Re: [sdiy] Pic grogramming for dummies

[Roman]

may I only add my vote for Microchip docs.
IMHO all you need to start programming PIC is datasheet
of the PIC, and example programs that come with MPLAB,
and many more you can find on the net.
There's an example program sequence in datasheet for each
blok, like I/O ports, ADC, timers, EEprom, etc. so you
then know how to use it.
What else you need is just a little programming knowledge
and experience in general. A tiny bit at least.

There's one book I could recommend, but I doubt you'd want
to learn Polish just for that reason ;)

Roman
---- Wiadomość Oryginalna ----
Od: Ian Fritz <ijfritz at earthlink.net>
Do: The Old Crow <oldcrow at oldcrows.net>, Peter Grenader <peter at buzzclick-music.com>
Kopia do: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Data: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:59:30 -0700
Temat: Re: [sdiy] Pic grogramming for dummies

>At 04:52 PM 2/16/2004, The Old Crow wrote:
>
>>   What you want is the book by Myke Predko:
>
>Sorry, but I would strongly recommend not getting that one.  A reviewer on 
>Amazon called it the worst technical book he has ever seen. I can't think 
>of any worse myself.  I found it almost impossible to learn from.  The 
>material is presented in an arbitrary sequence that essentially assumes you 
>know a *lot* about the PICs already.  It is full of ambiguities and errors, 
>evidence of hasty preperation, etc.
>
>My recommendation is to just use the Microchip documentation.  It is very 
>clearly and carefully written.
>
>I also like the book "Design with PIC Microcontrollers" byJohn 
>Peatman.  This is more on an intermediate level.
>
>   Ian
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