I've used this book to teach PIC students this winter, and a little this
spring (seasons are in terms of northern hemisphere :) ) I thought it
was successful, and had alot of information.  It is a bit verbose, so I
would pick parts of each section and assign them as reading.  I would
not, however encourage using the programming examples.  Also if you can
find a source for parts to make the programmer (El Cheapo) more cost
effective it is a good way for the students to have all the tools to
develop with the PIC's (mental and programming).

I hope this isn't too rambling...

-Will


Kevin Olalde wrote:

> Just a word of warning.  I have that book, it has a rather large number
> of errors in it.  I asked the author about the errors, and he mentioned
> that I must have the first printing of the second edition.  A number of
> things were correct in later printings I'm told.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>
> M. Adam Davis wrote:
>
>> The only book I have looked through that would apply is Myke Predko's
>> Programming and Customizing the PICMicro Microcontroller:
>> http://www.myke.com/pic-book.htm
>>
>> It covers the basics ( a chapter to each):
>> Microcontrollers
>> Microchip PICmicro
>> PICmicro architecture
>> Instruction set
>> Hardware features
>>
>> And then goes through another 12 chapters on various other aspects.
>> It's a large book (1200 or so pages) and it isn't cheap, but it's less
>> expensive than most textbooks I've had to buy for school.
>>
>> There are other books available that cover the PIC and are meant for
>> general courses in embedded design.  I simply can't offer an opinion
>> since I haven't seen them.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> -Adam
>>
>> Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>>
>>> I will be teaching a course in assembler programming on 14-bit core
>>> PICs, for ~ 19y old students Informatica (~ computer engineer /
>>> computer
>>> science). Can you recommend a book? These guys do know the basics of
>>> binary artithmetic, digital electronics etc, so it can be just PIC
>>> architecture and assembly.
>>>
>>> Wouter van Ooijen
>>
>>
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