Hi guys,

I'm just staring with pic, and I am wondering which language to pick as the first one, Basic, Assembly or C? I already know C, but I'm not sure if this is a good starting language.

Cheers

 

Hi,
I use both PIC and AVR and I know BASIC and C (better at BASIC). I found (my opinion) that I like the BASIC structure and programming very good and efficient and so I use mikroBASIC. I recommend you take a look at it as it also has a free version.
But since you already know C, you should be looking to improve on that, I think. So check out mikroC or CCS or Hi-Tech, whichever you prefer (my choice is mikroC).
The mikroC and mikroBASIC compilers have very good prebuilt library functions, which are a great help.
Take a look at:
www.mikroe.com

Hope this helps.
Tahmid.

 

Each make of compiler has it's own none-standard extensions to handle the built in peripherals. It's as much picking a compiler you get on with as what language you use - two different C compilers may work in completely different ways.

Personally, I use part assembly and part C, using the CCS compiler as that seems to have very good peripheral support and libraries.