I cannot argue that everyone should learn assembly at some point but if you already know basic then the PicBasic compilers are a great transistion to get started with PICs. You can have a simple I/O program running in a PIC quicker than you can read the assembly code section of the PIC data book. From there you can grow to learn the PIC and write more elaborate PicBasic programs that are easier to read and understand later. Eventually you may find the need for some assembly code insertions but by that point you are familar with the PIC and the assembly will be easier to understand. The PicBasic compilers are full featured compilers not interpreters and should not be discounted. I've sold a lot of QuickPIC Packages to beginners who tried to learn assembly. They were so frustrated with PICs. Now many of them are writing in PicBasic and Assembly and understand the PICs as well as anybody because they started simple and grew from there. You can check it out more at: http://www.elproducts.com --- Roman Black wrote: > Bala Chandar wrote: > > > > [PIC]: > > I am a newbie to the world of PIC microcontrollers, but am quite > familiar > > with basic electronics and BASIC language. >> >> Snip ..... >> > > Balachandar > > > SNIP...... > > > PICs are small and simple chips, most of the benefits and power > of using a PIC come from using assembler, ie being able to make > the pic do exactly what you want with the minimum instruction > cycles. There are some C guys here who might argue, but I believe > that the only reason they can get good performance out of coding > for a pic in C is that they are very experienced in C AND asm, > and are generally pic experts. > -Roman ===== Chuck Hellebuyck Electronic Products chuck@elproducts.com *****Program PICs Like a Pro********* Complete package for only $279.95 Includes: PBPro Compiler, EPIC Programmer, 16F84 PIC, Cable & Batteries http://www.elproducts.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.