You might want to try something like microEngineering
Labs' PIC Basic or something similar (if there is
anything similar).

PIC Basic can take code written for the Basic Stamp I
and compile it for a PIC, it is very easy to get to
grips with as the language is effectively PBASIC.

Hope this helps!

--- "Phu T. Van" <tux@L7.NET> wrote:
> Thanks for all your help. I think part (most/all?)
> of my dilema lies in
> the fact that I'm using the PIC, small-ish in both
> memory and raw
> processing power. But I'm also lacking a very
> fundamental thing : the
> knowledge of how to do elementary math with the
> PIC's very limited
> insruction set, specifically its bit-wise
> operations.
> How do you, for example :
> --Multiple/divide ?
> --Calculate exponents ?
> --Anything taught in Elementary Algebra ?
>
> Is it futile to hope that previous PIC gurus had
> written concise,
> dummy-oriented tutorials on how to do these
> operations ? Obviously
> someone has had to multiply and divide with a PIC
> once in their life. It
> frustrates me slightly that I can't do these basic
> things, even though
> it appears to me that PIC programs follow the
> formula :
> code,code,code,miracle,code.
>
> Thanks again.
> --Phu T. Van
> P.S. : I've dug up some information on the CORDIC
> algorithm. Is there
> any way to implement it (painlessly, if possible) on
> the 16F84 ? The
> page claimed it was successfully used on the Basic
> Stamp II, which is I
> think more powerful than the PIC.
>
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