PicDude wrote:
> I'm looking for a fast track to getting started with USB, and thinking 
> I'll
> go to a Microchip class "COM 3390: USB from Scratch" at one of their
> regional training centers.  Anyone here been to this class and can tell me
> if it's worth it?  The cost is not much, but is it worth the time?  I've
> been to some classes in the past, which were no better than someone 
> reading
> from a book.
>
> There are some pre-requisite classes, but not sure if that means I have to
> take those classes or have that knowledge -- I'm waiting on a call-back 
> from
> the appropriate contact, but at this point I know I won't hear back from
> them on Monday.

Neil,

I took the class this summer. I can't say it was great, but it wasn't bad 
either -- certainly worth my time and money (my prior USB experience was 
rather limited). Another guy from our company said that the pace of the 
presentation could have been increased x3, and I agree with him. This was 
the first paid Microchip class I attended (about three weeks before the 
Conference).

The Microchip folks never check to make sure you've completed the 
prerequisites, and my theory is that the prerequisites are there so that 
when someone starts complaining that the material is "too hard", the pace is 
"too fast", or begins to ask stupid questions and slowing down the rest of 
the class, the instructor can say "you should take the prerequisites". Never 
seen it happen, though.

Vitaliy 

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