In my opinion the PicKit is the best way to start.  Everything is there,
right out of the box.
With the Pic and assembler you need to change your mind set some.  Instead
of thinking in terms of bytes, think bits.  Use bits for flags and such, The
instruction set supports bit usage very well.

One way to learn Pic programming is to look at the examples, run them and
then make small modifications to them.  The led's are connected in a unique
way for max led's with min I/O pins.  This can get confusing.  If I remember
right, only two led's can be turned on at a time, so to use them all at same
time, you will need to
have the program multiplex between the I/O pin setups for each group of
led's.  Everything else on the programmer/demo board seems straight forward.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Sandbach" <rsandbach@gmail.com>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:02 PM
Subject: [PIC] PIC12F675 PicKit 1 Starter Tutorial


> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if someone could direct me to a tutorial using the
> PicKit 1 with the PIC12F675 chip in assembly. I know just about
> nothing, so it would need to be informative :) It'd be nice to see a
> bare bone example of how to blink the LEDs :).
>
> Thanks and have a great day,
> Ryan Sandbach
> http://www.rixtam.net/
> -- 

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