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Step 1
Purchase a few PIC microcontrollers. They are usually a few dollars each, and you can get them at most electronics stores or order them through radio shack.
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Step 2
To interface a PIC microcontroller with a computer you will need a chip programmer. There are many different programmers available from both Microchip as well as other vendors. The chip sits in the programmer which connects either by serial, parallel or USB port to a PC.
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Step 3
Next you will need to download MPLAB. This is the computer program you will use to write your program for the PIC microcontroller. You will need to learn the assembly language for this.
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Step 4
While assembly language is not intuitive there are a number of tutorials you can go through on the internet.
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Step 5
Now you can place the PIC microcontroller in the programmer. Connect it via cable to the computer and use MPLAB to program the chip. Once done you can use it in your devices.
