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Experimenting with PC Computers
All the best programmers have an understanding of assembly language and contrary to popular belief it is easy and rewarding to start programming in this way. Most books on this subject are incredibly boring but by using a practical approach assembly language is easy to understand and extremely interesting. If you have enough intelligence to understand the English language and you can operate a PC computer then you have all the necessary background knowledge required to study with this book.

We learn about simple electronic circuit design and how to write programmes to control these circuits using our PC. All the circuits are build up using a plugboard assembly which involves no soldering, and as this connects onto the end of your printer lead there is no need to open up your computer.

We jump straight in, wire a circuit consisting of a resistor and light emitting diode, and write a four line programme to use our PC to turn on the LED. We single step the programme, watch the registers change and see the LED light. Very little explanation is needed because the process is seen to unfold before our eyes. There is no simpler way to learn to programme, and when driving external circuits assembly language is the easiest of all.
Then we turn the LED off, make it flash, build our own digital to analogue converters, turn the final design in to an analogue to digital converter, create a simple oscilloscope, experiment with capacitor charging curves, temperature graphs, audio digitising, and finally look into PC to PIC communications.

The kits contain the prototyping board, lead assemblies, components and programming software to do all the experiments. All resistors are individually bagged so that it is not necessary to be able to read the values, and the other components are grouped so that knowledge of component types in not necessary.

The kit is now supplied with our 32 bit assembler software suite with an 84 page supplement detailing the extra features and including 7 experiments PC to PIC communication. Flashing LEDs, writing to liquid crystal alphanumeric display, and two way data using 3 wires from your PC's parallel port to a PIC16F84.

Price list:-
  1. Book: Experimenting with PC Computers.......................£21.50
  2. Kit 1a made up kit with software....................................£52.00
  3. Kit 1u unmade kit with software.....................................£45.00
  4. UK postage and packing...............................................£ 4.00
    (Europe postage and packing...£ 10.00. Rest of world....£ 14.00)

    Book + made up kit 1a + postage:-
    UK total inclusive price (order code A101)......................£77.50
    Europe total inclusive price (order code A101E)..............£83.50
    Rest of world total inclusive price (order code A101W)....£87.50

    Book + unmade kit 1u + postage:-
    UK total inclusive price (order code A102)......................£70.50
    Europe total inclusive price (order code A102E)..............£76.50
    Rest of world total inclusive price (order code A102W)....£80.50
The unmade kit requires the prototyping board and leads to be
assembled and soldered. The made up kits are supplied ready to
start the first experiment. The experiments require no soldering.
Breakdown of madeup kit:-

1 off 32 bit assembler programme
    integrated with text editor
    and monitor............................£45.00 each
1 off 84 page supplement book....£8.00 each
1 off plugboard assembly............£16.50 each
1 off thermistor lead assembly......£3.00 each
1 off audio lead assembly............£2.50 each
1 off multimeter lead assembly....£2.50 each
3 off PNP transistors.....................£0.10 each
1 off NPN tranisitor.......................£0.10 each
4 off 1N4148 diodes.....................£0.05 each
1 off light emitting diode..............£0.18 each
1 off 4.7 volt zener diode..............£0.10 each
1 pack resistors..............................£1.50 each
1 pack capacitors..........................£0.50 each
1 pack trimmed wire links..............£0.85 each

Total individual cost.......£84.23

Special kit price............£52.00

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