Book/tutorial for Proton Basic

[pic-ignorant]

Scribd has some useful ebooks on pic programming, including Basic versions

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[g6osv]

Have a look at this,very helpful when starting out

http://www.docin.com/p-70260970.html
Ian

[dmTulsa]

One thing that makes it easier to learn is a good development board that can do many different things. In my book the MikroE EasyPic series (EasyPic6 now) is the cheapest best board for the money. There are some Clones of it on Ebay but I do not know how good they are.

Another thing is to use the Proteus VSM that comes with proton. Although very limited in the demo version you can write and test code without any hardware. The full version is very powerful.

Other than that the advice here is good. Start with simple things and build up to more complicated programs. Above all read the manual. If you do not understand something ask here.

Doug

[pic-ignorant]

I have EasyPic boards, and while they're very good and have a wide range of add-ons, I think the Crownhill Proton MK2 board is a very good choice for a beginner. It needs very little hardware manipulation, so if your project doesn't work, it is more than likely going to be your program thats at fault. The EasyPic boards have a lot of jumpers/dip switches that could get a beginner frustrated very quickly.

As it's nearly xmas, there's no charge for promoting the Proton MK2, Lester

[dmTulsa]

I agree with that to a point but the easypic boards default jumper settings are good for most simple projects and the manual is very good and makes it easy to adjust the jumpers as needed. I'm sure the Crownhill Proton MK2 is very good although I do not have one. I'm just saying that for the money I'd look closely at the easypic boards. There are also many well priced add on boards for the easypic's if you need something like a DAC, CAN,IR ect..... there are lots of them. The choice is clearly yours and the more options you have the better. The new Amicus -18 from Crownhill would be great for a low cost starter board.

Doug

[captainslarty]

Hi guys, I agree that the pdb mk2 is a great board, mine is getting long in tooth though lol ... but, it HAS been reliable mostly and in the early days was exactly what it said on the box, so to speak, a superb, development board system.

The only thing I would change about the whole thing now, in light of later developments, is a standard pickit2 icsp header - yes, like many others, I added my own, but some people in the beginning would find this difficult. I also now use it mainly with the 18F series, the 452 and the 4620, as said in another post, a slight mod is needed for the 4620, a 47k resistor tied to gnd from the lvp pin, otherwise the button pad interferes and causes non programming events. but it is not advertised for that chip, so fair do's to Crowhill. that is just the way things are moving.

It would be great to see a MK3 with Pickit2 option without having to make a jumper lead or add a header and a usb interface option, also, adding a 470 ohm resistor in place of D5 (which is not fitted anyway) for pics with optional mclr features, Also, make it larger with space for a second breadboard.... but that's my thought only.
Over the past 4 years it has been the mainstay of development work, and it is absolutely excellent at what it does.. It, apart from PDS of course, (and lately the pickit2) is the best bit of kit I ever bought, I also have one or two of the crownhill boards that have just the psu, breadboard, max232 and vreg etc, can't remember what they are called, I use these a lot too...

I have blown the PDB MK2 up a few times, yikes, but all my fault, then it is easy to repair also..

I agree with you too Doug, that for the beginner, the amicus is superb.. and a great first step. not my cup of tea, but hey.. I just dont want to pay for the add on boards lol..

Bottom line, PDB MK2, excellent... fairly Captainslarty proof too, which is good... I wouldnt like to be without it.