If I may, I have a question about the book, "The quintessential PIC 
Microcontroller."  In the Amazon review, the book is stated as offering 
a serious study of the PIC, and is not necessarily for the hobbyist.  
I'm a professional electronics technician as well as a hobbyist.  I have 
no issue with building anything hardware related, but my programming 
skills as well as understanding the inner workings of a microcontroller 
are lacking.  I've already done a few "Hello World" experiments with 
blinking LEDs, and wish to learn something a bit more complex, such as 
coding a digital alarm clock.  Would this book lead me in the proper 
direction,  or might I be better off taking a C language course and 
peruse the Microchip datasheets for my PIC of choice?

I have a Pickit2 programmer, and am familiar with ICSP programming 
techniques from prior projects where I've programmed the chip from a 
provided hex or asm file.

Thanks for any assistance.

Joe

> If you are into books, I heartily recommend "The quintessential PIC
> microcontroller" by Sid Katzen. Buy, or borrow, it, read page by page
> atleast a couple of chapters, and then you will be able to start off
> by diving down the hardware.
>
>   
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