Sigh....   Admittedly, everything I've done in C for baseline PICs has  
involved flashing LEDs.  While I do not wish to abandon my desire to  
learn C, perhaps I should concentrate in learning assembly as people  
seem to suggest.  I'm also dabbling in JAL, which I'm finding very  
enjoyable.

I have several books that I can reference.  It's unfortunate that any  
past attempt has found assembly to be exceedingly frustrating -  
perhaps from lack of proper descriptions to what is happening with the  
instruction.

Among the books I have is, "Easy Microcontrol'n" (formerly Easy  
PIC'n).  I'm not sure what to think.  It seems a bit hard to follow  
along.  Though still in publication, it's not an easy book to find.   
Prices fluctuate widely depending on where it is purchased.

As for online sites, this might be one of the better sites I've come  
across:

http://www.mstracey.btinternet.co.uk/pictutorial/picmain.htm

Many of the beginning tutorial sites concentrate on the 16F84.  While  
I have a few of these, I know it is an obsolete chip.  Many of these  
same tutorial sites also use technically obsolete instructions (TRIS,  
for example) that are fortunately backward compatible.

So, I need direction (a kick, perhaps?) to get me started in the right  
direction.  I'm not so involved in imbedded C that I can't set that  
aside.

Joe



On Aug 18, 2008, at 5:30 PM, David Meiklejohn wrote:
>
> Overall, unless what you're doing is trivial, forget C on baseline  
> PICs.
>

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