As a newbie to the whole PIC programming issue and as someone who has no problem coming up with an opinion please allow me to put in my two cents worth.

I'd be the first to admit that I haven't given anything back here. It's not because I don't want to. I read ever new post to see if there is a shred of question that I can relate to, but unfortunately all of them are still way beyond the learning curve for me.

Since I do this as a hobby and don't have a lot of time for it my path to understanding all the bits and bytes and why and how of a PIC could very well take a long time.

I'm grateful for the help I've received here and I feel that in any of my posts I've always been polite and thankful for the answers I've received. If, for any reason, that hasn't been the case then someone please call me out on it so I can correct it.

I have noticed the board is never very busy, but threads have a lot of views. It is unfortunate that more people looking won't contribute and help spread the "job" of answering questions around a little. Not everyone looking can be a newbie so they shouldn't be afraid to jump in and get their feet wet.

Finally special thanks to those of you who helped me achieve a greater understanding of random number generation. I can pretty much write random number programs with my eyes closed now!

Regards,

Bart