well after about 2 years of playing with the picaxe i finally took the plunge to playing with the pic's in their native form.
in the last week since my pickit3 arrived i "retired" one of my 08M2 DIP chips and have been slowly working through various different tutorials i find to get more familiar with the mplabx workspace but more importantly the 'C' language.
i know that there are a good few members here who also like to use the native pics and so i am hoping that people can point me towards more beginner friendly 'C' language guides/tutorials and the like.
in the last week i dont know how much time i have spent searching and filling my bookmarks with umpteen pages to keep handy for reference when i get stuck or dont know the best way to work around something, what im hoping is that someone knows of a great source of beginners information about using the 'C' language that is straightforward enough to be able to read through and understand instead of sometimes ending up being more confused than i was to begin with.
i have found their are some great books available for embedded pic programming in c but often end up almost falling of my seat when i see a price tag of around $200!! i know that great knowledge that is relevant to what exactly one needs is going to have a price tag but unfortunately thats just way too far out of my reach these days,especially with a recent new addition.
i can happily say that regardless, the picaxe is still going to have a place in my circuit designs and is not getting brushed aside once i have a better grip on pics and c, its far too much a convenient tool to be able to do most of what i need and fast code prototype things but if i need more speed, then being able to do it with a raw pic is an added bonus.
thanks,
tony
in the last week since my pickit3 arrived i "retired" one of my 08M2 DIP chips and have been slowly working through various different tutorials i find to get more familiar with the mplabx workspace but more importantly the 'C' language.
i know that there are a good few members here who also like to use the native pics and so i am hoping that people can point me towards more beginner friendly 'C' language guides/tutorials and the like.
in the last week i dont know how much time i have spent searching and filling my bookmarks with umpteen pages to keep handy for reference when i get stuck or dont know the best way to work around something, what im hoping is that someone knows of a great source of beginners information about using the 'C' language that is straightforward enough to be able to read through and understand instead of sometimes ending up being more confused than i was to begin with.
i have found their are some great books available for embedded pic programming in c but often end up almost falling of my seat when i see a price tag of around $200!! i know that great knowledge that is relevant to what exactly one needs is going to have a price tag but unfortunately thats just way too far out of my reach these days,especially with a recent new addition.
i can happily say that regardless, the picaxe is still going to have a place in my circuit designs and is not getting brushed aside once i have a better grip on pics and c, its far too much a convenient tool to be able to do most of what i need and fast code prototype things but if i need more speed, then being able to do it with a raw pic is an added bonus.
thanks,
tony