h> int main()
#define SBIT_TXEN 5 {
#define SBIT_SPEN 7 char i,a[]={"Welcome to Pic Serial Comm, Type the char to be echoed: "};
#define SBIT_CREN 4 char ch;
void UART_Init(int baudRate) UART_Init(9600); //Initialize the UART module with 9600 baud rate
{ for(i=0;a[i]!=0;i++)
TRISC=0x80; // Configure Rx pin as input and Tx as output {
// Asynchronous mode, 8-bit data & enable transmitter UART_TxChar(a[i]); // Transmit predefined string
TXSTA=(1<<SBIT_TXEN); }
// Enable Serial Port and 8-bit continuous receive while(1)
RCSTA=(1<<SBIT_SPEN) | (1<<SBIT_CREN); {
// baud rate @20Mhz Clock ch = UART_RxChar(); // Receive a char from serial port
SPBRG = (20000000UL/(long)(64UL*baudRate))-1;} UART_TxChar(ch); // Transmit the received char
void UART_TxChar(char ch) }
{ }
while(TXIF==0); // Wait till the transmitter register becomes empty
TXIF=0; // Clear transmitter flag
TXREG=ch; // load the char to be transmitted into transmit reg
}
char UART_RxChar()
{
while(RCIF==0); // Wait till the data is received
RCIF=0; // Clear receiver flag
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Memory Organization
• There are three memory blocks in each of the PIC16F87XA devices. They are
Program memory
Data memory and
Data EEPROM
• Program Memory - A memory that contains the program after we've burned
it.
Program Counter executes commands stored in the program memory, one after the other.
• Data Memory – This is RAM memory type, which contains a special registers
like SFR (Special Faction Register) and GPR (General Purpose Register).
The variables that we store in the Data Memory during the program are deleted after we
turn of the microcontroller.
• Data EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) -
A memory that allows storing the variables as a result of burning the written
program.
• Program Memory and Data EEPROM they are non-volatile memories, which
store the information even after the power is turn off.
• Data Memory does not save the information because it needs power in order
to maintain the information stored in the chip.

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 PIC16F877A Program Memory
• This memory is used to store the program after we burn it to the microcontroller.
• The PIC16F876A/877A devices have 8K words x 14 bits of Flash program
memory that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.
• The PIC16F87XA devices have a 13-bit program counter capable of addressing an
8K word x 14 bit program memory space.
• Each time we burn program into the microcontroller, we erase an old program
and write a new one.
• The PIC16F87XA family has an 8-level deep x 13-bit wide hardware stack.
 The stack space is not a part of either program or data space and the stack pointers are not
readable or writable.
 In the PIC microcontrollers, this is a special block of RAM memory used only for this purpose.
 The CALL instruction is used to jump to a subroutine, which must be terminated with the
RETURN instruction.
 CALL has the address of the first instruction in the subroutine as its operand.
 When the CALL instruction is executed, the destination address is copied to the PC.
 The PC is PUSHed onto the stack when a CALL instruction is executed, or an interrupt causes a
branch. The stack is POP’ed in the event of a RETURN, RETLW or a RETFIE instruction
execution.
 The stack operates as a circular buffer. This means that after the stack has been PUSHed eight
times, the ninth push overwrites the value that was stored from the first push. The tenth push
overwrites the second push (and so on).
• Each time the main program starts execution at address 0000 – Reset Vector.
• The address 0004 is “reserved” for the “interrupt service routine” (ISR).

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 PIC16F87XA Data Memory Organization
• The data memory is partitioned into multiple banks which contain
the General Purpose Registers and the Special Function Registers.
• The PIC16F877A chip only has four banks (BANK 0, BANK 1, BANK
2, and BANK3). Each bank holds 128 bytes of addressable memory.
• Each bank extends up to 7Fh (128 bytes). The lower locations of each
bank are reserved for the Special Function Registers.
• Above the Special Function Registers are General Purpose Registers,
implemented as static RAM. While program is being executed, it is
working with the particular bank. The default bank is BANK0.
• To access a register that is located in another bank, one should access it
inside the program. There are special registers which can be accessed
from any bank, such as STATUS register.
• The General Purpose Registers file can be accessed either directly, or
indirectly, through the File Select Register (FSR).

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Summary
• 7 Segment Display interfacing
• 2x16 LCD interfacing

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 Interfacing 2x16 LCD with PIC16F877A
• The 2x16 LCD has 2 lines with 16 chars on Pin Number Symbol Pin Function
each lines.
1 VSS Ground
• It supports all the ASCII chars and is
basically used for displaying the alpha 2 VCC +5v
numeric characters.
• Each character is displayed in a matrix of 3 VEE Contrast adjustment (VO)
5x7 pixels.
4 RS Register Select. 0:Command, 1: Data
• Apart from the voltage supply
connections the important pins from the 5 R/W Read/Write, R/W=0: Write & R/W=1: Read
programming perspective are
 the data lines(8-bit Data bus), 6 EN Enable. Falling edge triggered
 Register select, 7 D0 Data Bit 0
 Read/Write and
 Enable pin. 8 D1 Data Bit 1
9 D2 Data Bit 2
10 D3 Data Bit 3
11 D4 Data Bit 4
12 D5 Data Bit 5
13 D6 Data Bit 6
14 D7 Data Bit 7/Busy Flag
15 A/LED+ Back-light Anode(+)
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 Pin Configuration of 2x16 LCD
• Apart from the voltage supply connections the important pins from the programming perspective
are
 The Data lines(8-bit Data bus),
 The Register select,
 The Read/Write and
 The Enable pin.
• Data Bus:
 an alpha numeric lcd has a 8-bit data bus referenced as D0-D7.
 As it is a 8-bit data bus, we can send the data/cmd to LCD in bytes.
 It also provides the provision to send the the data/cmd in chunks of 4-bit, which is used when there are limited
number of GPIO lines on the microcontroller.
• Register Select(RS):
 The LCD has two register namely a Data register and Command register.
 Any data that needs to be displayed on the LCD has to be written to the data register of LCD.
 Command can be issued to LCD by writing it to Command register of LCD.
 This signal is used to differentiate the data/cmd received by the LCD.
 If the RS signal is LOW then the LCD interprets the 8-bit info as Command and writes it Command register and
performs the action as per the command.
 If the RS signal is HIGH then the LCD interprets the 8-bit info as data and copies it to data register. After that the LCD
decodes the data for generating the 5x7 pattern and finally displays on the LCD.
• Read/Write(RW):
 This signal is used to write the data/cmd to LCD and reads the busy flag of LCD. For write operation the RW should
be LOW and for read operation the R/W should be HIGH.
• Enable(EN):
 This pin is used to send the enable trigger to LCD. After sending the data/cmd, Selecting the data/cmd register,
Selecting the Write operation. A HIGH-to-LOW pulse has to be send on this enable pin which will latch the info into
the LCD register and triggers the LCD to act accordingly.

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 Steps
• Steps for Sending Command: • Steps for Sending Data:
step1: Send the I/P command to LCD. step1: Send the character to LCD.
step2: Select the Control Register by step2: Select the Data Register by
making RS low. making RS high.
step3: Select Write operation making RW step3: Select Write operation making
low. RW low.
step4: Send a High-to-Low pulse on Enable step4: Send a High-to-Low pulse on
PIN with some delay_us. Enable PIN with some delay_us.

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Assignment #1
• Design a simple temperature control system for small room using
PIC16F877A. The task of the system is to maintain the room temperature
at 250C at any time. It achieves this by rotating the fun with different
speed value. The fun stays off when the temperature is below 250C. when
the temperature is above 250C and below 270C the fun starts rotate with
small speed (1/3 of the maximum speed). when the temperature is above
270C and below 300C the fun starts rotate with medium speed (2/3 of the
maximum speed). when the temperature is above 300C the fun starts
rotate with maximum speed. To indicate the temperature is cold, LED is
used which turns on when the temperature is below 250C and off when
the temperature is above 250C. LCD is also used to display the value of the
temperature sensed.
• The system uses linear LM35for measuring the temperature.
• Points to do:
Draw the block diagram which shows the whole system interconnection
Write the PIC16F877A firmware code to implement the temperature control
Using Proteus, design the schematic diagram of the device
Provide a Bill Of Material file
Using Proteus, design the board layout of the device

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Assignment #2
• Design a PIC16F877A microcontroller based automatic door
opening embedded system which is powered by 5V. This Design is
used to sense any body movement nearby the door using passive
infrared sensor(PIR) to open and close the door. Generally, a
human body emits infrared energy which is detected by the PIR
sensor from a particular distance. This signal which is detected by
the sensor is fed to a microcontroller to function a door motor
through motor driver IC (L293D). When a body reaches the
operating range of the PIR sensor, it sends a signal to the
microcontroller to open and close the door.
Please use a 5V DC motor.
• Points to do:
Design a detailed and completed block diagram of the device.
Write a the firmware code of the microcontroller. (4 Points)
Using Proteus, design the schematic diagram of the device
Provide a Bill Of Material file
Using Proteus, design the board layout of the device

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