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From: Nick Veys <nick@VEYS.COM>


> If you know HC11, PIC's aren't too bad except you lose a lot of
instructions
> :)  Plus PIC's are an accumulator architecture... Have you browsed the
> datasheet?  If you have an ASM language under your belt, you should be
able
> to adapt via the datasheets, they're very well written.

The datasheets usually are OK but often critical parts of chip operation is
mentioned in passing and do not really described or diagrammed in proper
detail for a beginner, IMO. Such as the fact that the A/D module needs to be
disabled to use the pins as digital is mentioned in passing only in the A/D
section, with no explaination in the PORTA section IIRC.  Maybe newer
datasheets reflect this but this is one thing I had to struggle with.

Jeff

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