Product DescriptionMicrochip continually updates its product line with more capable and lower cost products. They also provide excellent development tools. Few books take advantage of all the work done by Microchip. 123 PIC Microcontroller Experiments for the Evil Genius uses the best parts, and does not become dependent on one tool type or version, to accommodate the widest audience possible. Building on the success of 123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius, as well as the unbelievable sales history of Programming and Customizing the PIC Microcontroller, this book will combine the format of the evil genius title with the following of the microcontroller audience for a sure-fire hit.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great project/ material poorly explained
I have had two years of c++ programming courses and I still find Predko's explanations of the c programming language to be confusing. I would never recommend this book for a beginner.
However, there are many high quality projects in this book. If you are confident with c/c++ programming and are up to the challenge of decyphering Predko's explanations, then you may like this book and will enjoy the projects.
Rating: - HOrrible
If you gave this book 5 stars, you obviously did not try to actually put the writ into action. There are coding and code-grammatical errors through-out his book that make it very frustrating if not impossible to use. The compiler and language use listed is out-of-date, and is impossible to use unless you've had previous coding experience. It lacks clear and concurrent BOM's , and the website listed for support apparently no longer exists.
This book ,as noted earlier,by another reviewer- ... Read More
Rating: - wicked cool PIC MCU projects and games,where are you?
Even though there are few if none at all projects for the "evil genius", this book contains a pretty good course to learn about the PIC microcontrollers and their programming. Everything explained is in clear and simple language, even familiar most of the time. I found the content of it very helpful and I developed my own projects with a different PIC MCU, modified the code with little pain and finally everything worked fine. Unfortunately I could program only in assembler because the C compiler ... Read More
Rating: - Old and unusable
This book is out of date. The Microchip Controller Kit it refers to has changed. Microchip Corp. could care less if you are using Predko's book to learn and its tech support is worthless. The C compiler that comes with Microchip Kit is crippled and unusable. Big waste of time. I returned the PICkit1 to Microchip but I am stuck with this stupid book. I tried to email Predko but his email address is blocked. Frustration after frustration. Amazon should not be selling this time wasting outdated book. ... Read More
Rating: - Waste of Money
There are some useful projects in this book, but it's mostly a waste of money. Many of the "experiments" aren't experiments at all, but just pages of information you're supposed to read. About 1/3 of the book is devoted to entry-level C programming, and has nothing to do with the PIC microcontroller. In addition to the coding errors mentioned by others, the C-language instruction is being done by someone who knows little or nothing about C programming standards and proper programming style. Even the ... Read More
- Great project/ material poorly explained
- HOrrible
- wicked cool PIC MCU projects and games,where are you?
