For $36 the pickit provides you withing a great
way to learn pic programming.
it comes with a usb interface, a programmer/board
and a 12f675 8 pin pic.
Eight  led's, a switch and a pot are hooked to the
pic.
Software comes with some good sample programs.
It will also program the 14 pin veRsion of the
chip.

http://www.digikey.com/


Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Olin Lathrop" <olin_piclist@EMBEDINC.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [EE]: PIC motor control for artists


> I filled in the topic.  Please include a
reasonable topic in future posts.
>
> > I am really trying to find out which would be
the best approach for
> > teaching & learning on programming the
PIC16F84.
>
> The best approach would be not to use the 16F84.
At the very least use
> the 16F628.  It does more, costs less, and has
the same footprint.
> Actually I recommend sticking to 18F PICs
because these are easier to
> learn, especially for those not already familiar
with the PIC
> architecture.
>
> Doing motor control properly requires some
understanding of the
> electronics.  If they are just trying to get
something done and don't
> otherwise want to learn about microcontrollers,
learning these details is
> probably not worthwhile (or even possible).  In
that case, create a few
> canned setups and routines and show them how to
use them at the higher
> level.
>
>
>
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