PIC

For those interested in PIC programming i recommend MikroE's C or Basic. Whichever programming language you comfortable with. If you have not program before, i suggest you try out both C and Basic. MikroE compilers are free, for code up 2K of hex code.

For even lower level, then download Microchip's MPLAB IDE. It free and assembly compiler.

Learning to program is beyond the scope of this blog. There is lots of site out there that can inform you on how to get started. I suggest that you download the help files and go thru the the examples given with these compilers. But I will from time to time post some programming tips.