[sdiy] FW: PIC Programming

[Ian Smith]

> Sorry to present a contrry position. I much prefer the 8051 and/or Motorola
> 68xx family derivatives to the PIC any day. There is no denying the PIC is
> popular, but I think I will go the other direction (ARM) before heading back
> into PIC hell. Just one person's opinion of course, but I found the limited
> number of CPU registers and addressing modes painful. Normally I work in C
> anyway and I don't have to look at the registers, but it hurts my feelings
> just thinking about how many instructions are needed for even the simplest C
> expressions.

Don't be sorry. I like contrary positions. I'm really new to digital stuff and I see a lot of PICs wandering around. It's nice to hear from someone that likes a different platform.

Now reading the assembly code stuff, I can personally visualise things a little better where I was having a bit of trouble with some of the C code. But who knows, maybe I'll find something useful and easier in the 8051 or the 68xx family.

More opinions!

-Ian

 		 	   		  
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