Hi - I have recently been looking at using a PIC microcontroller to do some clever things in my house to save energy costs and have a PICKit 1 development kit. With energy costs at £1 per watt per year the idea of using a PC to do this job - 120watts + - and leaving it on 24-7 is not an option. The Microchip documentation with the kit is very comprehensive, but it leaves out so many of the fundamentals that progress is slow. It is really suited to someone who has already used microcontollers. What I would like to see is a sample programme in assembly in which full details are given on what every line of the programme does and why it is necessary. The comments in the Microchip lessons are brief, and miss out many of the critical lines. Can anyone help?
