please help me!

[natorweb]

hi, i am very new! i have little experience using the basic stamp and want to move onto pics! right now i have 12F683,16F688,16F84A.  i am thinking about buying the epic programmer, is that any good? please help me in the right direction! thanks

[airman00]

Hi,
are you sure it must be PIC? Can it be AVR?

And I can testify to the quality of the EPIC programmer

[natorweb]

Hi,
are you sure it must be PIC? Can it be AVR?

And I can testify to the quality of the EPIC programmer

well i really never heard of avr, and because i already have a few pics i thought i would start their, and i think i am going to start out with the epic programmer and the pic project book.

[cosminprund]

The 3 PIC's you have are not of high value, take a good look at AVR's before you commit to either. I also started with PIC's but now I'm switching over to AVR's because of the better performance and better instruction set. The instruction set is especially important!

[paulstreats]

If you stay with pics then use something from the PIC18 family rather than the PIC16 family. They have an expanded instruction set and come with free C compilers.

I know the PIC16f84a for sure doesnt have any analog to digital pins which means that you can sample sensors like photoresistors easily.

[Admin]

The people at SoR are typically AVR people. We'll be able to better answer your tough questions

Anyway, an AVR will set you back like $3 so its not going to be an expensive switch.