Capacitance Meter: PIC16F88 + mikroC

If you don't have a capacitance measurement on your multimeter, here's one that you can make by yourself. This capacitance meter is based on capacitor charging time. PIC16F88 is used to measure the voltage rise across the capacitor and finds the time required to get the known voltage across it. Then it does some math and finds the capacitance value.

 Source: http://www.pic_examples.byethost3.com/capacitance_meter.html

The firmware is written in mikroC. Read rest of the project.

Learn PIC Programming in mikroC

If you are looking for online resources for learning PIC Programming in C, then you should probably check these two blogs:
1. http://pic16f628a.blogspot.com/
This blog starts with making your own PIC16F628A Development Board, and then teaches you basics of microcontroller interfacing by doing various experiments. The language of programming is C and the compiler used is the demo version of mikroC. The board has following features:

• Access to all I/O pins through female header pins
• 4 Push Buttons for Input
• 4 LEDs for Output
• An LCD Interface Port
• A 4-digit Seven-Segment Display Interface
• LCD Backlight Switch and Contrast Adjustment
• ICSP Programming (Very Important)

2. http://picboard.blogspot.com/
This is another blog that teaches you about PIC12683, a 8-pin microcontroller from Microchip. The writer again starts with making his own development board, and uses mikroC for doing experiments. The board has following features:

1. A Regulated +5V power supply.

2. 3 Red LED outputs which can be connected to any GPIO pins using jumper wires.

3. An ON/OFF power supply switch.

4. A Green LED as a power ON indicator.

5. An 8-pin IC socket for PIC12F683 microcontroller.

6. Two potentiometers: one for providing Vref, and other for simulating analog input to ADC.

7. An ICSP header connector.

8. Two tactile switches for input operation.

9. A TTL to RS232 level shifter using a transistor circuit.

10. A piezo buzzer.

11. A DC motor with driving circuit.

12. Access to individual pins of PIC12F683 through female header pins.