DESC: Ted Van Sickle spent over fifteen years at Motorola as a microcontroller specialist. He now consults and teaches classes on software design and programming for microcontroller systems. He holds a MSEE from the University of Michigan.Introduces microcontrollers and describes their programming environment, offering tips on coding for microcontrollersDescribes techniques to get maximum performance from your codeDiscusses the differences between 8-bit and larger microcontrollers, giving application examples and providing details on using different compilers