Hi James,

I started on exactly this route a few weeks back, so here's a few things I'm
finding helpful, most of them recommended by people on the list here.

Kernighan and Ritchie "The C Programming Language", Second Edition, Prentice
and Hall, ISBN 0-13-110362-8
=The= reference - straight from horse's mouths. Not PIC specific, just
essential.

http://www.bluebird-electronics.co.uk/books.html is the only PIC C book I've
seen so far.

http://www.fored.co.uk/LearnCFED.htm is a good downloadable beginners'
tutorial that is PIC specific. As a C newcomer I found this one the most
user-friendly and encouraging source.

The following are more general C resources but well worth checking out:

There's a good trot through the main points of the language, with exercises,
at http://goforit.unk.edu/cprogram/cstart.htm (and several other interesting
tutorials on this site).

http://cyberdiem.com/vin/learn.html also has C tutorials

There's also the newsgroup news:comp.lang.c and the FAQ
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html once you've got started.

And you'll learn a huge amount from reading the PICList, but you know that
already.


Anyway, hope some of this helps,

Andy.




----- Original Message -----
From: "James" <jsalter@ABRAXIS.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:15 PM
Subject: Beginner's PIC C Book Recommendations?


> Thank you  Victor and Randy for your input about PicBASIC Pro.  That is
> the product I would love to have, but before going to that expense, I
> really should take a shot at learning C for PIC.  Hi-Tech's PICC Lite
> has a really nice price . . . $0.  And I suppose C is not so daunting
> for a microcontroller, but still, it all depends on getting suitable
> learning resources.
>
> Can anyone recommend a beginner's book on C for PIC micros?  Something
> most palatable, which addresses only on those topics most typical of
> microcontroller applications, rather than a general coverage?  Any good
> online resources, tutorials, illuminated examples?
>
> Thanks,
> James Salter

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