PIC Freeware / Beginner's Info

[Thomas Hudson]

Thanks for the great resources. I might also mention for those of
you into Linux, this month's _Linux Journal_ has an article on
using Linux to host PIC development tools (free ones of course).

Thomas


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl]On Behalf Of William Elliot
> Inman
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 10:11 AM
> To: cyborg0 at GlobalEyes.net
> Cc: synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Subject: PIC Freeware / Beginner's Info
> 
> 
> For those interested in PICs, some info...
> 
> Below is a list of freeware / information sites for PICs.  The NOPPP is
> a low cost DIY programmer, as is ITU's (which also comes 
> assembled and tested).
> The ITU page also lists some great links.  SQ-1 publishes two 
> books for beginners.  
> VERY well written.  Microchip gives away their IDE programmer and 
> all sorts of
> application notes (so many that one may wonder what is left that 
> has not already
> been programmed).  The pic84.html page is a good introduction to 
> the most popular
> "easy" to program chip.  The Tinaja page is Don Lancaster's page 
> which offers some
> very useful, concise introductory PIC information in his Resource 
> Bin articles, 
> posted in .pdf format.  Although the addresses are not below, you 
> may want to check
> two others makers of programmers:  Dontronics 
> (http://www.dontronics.com ??) and 
> Microenginnering Labs 
> (http://www.melabs.com ??), both of which make low cost
> programmers.  Of course, Parallax has a significant web site and 
> Radio Shack
> includes some information on the Stamp on their web page. 
> 
> One need not write only assembly language with these chips.  A low cost
> ($100) C programmer can be found at http://www.cssinfo.com/picc.html or
> the same can be bought from ITU.  It can be used directly with the PIC
> (not the jazzed up Stamp).  Microengineering Labs also has a 
> version of Basic.
> Other versions of Basic (FBasic) have also been written for 
> Stamps or Stamp-like
> chips.  
> 
> 
http://www.mindspring.com/~covington/noppp/index.html   
http://www.itutech.com/pic.htm       
http://www.sq-1.com/
http://www.microchip.com/10/Tools/
http://www.nott.ac.uk/~cczsteve/pic84.html   
http://www.tinaja.com/picup01.html


Sincerely,

Elliot
Working for None of These Companies and Being Paid Accordingly