[sdiy] Recommended books for PIC programming?

[The Old Crow]

On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 sbernardi at attbi.com wrote:

> What are some recommended books for learning PIC programming? How are
> the "Easy PIC'n" series? Also, PIC programmers - I've seen real cheap
> ones on eBay with downloadable software that just plug into a computer
> serial port, to ones that cost $100's. I want to stay on the cheap side.

  The Easy PIC'n series is actually quite good.  They cover everything in 
fairly easy manner without being either too basic or too high-level.

  For programming, I like the Newfound Electronics Warp-13A, myself.  I 
got my programmers at http://www.phanderson.com/ for $95 each, which 
includes a wall-wart and serial cable.  I have programmed tens of 
thousands of PIC parts using the programmers without any trouble (except 
bad PIC parts right out of the tube).  I also have the PICStart Plus, 
which is Microchip's own development programmer.  These are a bit more 
($199 I think).  Both programmers support the Microchip MPLAB development 
environemnt, though I tend to use a PIC C compiler and the Warp-13 
software and not bother much with MPLAB anymore.

  FYI, the beginner's PIC of choice is no longer the old 16F84.  Now the 
one to get is the 16F628(A).  Much more capable and it has serial 
hardware, PWM hardware, etc.  and it is like $1.25.  My current favorite 
is the 18F252.  TONS of code space. :)

Crow
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