Microcontroller Technology: The 68HC11

The third edition of textbook which provides the background knowledge necessary to understand and use microcontrollers in general and the Motorola 68HC11 in specific. After explaining the applications and origins of microcontrollers, the programmer's view of the 68HC11 is developed and its hardware is described. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Focusing on one specific type of microcontroller - the Motorola 68HC11 - this definitive resource lays the basic foundation needed to understand and use any 8-bit microcontroller, and makes an ideal supplement to a manufacturer's data book or to set of hands-on exercises using a microcontroller training kit or simulation software. Covering a wide range of topics at a wide range of levels, it serves as a guide to real-time control software and interfacing, and concentrates on applications throughout - encouraging hands-on practice using computer simulation or an evaluation board. Exploring basic principles from the ground up, it considers such topics as addressing modes, scaling operations, stack operations for subroutine calls and interrupt handling, and offers interactive programs based on using the ASII assembler. Presenting application examples and detailed explanations of interfacing subsystems that are useful for hands-on work, this newest edition now expands material on the 68HC 12 microcontroller and updates all internet references.