Microcontroller Based GSM/GPRS Projects

A microcontroller is a single-chip computer. Before the invention of the microcontrollers most intelligent systems were designed using microprocessors. A microprocessor is the processing element of a computer, consisting of an Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) and the Control Unit (CU). A microprocessor on its own is useless and it has to be supported by a large number of peripheral chips, such as memory, input-output, timer, interrupt logic and so on. Currently there are many microcontroller chips manufactured by various companies. This book is based on using the highly popular PIC16F887 type microcontroller. GSM/GPRS modems are used in all mobile phones. This book teaches the basic principles of microcontrollers and shows how they can be used in GSM/GPRS based communications projects. All of the examples and the projects in the book are based on the highly popular mikroC language, developed by mikroElektronika.

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Prof. Dr. Dogan Ibrahim: Studied at the Salford University (BSc in Electronics), Manchester University (MSc in Automatic Control Engineering), and The City University (PhD in Electrical Engineering). Currently he is the Head of Department of Computer Engineering, at the Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus.