Just a couple from the 2 DVD's worth i've collected are DEMO1.ASM and DEMO2.ASM from the software for the Velleman kit 8048 which are for 16f627,and a header file included in the files for the book 'PIC in practice' (DW Smith,Newnes) files for which are downloadable as '1AllPICinPracticeFilesin1' from the 'companion site' button on http://books.elsevier.com/uk//newnes/uk/subindex.asp?maintarget=companions/d efaultindividual.asp&isbn=0750648120&country=United+Kingdom&srccode=&ref=&su bcode=&head=&pdf=&basiccode=&txtSearch=&SearchField=&operator=&order=&commun ity=newnesin a 51Kb winzip file.They took some finding too! This book incidentally is a REALLY good beginners book and not tooo out of date (unlike some..) let the cut and paste frenzy begin! STOP PRESS there's a new version out very soon with updates covering 12f675 and 16f818 yippee! the publishing date is 21st November 2005 ISBN 0-7506-6826-1 new title is 'PIC in practice-a project based approach' it contains more info on building and documenting (presumably in MPLAB) and is about 50 pages longer Cool! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan-Erik Soderholm" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 3:16 PM Subject: RE: [PIC] Beginner programs for the 16F648A > Shay wrote : > > > OK guys and gals.. I've got some 16f648A chips on the way, > > along with an EasyProg.. so the next step is finding some > > programs that I can try out so I can get used to using the PIC. > > OK. It depends of course to some degree on > what you put into "to using the PIC"... :-) > > Have you thought about language ? > (My personal opinion : Assembler to start with) > > > The only thing I've found so far is > > a LED Blink program here: > > > > http://www.voti.nl/blink/index_1.html#16F627 > > Those are mainly small programs to verify the hardware, > not that much to be "program examples" in general. > For one thing, they are written in JAL, which > you might want to think twice about before taking that > route. > > What you need is a small "skelleton" code that arrange > the main parts of a typical application. Then you can > "fill-in-the-blanks" to create your own application. > > And when you have written one app, you have the base > for any other app (at least on the same PIC). > > I'll see what I have... > > > It's for the 628, but if read things right in the emails this > > will work for the 648A also? > > Yes, a blink-a-led program will probably > run on F627A, F628A and F648A. > > Jan-Erik. > > > > -- > 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