12c?

Hi Steve It's actually I2C (I squared C) which is one way of allowing a microcontroller to communicate with peripheral chips. Have a look at

for a start. Good luck with the PICs. There are other micros around, but most people think that PICs are all there is. :(

No worries Steve, Motorola's semiconductor division which is related to microprocessors now has the strange name of "Freescale", and yes they're bigger than Microchip. :) Serious industrial designers for engine management systems etc go for those. As long as you're not writing assembly code for PICs, they're no harder to drive than any other, so I'm told. Good luck with getting into using them.

The PIC's are not microprocessors, they are microcontrollers, there is a difference.

"12c" is probably the "I2C" bus as Bob has pointed out. You don't need to know about that when starting out.

Dave.

If you the absolute easiest way to start out then try the PICAXE chips:

They are pre-programmed PIC chips that can be programmed in a BASIC like language or even with flowcharts, so no need for any code.

Dave.

Thanks, Dave, very interesting. Studying the leterature now.