Hi
It seems that you can buy a kit, then you will get a preprogrammed
PIC, and a ready made PCB.
if you want to program the PIC yourself you will need to download the
assembler source from the page you link to, assemble into a hex file
using a assembler,  then download it into a PIC using a programmer. So
you should be able to do that without knowing assembler programming
:-).

2007/5/31, cc <cc@belfordhk.com>:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm new to this list as well as to the world of electronics,
> so please pardon my ignorance.    I am reading up on electronics
> by scanning the Net for information and will probably buy
> a reference book on Electronics soon (once I find a decent
> book - any suggestions?).
>
> I managed to google a temperature sensor/data logger and
> I do have the parts list and I have a Digi-key catalog(2005).
> [Got this list from http://quozl.netrek.org/ts/]
>
>      * preprogrammed PIC 12C509 microcontroller chip,
>      * 1N4003 diode,
>      * 78L05 voltage regulator,
>      * 100uF electrolytic capacitor,
>      * n+1 10uF tantalum capacitors 10V,
>      * n DS1820 sensors,
>      * n 2.2k pull-up resistors,
>      * printed circuit board,
>      * female 9-pin or 25-pin D connector,
>      * cable.
>
> Can someone advise me as to how to look up these parts?
>
> I managed to find the Dallas DS18S20 sensor (on the web,
> it says DS1820, but I can't find that and somewhere I
> read that DS1820 = DS18S20, is this right?) and also
> the PIC12C509A chip(but it doesn't say if it's already
> pre-programmed.  (In the case that it hasn't been
> pre-programmed, should i find the pre-programmed one
> or the 'empty' and program it myself using a programmer?)
> I can practically say I don't know assembly, but am willing
> to learn.
>
> I've tried finding the parts and have come up with
> the following lookups:
>
> 16V 100uF cap     = P944-ND
> 25V 10uF          = P916-ND
> DB9 female right
>    angle connector = A23301-ND
> 1N003             =  ?? ( I thought it'd be 1N4003MSTR-ND,
>                            or the 1N4003DICT-ND,
>                            but these are rectifiers and
>                            not diodes or is there
>                            a difference?)
> 78L05 volt. reg.  = MC78L05ACPRA/E
> 10uF tantalum
>     capacitor 10V  = P2026-ND
>
>
> Any help very much appreciated.
>
> Edmund
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