[sdiy] PIC Programming

[jays at aracnet.com]

Ian,

What's your background in programming and which one did you get?

PICs vary quite a bit in architecture. They go from pretty obscure little devils to more or less real computers.

I've used the PIC Start (40 pin ZIP socket) and MPLAB ICD2 for programming and MPLAB IDE for software and I pretty much program in assembly language. The SW is not the fastest and the break points aren't always right (in a lot of embedded environments this is normal) but the tools have always been good enough to get the job done.

Jay S.


Ian Smith wrote:

> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I've ordered a PIC programmer from Futurlec and a couple
>  PICs to try and do some digital work. Are there any tips/pointers I 
> should know about writing code for these things or resources I should go
>  check out that would help me?
> 
> I've worked with the Arduino a bit
>  before, but I'm not entirely sure how different the PICs are from that.
> 
> Thanks
>  for humouring my silly questions.
> 
> -Ian 		 	   		  
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