On Wednesday, Apr 21, 2004, at 23:22 US/Pacific, Robert B. wrote:

>
> I learned most of the basics from Predko's "Programming and
> Customizing PIC Microcontrollers", and found it to be very > instructive.

I found it useful too, and "not too expensive" compared to the average
textbook.  (Going to college will change your mind about bookprices
forever.  Dropping $70 on a book that you're not interested in, for a
class you have to take, is just ... depressing.  $35 technical books
will seem like a bargin, and $8 paperback fiction will get snapped up.)

It does tend to ramble into other architectures (PIC17, 12 bit cores,
etc.) (that was one of the reasons I liked it, but it's less than ideal
for an intro class that's going to focus on A particular chip.)

What you're really looking for is something along the lines of
"Introduction to microcontrollers and embedded programming, featuring
the PIC18F452", or something like that?  I don't recall seeing any such
thing :-(

BillW

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