On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 11:32:12AM -0400, Cris Wilson wrote:
> I have to agree with Shawn, about choosing the beginner part based
> on easy-to-understand beginner material. One of my friends, who is new
> to controllers, purchased a F628 a few months ago and banged away at
> it with limited success. I lent him a couple of F84s and the PIC'N books
> and within 2 weeks he was up and going fine on the F84s. He went back to the
> F628s and has had much success since then.

What resources did he have when he first started? What exactly is in the PIC'N
books that doesn't work for the 16F628? Did he have the book when he first
started?

It sounds like an unfair comparison: 16F628 and no resources vs. 16F84 and
many resources.

>
> All he needed was some very basic reputable projects that he didn't have to
> change the code or the circuit for, so that he could figure out the chip
> without
> having to worry about whether the code or circuit are wrong.

I promise that soon I'll come up with a 16F628 boilerplate to put on my
comparison page plus a couple of drop in novice examples.

BAJ

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