Pic and pickit 3 - C language guide

• Pic and pickit 3 - C language guide
  Posted by Vancata on 15 Mar, 2014 10:33
• Hello there folks.
  Again i have some boring question. Just bought the pickit 3 and now i'm in the "business". I need some logic for my hobby projects and i find the arduino pretty sucked up, lack of control, slow processing et.c I have it with one atmega328 but i don't feel really "free" with the code when i'm programming it. Everything is premade on high level language and i don't see the stuffs behind it.
  
  I'm looking for some book/online site for "C" so i can start with base level language for programming the pic mcu's. I'm beginner, i know some C but i'm not so confident in my knowledge. The idea is to start with C and move in some assembly language in the parts where i need optimal code.
  
  I'm pretty open for any suggestions
  btw: thumbs up for the forum and the folks here, not many places where you can ask your rookie questions and some pro's take the time to explain you stuffs.
• #1 Reply
  Posted by Chris.M on 15 Mar, 2014 10:53
• Take a look at www.mikroe.com/products/view/11/book-pic-microcontrollers for an understanding of a PIC microcontroller and www.gooligum.com.au/tutorials.html for PIC tutorials in C.
  
  For a free IDE, check out MPLabX from Microchip http://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en-us/family/mplabx and their XC compilers www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en_us/devtools/mplabxc. Some of the compilers are free and each one has an in depth manual for how the C programming language works with that compiler.
• #2 Reply
  Posted by Vancata on 15 Mar, 2014 11:01
• Thanks.
  "PIC Microcontrollers" book looks just right for me, with a lot of pictures and explanations for beginners. Time to make some coffee and jump in to the pic-mcu "pool". 
• #3 Reply
  Posted by rollatorwieltje on 15 Mar, 2014 11:14
• Not trying to start an Atmel/PIC war, but you are aware that "Arduino code" is actually C / C++? If you're not happy with any of the supplied libraries, it's trivial to write your own stuff. Inline assembly is also easy if you really want it.
  The C code Arduino uses is in the IDE folder (hardware\arduino\cores\arduino).
  The Arduino IDE is horrible, but you can basically use any IDE that supports the GCC toolchain. I use Eclipse. I think there is even a manual on the Arduino website that explains how to set up Eclipse.