[sdiy] Pic grogramming for dummies

[Gabriel Lindeborg]

Atmel makes some great uPs as well, with free GNU C-compiler available 
and free IDE. Easy to program and with a very helpfull user community...
http://www.atmel.com/
http://www.avrfreaks.com

//Gabbe of Sweden

Roman wrote:

> 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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