Re: PICs as replacements for L297s

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., paul@r... wrote:

> Many moons ago (15 years) I used to run very short courses on the use
> of the Intel 8085 system development kit. (TALK ABOUT THE BLIND
> LEADING THE BLIND.) I used to have 10 trainees writing code for a
> simple project - like a traffic signal sequence - and have them enter
> it on the kit to see if it worked. Sometimes there would be 10
> different reasons why the it would not work and they each required
> help.
> But I ENJOYED the mental gymnasics involved.
> The purpose of this post is to ask, how different is progaming a PIC
> to that which I described above?
>

It is basically the same. The instructions are fewer and some are
somewhat different from te Intel instrucion set, but the basics are
the same.
Flosi