help please!

[russ]

Hello Everyone
I have been in electronics since vac. tube days. Retired now. (Born with a DEFFECTIVE heart valve. New to microcontrollers. Built and assembled a programmer. Have two win 98 interface progs. Downloaded Programming PIC MCUs in BASIC. block wall: Familiar with GW BASIC. Don't know where to start Basic pic programming. Very limited funds. can you teach an old dog new tricks, or at least point me in the right direction.

Thanks for any help.

Russ

[dhouston]

Russ,

Programming PIC MCUs in BASIC is pitched towards mikroBasic which is a lot different from either of the MELabs Basics discussed here. It is, however, much less expensive than MELab products.

I would suggest starting with the manual for PICBasic (not PRO) as it will be a little closer to GW Basic and might be easier to follow until you begin to feel you're on solid ground. You can also look through the PIC Basic forum here for code snippets. You can buy PICBasic for about $US100 and some of that can be applied to an upgrade should you opt for the pro version. You can find both manuals at http://www.melabs.com/support/index.htm.

It might also help if you start with a specific, simple project.

[Acetronics2]

Hi,Russ

THE Pic School : http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/edu/index.asp

FULLY PicBasic Compatible.

no best place to learn ...

Now just yours to browse this site !!!

Alain

PS : GW's not so far ...