On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Joseph Bento wrote: > I received Bert Van Dam's book, "Microcontroller Systems Engineering" for= a Christmas gift. =A0This book's projects are centered around Flowcode fro= m Matrix Multimedia. =A0Since I still struggle with assembler, =A0I'm happy= to try any programming language that might make my hobby projects easier. = =A0Flowcode seems rather intuitive in its flowchart representation, and I h= ad no problem understanding the "hello world" example of lighting an LED. > > Searching the archives, it seems there has been very limited discussion o= f Flowcode. =A0Is anyone using it, and what are your thoughts and recommend= ations? =A0The Pro version is not prohibitively expensive if I feel I can l= earn adequately. =A0Also, since I already have the hardware to work with PI= C processors, would there be any benefit to consider Flowcode for an altern= ative architecture? Hi Joe, I don't know anything about Flowcode but a friend of mine has recently started learning microcontrollers via the PIC-Axe route. They seem to use a flow chart method as well. I believe they are just PICs with a specialized bootloader. Might be worth a gander. Josh -- = A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist