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Programming and Customizing the OOPic Microcontroller : The Official OOPic Handbook (TAB Robotics)

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This book is very well written. Denis spent alot of time and thought on this book. As you read through every chapter you cant help but want to put the book down and GO program. Denis is also a very reachable ( through oopic chat ) and very nice guy. I have enjoyed this book and will keep it on my reference shelf for a very long time

This book is a very useful guide to building and programming with the Savage Innovations' OOPic family of microcontrollers. The book is well-written, comprehensive, and filled with graphics and tables. The writing style conveys the material in a straightforward and engaging manner that makes the subject easy to understand for both beginners and pro's.
The OOPic -Object-Oriented Programmable integrated circuit- is a revolutionary member of the microcontroller family with novel features and ease of use. However, until now documentation has been limited to a handful of web pages, making the OOPic one of the best-kept secrets in electronics. This book- Programming and Customizing the OOPic- changes that for the better.
Whether you are a robot hobbyist or professional engineer this book is an essential reference that will save you a lot of development time.

Let me start by saying that I am the tech rep for the oopic micro controllers.
Many of the questions that I am asked can be answered with this book. It is written with the basic user in mind and is laid out so that you can find the answers to you questions quickly and easily. If you plan on doing any oopic microcontroller-programming then I would say that this book is required reading. It will be useful in the design, programming and hardware connection phase.

Tony Brenke
OOPic Technical Support
Savage Innovations

Anyone with an OOPic micro controller NEEDS this book! Crammed with essential information and code examples written in both VBasic & C, the easy to follow material more than covers the many questions one has after working with the OOPic web site alone. Finally shedding light on a once vague but rapidly growing topic. This book also has how-to information, references, and valuable tools to further help the user along.

I've used the OOpic some and It's a great MCU. I have some reservations about the writing in this book however. The author constantly makes references that aren't explained, remarks on illustrations but doesn't make it clear on the photo what is being referred too, and generally talks about each subject, but doesn't necessarily always make a clear point.

It's a handy book for the reference, but all that material is free online, so the price of the book weighs heavily on the balance of the material which in this reader's mind, is vague in areas that need specifics, and specific in areas that are free to the public anyway.

I look forward to the second version though just the same. I feel guilty attacking the style of a clearly experienced engineer, but engineers in general know that they are a breed apart. The rest of us Laymen need more help. And if the second version enlists the eyes of a Layman, It will expose those areas that are "muddy" and make it a better book.

Great Book! It's about time someone wrote a book dedicated to the OOPic MCU. It was informative and well structured. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the OOPic.

Great book/reference manual for newbies as well as experienced hobbiest

I just received this book yesterday and I am already halfway through it. I like the writing style, and I have already learned a few things about the OOPic I didn't know. I've owned an OOPic for several years, but never felt the online docs gave me enough detailed information to fully utilize it. This book fills the gap.

A couple things nag me about this book. The author's coverage of the A.1.X and B.1.X OOPics could have been more thorough, and several advanced objects were glossed over. However, the book was worth its purchase price and will be a good addition to the OOPic programmer's library.