Hello Gang,
I've been using Picaxe for years now, and to be perfectly clear: I absolutely LOVE my Picaxe chips and products!
I've been given a nice gift-certificate to SparkFun, and while I'll certainly stock up on a few more 08M2 chips...(Sparkfun got rid of the 20X2! Boo!) I'm also looking at a PIC programmer.
I don't know anything about PIC programming, but I'd like to get started, and I'd like to get started on the cheap.
I'm looking at the PicKit3 device...would this be a good place to start?
I'd like to be able to buy raw PIC chips, and learn to program on them to help enhance my understanding. I don't see myself getting away from Picaxe at all, but I'd just like to learn more.
I'm looking for some guidance from folks who know...and that's this group!
Ideally, I'd like to buy my programmer from SparkFun, as I have the gift certificate there.
I know Basic pretty well, but would be willing to learn C if that's the only language I can program PIC in (for free, or included with PicKit).
Thanks for your help / suggestions!
I've been using Picaxe for years now, and to be perfectly clear: I absolutely LOVE my Picaxe chips and products!
I've been given a nice gift-certificate to SparkFun, and while I'll certainly stock up on a few more 08M2 chips...(Sparkfun got rid of the 20X2! Boo!) I'm also looking at a PIC programmer.
I don't know anything about PIC programming, but I'd like to get started, and I'd like to get started on the cheap.
I'm looking at the PicKit3 device...would this be a good place to start?
I'd like to be able to buy raw PIC chips, and learn to program on them to help enhance my understanding. I don't see myself getting away from Picaxe at all, but I'd just like to learn more.
I'm looking for some guidance from folks who know...and that's this group!
Ideally, I'd like to buy my programmer from SparkFun, as I have the gift certificate there.
I know Basic pretty well, but would be willing to learn C if that's the only language I can program PIC in (for free, or included with PicKit).
Thanks for your help / suggestions!