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Stephen,

I agree wholeheartedly with Josh's first one - a concise list 
of the differences would be a great place to start.

Secondly, a "tips & traps" section, showing how some things 
can be done more easily with the dsPICs, and things that 
people often get wrong.

Much more than that and you'd be getting into too much 
detail, IMHO.

Cheers,

Howard Winter
St.Albans, England

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:01:11 -0400, Josh Koffman wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Stephen D. Barnes
> <stephendbarnes@cavtel.net> wrote:
> > Hi all. I have been working with PICs for about three 
years. I started
> > with the 16F84 then moved to 16F628, etc. Lately (for he 
last year) I
> > have been using the dsPIC30F2010. When I got started 
with this chip,
> > there was almost no help, tutorials, etc. to get started. I 
have noticed
> > that o lot of hobby enthusiasts would like to get started 
with the dsPIC
> > family as well. I have found a lack of good info, all in one 
place, for
> > learning about these chips. While I am no expert, I have 
learned a lot
> > about this chip through trial and error, Microchip forums, 
and last but
> > definitely not least, the piclist! I am considering the 
creation of a
> > beginners tutorial site for the dsPIC beginner. If anyone 
has any
> > suggestions for subject matter you think would benefit 
the raw beginner,
> > I would be open to suggestions. TIA for any replies!
> 
> Honestly what would help someone like me the most would 
be two things:
> 1. A description of what is different between this and 
previous chips
> perhaps with a few examples of why this matters
> 2. A few basic sample programs. Blink an LED type things 
are really
> useful because while blinking an LED might be a simple 
matter of
> flipping a bit on the port, you need to get the chip 
completely set up
> and running before you can do that. As an example, how 
many beginners
> don't realize they need to disable the comparators on some 
16F chips?
> 
> I hope that helps!
> 
> Josh
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