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Hello all....<p>Was wondering for a source (book, web-site, etc..) that contains info on assembly for the Pic series of Mcu's. I understand that there are only about 35 instructions. But the literature I have is quite complicated. I am looking for some plain English if at all possible for the 16f84, and the 12f675.<p>
Thanks a bunch<p>mrme

All the data books define the assembly language.
Most of the language is common to all chips. There are a lot of PIC books around but I have not looked at any of them.
The language will not do much good unless you can use it, so get PICSTART Plus from DigiKey and dive right in. A simulator is included in this and you can step though a program and see what happens to the registers (files).
The main peculiarity with PIC assembler is that everything is a file. But then, files are registers, so it is easy to get used to. All this means is that most mnemonics have F in them.
MOVF A,W ;move file A to W
MOVWF A1 ;move W to file A1
Pretty soon the F looks ok.

Can you mention what literature you have looked at that you consider too complicated?<p>This isn't meant as a put down - but it helps in suggesting different styles or writing that you may find easier to get on with.<p>If you just need to know the instructions, then on the PICLIST some one has posted a nifty version of the set.<p>If it's actually writing ASM then there are many many books - the art is finding one in the style you're happy with. There are the Pic'n books from Square-1 the only thing I don't like about them is that sometimes the code is a bit hard to follow - partly because of the strange program names. There is the Babini book (publisher) Intro to Pics by Robert Penfold - if you're in the UK it will be easy to get, I'm pretty sure Babini publish in the US either way it will be inexpensive - then there is the teach yourself learn assembler from Matrix Multimiedia - the only con here is that they use a slightly different syntax of assembler - but the instructions are the same.<p>As a last point - I'd forget about the F84's they are on their way out - look at the 627/8s same a san F84 + extra hardware and Ram starts at 0x20 instead of 0xC0 in the 84's.<p>colin

Thanks a ton for all your help guys..
I have been trying to read microchips web site and have come to a conclusion that it is a bit overwhelming. There direction and layout is quite difficult to understand and follow. I have had a little experience with assembly. I seem to learn the fastest when I just see to mnemonics and a brief example. It has been hard to find any of this in a clear and concise fashion that is written in plain old English.<p>Thanks again for the feedback<p>Mrme

Right the Microchip stuff can be difficult to follow mainly because they aim it at EE's.<p>Have a look at Tony Nixon's site <-www.bubblesoft.com.au<-WRONG www.bubblesoftonline.com he has some beginners projects downloadable in pdf format - an if you download his tutorial, it explains as it goes.<p>He also has some alternatives to the MPLAB affair<p>Colin<p>[ November 06, 2002: Message edited by: bodgy ]<p>[ November 06, 2002: Message edited by: bodgy ]</p>

Thanks for that last site. But it seems that it has been shut down. I will keep trying.<p>thanks again <p>Mrme

My fault - I always get it wrong <sigh><p>Try www.bubblesoftonline.com<p>That will definitely work!<p>
Colin

You might also enjoy the tutorials at http://tutor.al-williams.com <p>On top of that http://www.piclist.com is a wealth of information in general.

Thanks for all your help guys!!!!<p>I now have great places to start, will need to find the time to play..<p>Thanks again<p>Mrme