Olin Lathrop wrote:

> email@micahcarrick.com wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>
> I guess you're looking for a general introduction to microncontrollers and
> the associated electronics, which I can't help you with.  However,
> regardless how one is introduced to the topic, eventually it will be
> necessary to read and understand the data sheet for the specific PIC you
are
> trying to use.
>
>
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I must appologize, I was just giving a hypothetical.  Actually, I was told
that reccomending Predko's book on my website isn't a good idea to suggest
to beginners.  So, I though rather that soley having my biased opinion, I
would ask the piclist for thier suggestions and relay what most PIC
developers feel about books on to the readers of my article.

I suppose it wasn't exactly a black and white question.  I guess a book
reccomendation is really dependent on the user's goals in learning PICs
and their current level of knowledge on the subject.

Thanks for your suggestions though!

Micah Carrick
http://www.micahcarrick.com

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