Book/tutorial for Proton Basic

[Unregistered]

Hi,
Is there any Proton Basic book or tutorial for the beginners? How did you learn this?

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[joesaliba]

Reading th emanual is the way to go. Begin with something simple, turn ON or OFF an led and move on.

Regards


Joseph

[fanie]

Have to agree with Joseph.

Once you have the basics going it's almost rediculous how easy most things can be done.
Just start playing and stick to it.
In a short while you're going to be impressed with yourself.

[Citius]

...and of course, when you get stuck...ask advice and the various coders/jokers/grumps & geniuses that reside here will point you right again! The forum is a great and fun resource that will encourage & entertain you...Guaranteed!

[ADLIN SYSTEMS]

Starting from today I am working on a course for proton on DVD or CD. Will keep all up to date as it is going. I need a nice front page for the course anyone have any ideas.

Anton

[chuckieboy]

Anton is this for the DVD cover ?
If so I will have a play and see what I can come up with

[Unregistered]

A book something like 'Proton Basic For Dummies' would be really good for the beginners. Preferably free , by this community? Where it will start from the beginning, like
* Setting up breadboard, crystal configuration, setting fuse bit.
* Digital pin tutorial - blink led.
* Implementing push switch to turn led on/off.
* Read ADC.
* Hardware serial tutorial.
* Software serial tutorial.
* Use of timer in different mode.
* Use of interrupts (covers all in sub categories).
* Sleep/idle tutorial.
* SPI tutorial.
* CAN tutorial.
* Watchdog tutorial.
* I2C tutorial.
* LCD tutorial.
* Usb tutorial.
* Memory tutorial.
Add more with example with schematic. And the thing will be like a course. Whoever completes this can make some good projects.

[captainslarty]

A book something like 'Proton Basic For Dummies' would be really good for the beginners. Preferably free , by this community? Where it will start from the beginning, like
* Setting up breadboard, crystal configuration, setting fuse bit.
* Digital pin tutorial - blink led.
* Implementing push switch to turn led on/off.
* Read ADC.
* Hardware serial tutorial.
* Software serial tutorial.
* Use of timer in different mode.
* Use of interrupts (covers all in sub categories).
* Sleep/idle tutorial.
* SPI tutorial.
* CAN tutorial.
* Watchdog tutorial.
* I2C tutorial.
* LCD tutorial.
* Usb tutorial.
* Memory tutorial.
Add more with example with schematic. And the thing will be like a course. Whoever completes this can make some good projects.

Hi Sir
Whilst I sort of agree with your request, almost, if not ALL is there in the user guide.
One has to accept that the pic monster is a beast, one NEEDS to have a copy of the datasheet for the appropriate pic in front of you. there is no book really that could be written to satisfy what you need. one needs to understand the datasheet. PDS is NOT a start and finish solution to all.. from zero to hero, it can't be.
You HAVE to get to grips with the basic micro and then see what PDS can do for you, and that is a LOT.

[funlw65]

Hi Sir
Whilst I sort of agree with your request, almost, if not ALL is there in the user guide.
One has to accept that the pic monster is a beast, one NEEDS to have a copy of the datasheet for the appropriate pic in front of you. there is no book really that could be written to satisfy what you need. one needs to understand the datasheet. PDS is NOT a start and finish solution to all.. from zero to hero, it can't be.
You HAVE to get to grips with the basic micro and then see what PDS can do for you, and that is a LOT.

It IS possible. Look at http://digital-diy.com to see what they did for Swordfish Basic. There are also Proton Basic tutorials.

Vasi

[captainslarty]

It IS possible. Look at http://digital-diy.com to see what they did for Swordfish Basic. There are also Proton Basic tutorials.

Vasi

So what happened to SF ?
YES, all is possible Vasi, but not aboslutely necessary, there is a steep learning curve to do more than flash an led or print 'hello world' on an lcd.
PDS has MANY,. MANY examples, but, as pic micros get more complex, one needs to read the datsheet and UNDERSTAND it as a pre-requisite. THIS is not a fault of PDS, it is the way Mchips's pic's are going (Trademarks accepted etc etc) .
The BASIC of PDS is covered superbly in the manuals, the wiki, and this site.
The intracasies of individual micros is not totally covered, because many choose to use a certain type, and why not ?
PDS cannot do EVERYTHING, it is a tool, and a bloody good one, the best in fact.
Again, no zero to hero !. when a person understands the datasheet, then uses PDS to ease the way, he is making progress. there is NO QUICK SOLUTION.
Neither do I think there should be. You pay (well, licensed users do) a very small sum for a superb piece of coding, PDS. it CANNOT continually update free of charge for every new type of device that comes out, and there is absolutely no reason to. It is just a matter of education for most.
PDS is a tool, it is designed for people who understand HOW a pic works. And, at the end of the day, they are fairly simple devices. This might seem counter intuitive, but it is not.
No Pain, no Gain. Almost ALL serious PIC programmers resort to ASM from time to time. that's how the world works, and use PDS when appropriate, without the nonsense of C C++ etc.