wouter van ooijen wrote::
>> (once I find a decent
>> book - any suggestions?).
> 
> If you are up to it: "the art of electronics"

I'll try to find it.

>>
>> Can someone advise me as to how to look up these parts?
> 
> "look" or "hook"?

Look as in look up in the catalog.  My error.

> 
> Kitsrus has a kit that contains all of the above, with the chip
> programmed. I (and others) sell these kits:
> http://www.voti.nl/shop/p/K-DIY-145.html

Yeah.  Will have to look up the retailers here in HK.


> 
>> (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?)
> 
> If you just want to build just this one temperature thingy you should
> buy a preprogrammed chip, or preferrrably the kit.

Actually, I want to build up on the kit.  At the moment,
it only goes for 4 sensors.  I'm hoping to create something
that is at least expandable to 8 or more.

> 
> If you want to dive into PIC programming you should get yourself a
> programmer (pickit2 is not a bad suggestion) and start with a smaller
> project.

While I realize PIC programming is a bit OT for EE, but
a quick question is what about this thing called the
PicStart plus?


Edmund
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