Has anyone read Scott Edwards book on the PIC?  It uses the Parallax Basic
Stamp as
its "model" and presents code examples of "clone" routines.  It should have
some valuable
info if it lives up to the reviews I have seen.


At 11:16 AM 3/7/96 LCL, you wrote:
>clay. <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone recommend a good introductory book to PIC programming?
>> I've been looking for Nigel Gardner's __Introduction to PIC
>> Microcontrollers__ (something like that) but haven't been able to
>> locate it.
>
>Clay,
>
>I wish I'd done as you have, and subscribed to this list before buying
>the Gardner book. Andy's comments about it are a bit brutal, but as
>someone who bought it, I agree with him totally - you'd be better spending
>the money on some superman comics. The best source of information in my view
>is this list, as it includes examples of pic code, loads of good advice and
>pointers to other sources of info, like www pages etc. I don't think anyone's
>mentioned the data sheet yet, probably cause they assume you've already got it;
>if not then get one, it's the place to start.
>
>
>              Geoff.
>