Matt Gilliland’s Microcontroller Application Cookbook is a wide-ranging collection of 113 interface circuits designed around the BASIC Stamp^® 2 module. For somebody getting started with microcontrollers, designing the circuit can be the most challenging part of building a project. Sifting through timing diagrams trying to figure out how to interface an A/D converter or controlling a high-voltage circuit with a solid state relay can be a challenge.

With this book you’ll be able to assemble a circuit casserole from a collection of ingredients. Suppose you wanted to automate your greenhouse. The book includes examples of controlling solenoid valves with solid state relays (water distribution), simple DC-motor control with H-bridge circuits (roof vents), linear temperature sensors, humidity sensors and photocells. Cook up an application that waters the plants in the morning, opens the greenhouse vents when it’s too hot or humid and powers the microcontroller from solar energy! Published by Woodglen Press - 248 pp.