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From: "Vitaliy" <spam@maksimov.org>
To: "piclist" <PICLIST@MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 10:27 PM
Subject: [PIC] Book recommendations (PIC18F, 24H, 30F)


> Seeking recommendations on PIC books, focusing on the 18Fs and the 16-bit
> PICs to add to our company library.
>
>
> This one is already in the Amazon.com shopping cart (covering the 18F):
>
> - PIC Microcontroller: An Introduction to Software & Hardware Interfacing
> (Han-Way Huang)
>
>
> Already have two copies of this one:
>
> - Programming 16-Bit PIC Microcontrollers in C: Learning to Fly the PIC 24
> (Lucio Di Jasio)
>
>
> Is Myke's new book as bad as people say it is?
>
> - Programming and Customizing the PIC Microcontroller (Tab Electronics) by
> Myke Predko
>
> Based on the feedback, it's full of typos and the information density is 
> low
> (sounds a bit like its predecessor). True/false?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Vitaliy
>
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Vitaliy,

I purchased Programming and Customizing PICmicro Microcontrollers, second 
edition (McGraw Hill) by Myke Predko about a year ago. The one you reference 
is apparently the third edition of this same book.

I was less than satisfied with my investment because of the large number of 
typos, incorrect/incomplete index, instances of incomprehensible sentence 
structure, and duplication of information between sections (sometimes whole 
paragraphs copied). I would like to think the problems were solely the 
result of too large QA effort (almost 1200 pages) for a team that may have 
been too inexperienced at this size project or with the subject matter. I 
think Myke knows the material, it just didn't always translate well.

That said, I have gotten some use out of this book. IF these problems have 
been fixed in the 3rd edition, or if you are able to overlook them to 
get/figure out the information, it may be a fair buy. Amazon has the $59.95 
list price down to $37.77, which is a deeper discount (about $22) than they 
are offering on the 2nd edition (about $17). Sounds like they may be trying 
to push these out the door. One might surmise that they are not selling 
well. Maybe the prospective purchasers don't want to be the first on their 
block to own the new book are waiting for others the buy it and write 
reviews.

This new book, at about 1000 pages, hopefully had a more experienced 
eitorial team for the size and technical complexity of the project.

Let us know what you decide and, if you buy it, please write a review.

Richard



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