Re: [OTish] PIC Convert....

["Jeff" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Andy,

A good circuit to start with is at
www.ubasics.com/adam/pic/archive/first.txt - very simple but will prove
that
you're programmer / circuit are fine. You don't need to write any code as
the hex code is there for you.

One of the most common PIC's that's worth starting with is the 16f84 but as
Ant say's it's worth getting the data sheets from Microchip.

A book that I found very useful but it's mainly on writing assembler but
does give an overview of the capabilities of some of the chips is 'Pic -
Your Personal Introductory Course' by John Morton.

As for a programmer I personally use one from www.quasarelectronics.com
(kit
3096) but use a different piece of software (www.ic-prog.com) rather than
the one they supply. There does seem to be a problem with it with chips
having more that 18 pins though and I've had to built an extension to it to
fix it - but it was extremely cheap.

HTH,
Jeff.


----- Original Message -----
From: "andy_powell_is" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:48 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] [OTish] PIC Convert....


> Hi,
>
> I've been doing quite a bit of stuff (mainly temperature and
> proximity sensing) with Basic Stamps of late and am convinced that I
> should really be looking at migrating to the PIC.
>
> I've found a product called PicBasic Pro which essentially has the
> same command set (and a lot more) as Parallax PBasic. This would make
> the transfer much easier - and for many things I wouldn't have to
> rewrite them.
>
> The problem is that there is just too much information on the PIC. I
> really want a 'getting started' or 'moving from the Basic Stamp to
> PIC' type book or set of documents. I /think/ I've established that
> for each PIC I need a crystal thingy (ocillator?) but I don't know
> that for sure. The pin configurations are throwing me a little too.
>
> Does anyone have a good source of information on the PIC - from the
> beginning?
>
> I've taken a look at http://www.crownhill.co.uk/ for
supplies etc.
> but before I get going I need to find out what I'd need, and what
> pins are for what... you know really basic (hehe) stuff.
>
> There seem to be 20 different types of programmer (hardware) etc... I
> just need a few pointers in the right direction.. A search on Google
> just causes information overload...
>
> So... if any of you bods out there using PIC's for your HA stuff
> could give me a shove in the right direction I'd appreciate it..
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>
>
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