On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:39:30 -0500, Jim Martin wrote:

>Justed wanted to say 'thank you' to all who are helping me out.

But that's what we're all here for: to give help (when we can) and get
help (when we need it) .

>I now have a copy of MPASM,  and with snippets of code I have acquired, =
=20
>I am slowly but surely starting to learn a few things about PIC =
programming.

That's an excellent starting point. Even if you eventually move on to
a higher level language, I think that it will serve you well to have
the chip-level background that you get from starting out in assembly.

>I know everyone here is NOT in favour of the hobbiest,  but that is =
where I am now.

I'm not sure what has given you that impression but I'd suspect that a
great many of us on this list started out as hobbyists. Being able to
bring that learning to an employer or client may turn out to be very
beneficial to you at some point in the future. I landed my first
professional project based on what I had learned as a hobbyist.

>Things are progressing well and my first project with the 16F84 will be =
complete this weekend.

Excellent!=20

BTW, you might want to take a look at the 16F627/628 chips as well.
They have more resources and are faster. To top it off, they're also
cheaper. They're very similar to the 16F84 in many respects so the
learning curve isn't too steep.


Regards, Bob

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