[sdiy] PIC's, UARTS, & MIDI

[D A F]

I'm just in the process of teaching myself assembler language, specifically as it pertains to the Microchip PIC microcontrollers, in the hopes of being able to do something synth-related with it.  One of the first things I would like to tackle would be a simple MIDI to CV converter.  The PIC I am using is a 16F877A.  It has a built-in UART.  I have seen some programs designed around other (simpler, UART-less) PICS for taking in MIDI data, but none for the 16F877A.  Since I tend to be more of an analog person and am new to microcontrollers in general, this is turning out to be a steep learning curve.  I bought the Myke Predko book, but sometimes it overwhelms me.. and I have the pdf files from the Microchip web site, but I am still not sure how to implement the UART - perhaps I missed something?  In any case, if anyone here knows of good resources of MIDI/UART/PIC related information or even examples of related assembler code, they could pass it along?  

thanks,

Dave
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