<DIV>check out proton pic basic.. from crownhill.. <BR></DIV>
<DIV>i've got a copy, and i have made great strides with it and fast.. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR><B><I>David Reichert <dreichert@sympatico.ca></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I have the book.<BR><BR>It's very complete that is for certain, but it is not a good book to<BR>learn from. He goes deep into each subject into every detail before<BR>moving onto the next one.<BR><BR>The upside is that it comes with a PCB to make a programmer with<BR>(probably worth the price of the book alone really considering what a<BR>programmer would cost), plus the CDROM contains pretty much all of the<BR>documentation and software you'll need (including the component docs).<BR><BR>His explanations are often long winded and either go into too much<BR>detail or not enough.<BR><BR>So my summary is, book not-so-great (though the example experiments are<BR>handy) but the supplementary material is good. Makes for a good<BR>reference anyway.<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: owner-synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl<BR>[mailto:owner-synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf!
Of Ian
Fritz<BR>Sent: February 16, 2004 9:00 PM<BR>To: The Old Crow; Peter Grenader<BR>Cc: synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl<BR>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Pic grogramming for dummies<BR><BR>At 04:52 PM 2/16/2004, The Old Crow wrote:<BR><BR>> What you want is the book by Myke Predko:<BR><BR>Sorry, but I would strongly recommend not getting that one. A reviewer<BR>on <BR>Amazon called it the worst technical book he has ever seen. I can't<BR>think <BR>of any worse myself. I found it almost impossible to learn from. The <BR>material is presented in an arbitrary sequence that essentially assumes<BR>you <BR>know a *lot* about the PICs already. It is full of ambiguities and<BR>errors, <BR>evidence of hasty preperation, etc.<BR><BR>My recommendation is to just use the Microchip documentation. It is<BR>very <BR>clearly and carefully written.<BR><BR>I also like the book "Design with PIC Microcontrollers" byJohn <BR>Peatman. This is more on an intermediate level.<BR><BR>Ian<BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE!
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