dsPIC vs PIC and C question

[epp]

Hi!
I will have to work with dsPIC and I am interested what's the difference between it and PIC controller (never worked with any)? I konw that first one is better and still cheap.

Is there any difference in programming language (C) for dsPIC compared to PIC? I suppose that asembler is little different.

How can I start to learn C? Is some classic undergraduate course in C enough to understand C for some microcontroller or I will have to learn specific C for dsPIC?

Thanks.
Regards.

 

[alexz]

It is better starting from the basic C, and then look at the actual compiler you are going to use.
I am taking you are going to use C30 compiler

 

[mwmmboy]

hi,
I think you need first to know the hardware and then to have a small knowledge of C programming. Usualiy It is C programming but often in Assembler style..

bye

 

[4MD]

Can you tell me Hi-Tech dsPIC v9.50 and Microchip C30? I don't known which i shoud use to progam. I will have to work with dsPIC about Speech Recognition.
thanks you

 

[btbass]

I would use the Microchip C30, it is a port of the GCC compiler which knocks spots off the other offerings. I am using the dsPic in my work and it is a very nice Micro for embedded. True 16 Bit.

C is a powerful and expressive language, and like any language, it takes time and experience to get the best out of it. The only way to learn is by using it in real world applications. Books like 'Learn C in 21' days are bullshit! You might as well publish,
'Learn Swedish in 21 days'. You will get about the same from both.