On the web: http://www.amqrp.org/elmer160/ The Square 1 books, Amazon.com or http://www.sq-1.com/ I think the beginner is best off by picking either a 16F84 or 16F628 for several projects before moving up or down. John Ferrell http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- > Haha. okay, fair enough. However, hypothetical situation: > > Little timmy is fresh out of high school, or big johnny is retiring and > taking up a hobby. No EE degree, no CS degree, but is technically > inclined. He dabbled with some programming, C or somthing, and he's > tinkered with electroncis here and there. He has heard of PICs, in fact, > His good friend Sir. Willy III has used them to build robots. Now you > would like to pick up a beginning PIC book to learn from a hobbyist > perspective. > > Any suggestions for that situation? > > - Micah > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist