PIC/Linux


Suppose I want to learn to use a PIC and only have a PC running RH7.1 Linux.
In particular, I don't have a PIC development board. I hesitate to get anything
until I know exactly what I need and how much it will ultimately cost. If
you know exactly what I need to get to do this, and what it will cost, please
let me know. I assume I need:
(1) A PIC development board. Which one and what will it cost, given that
it has to talk to my PC running RH 7.1 Linux?
(2) Software, to talk to the PIC development board, that will run on my
PC running RH 7.1 Linux. What exactly do I get and from where?
(3) Reading materials that will give me certainty of learning to actually
use the PIC development board once I have the PIC development board
and the software running under RH 7.1 Linux. What exactly do I read
and what does it cost?

I am very easily thrown by little details that don't go right, since I don't
have time to devote myself completely to solving them. So, I need for this
undertaking to be easy and without surprises. Advice such as "read any
book for dummies on PIC and make the necessary adjustments for Linux"
is likely to lead to failure in my case. Once I've done this once, it will
probably be a different story, but I need to suceed in a basic situation
and then build on it.

Also, I have very little discretionary capital; that's why I'm using an old
PC running RH 7.1 in the first place. So the more inexpensive the solution,
the better. (Please don't refer me to ebay, since I can't deal with ebay.)
--
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <ara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and
* comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.
.

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