BrineWalla
New Member
Hello!
I would like to get some general opinions on how to jump back into pic'n.
Several years ago I made a few simple projects and one fairly complex project...but it has been a while.
My previous projects were coded in assembly using MicroChip's MPLab enviorment. The place I worked at the time furnished the Pic programmer and chips (yeah, I was lucky.)
My only experience has been with the 16F84, but I have been reading Amtel chips have some advantages based on cost and Flash capabilities.
Now that I am in a position to pursue this great hobby once again, I am not sure where to begin. I am not sure of what coding/emulator enviornment would be the best and cheapest, and what programmer will work well.
Do I look at PICs or Amtel chips? Should I code in assembly, basic or C. I have to side with the people who say .asm is not the easiest tool in the chest to use. I would like to code in C, but how great are the higher level compilers? Are there any free or reasonably priced ones available? What about the Basic compilers?
Thanks all for the help and input!
I would like to get some general opinions on how to jump back into pic'n.
Several years ago I made a few simple projects and one fairly complex project...but it has been a while.
My previous projects were coded in assembly using MicroChip's MPLab enviorment. The place I worked at the time furnished the Pic programmer and chips (yeah, I was lucky.)
My only experience has been with the 16F84, but I have been reading Amtel chips have some advantages based on cost and Flash capabilities.
Now that I am in a position to pursue this great hobby once again, I am not sure where to begin. I am not sure of what coding/emulator enviornment would be the best and cheapest, and what programmer will work well.
Do I look at PICs or Amtel chips? Should I code in assembly, basic or C. I have to side with the people who say .asm is not the easiest tool in the chest to use. I would like to code in C, but how great are the higher level compilers? Are there any free or reasonably priced ones available? What about the Basic compilers?
Thanks all for the help and input!