Simplify! Simplify! Use look-up tables. (PIC-Tronics).

We've all been there. You buy that new bicycle your kid has been begging for-fully aware there's "some assembly required." Lets see now: Place slot A into bolt B, place slot C into bolt D, twist G to tighten W; proceed to step 4. Procedures like this are often used in electronic systems, too. Repetitive sequences that are done over and over to exhaustion, with slight detours along the way.

My first encounter with microcontrollers required just this type of programming. It was the HVAC controller used to engage relays and pumps on start-up, then shut down the ...

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