Microcontroller Basics with PIC

This book has greatly helped me on my endevour to program PIC chips. The assembly language explanation in the first part limits itself to making Assembly understandable, while the rest of the book then shows practical applications in C

Progamming language is C :-( Whatever happened to Assembly?

I had high hopes of this book - in the Basics range. Unfortunately, although the author is no doubt very knowledgeable about PICS, his presentation seems muddled and very difficult to follow. I have read 4 chapters so far, and I do not feel I understand anything more about using a PIC than when I started. The tables and diagrams are too small to be read easily, often the text around then does not refer to the picture.
Concepts are mentioned and then left. Code is typed and not explained step by step, instructions are explained assuming a much higher level of knowledge or experience than a reader starting out could possibly have.
What a shame!

Moet nog beginnen aan het boek, lijkt heel interessant. Nadeel is dat er veel tekst in afbeeldingen staat die zonder vergrootglas niet te lezen is. Daarnaast wordt een PIC 16F18877 als basis gebruikt die niet regulier verkrijgbaar is. Via knutselaar.eu toch aan weten te komen. Weinig hulp van Elektor hierbij.