Hi,
only a small correction: IMHO that PIC names 16F877 as it is a flash part.
You can also play around - even develop serious applications - with
CVASM16 as its wired-in macros are a great help (at least for me;
occasionally I find PIC too RISC). E. g. imagine the CJAE instruction,
what a nightmare would it be otherwise...

BTW, welcome in the PIC world!

Regards,
Imre


On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Juimiin Hong wrote:

> Hi,
>
> So, many people are putting in their two cents worth.
>
> I started programming the PIC (16C877) about 1.5 months ago.  At this
> point I am somewhat comfortable with the assembly language.  To start off
> I downloaded MPLAB.  MPLAB takes awhile to get comfortable, but that is
> just a lot of playing, and looking around through the menu options.  I did
> purchase the book by Myke Predko.  I read it.  The book is good in
> explaining the architecture of the pic and the language.  But the
> explanation of the programming examples could be better organized.  The
> interesting information seems to be hidden in all the paragraphs.
> The PIC data books are good too.  My copy of the books are become
> premature grey.
>
> So far everything what I've described will cost about $30Can, and the
> amount you learn will be worth more.  I think that took about a month to
> learn without the help of a PIC guru.  I don't know people who play with
> the PIC, which is why I'm on this mailing list.
>
> I did get a hold of an evaluation board for the 16C877 and it is fun to
> see my motor running when I load my program.
>
> -Juimiin
>
>