This is the book I decided to start with...

Easy Pic'N : A Beginners Guide to Using Pic16/17 Microcontrollers from
Square 1
by David Benson

Search Amazon.com for info on it.  Like you said, the book you got seemed to
be for people with some prior knowledge.

Good luck!!

Duane


-----Original Message-----
From: Jinx [mailto:joecolquitt@CLEAR.NET.NZ]
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 6:33 AM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [PIC] Newbie resources


> I qualify as a clueless Newbie, I have the
> book Programming and Customizing the PIC Microcontroller by Myke
> Predko and am stumbling through that. Unfortunately it presumes that I
> have experience with other micro controllers.  Does anyone on this list
> have any resources they could share with me to help me learn this
> device?
>
>     --Thanks Morgan

What sort of things are you stuck on, and what would you like to have a
crack
at first, - motors, displays, maths......... ? Have you tried the Microchip
app
notes at www.microchip.com ?

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