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Get your PIC on - free PIC programming resources

Easypic3-500-1
Steve writes - "The following books, available for free in HTML!

BASIC for PIC MicroControllers
Introduction to Industrial PLC Controllers
PIC Microcontrollers, 3rd Edition
Architecture and Programming of 8501 MCUs
Components and Electronic Devices
Radio Receivers" [via] - Link.

Related:

Programming PIC microcontrollers in BASIC - Link.
PIC microcontrollers - a beginner's guide - Link.

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Posted by: clvrmnky on August 19, 2006 at 8:39 AM

I looked at the specs for this when I first saw it earlier this week. Pretty impressive and complete. This is a very affordable turnkey system to learn microcontroller techniques.

It certainly brought back some memories about one of my first computers. Back in the day, my KIM-1 was pretty slick, and taught me the basics of bare-metal, bare-knuckle coding. Back then, we didn't have C or BASIC to code with! All I had was the 7-seg LED output and the keypad. Instruction-load-data-load (repeat as necessary).

Man, I am _so_ tempted to get this, but I have enough little computers kicking around to play with. I really ought to blow the dust off my 2nd gen LEGO programmable brick.

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Posted by: Shadyman on August 19, 2006 at 6:01 PM

Agreed. *dusts off his LEGO RCX v1.0*

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Posted by: SonicReducer on August 20, 2006 at 3:40 PM

i want that EasyPIC3 so bad, i'm going to get it once i get into PIC programming in colege. it sucks but i have to restart @ DC Fundamentals and have to go step by step until i get to the level i'm at in real life.

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Posted by: Oracle1729 on August 20, 2006 at 6:52 PM

Sonic, you'll love having that board when you get to sequential circuits. There were some assignments I had that took 20+ hours to do at the gate level and I reproduced in 20 minutes with a micro and demo'd both when I had to show them to the TA.

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