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blackberry · 22nd December 2007, 11:26 PM

Bill,I've got my source code on the motor control based on temperature project. The source code is in C language and I'm using the PIC16F877. The coding is very simple and a beginner like me should understand.

blueroomelectronics · 23rd December 2007, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by blackberry

Bill,I've got my source code on the motor control based on temperature project. The source code is in C language and I'm using the PIC16F877. The coding is very simple and a beginner like me should understand.

I'd like to see it, what C compiler did you use?

blackberry · 24th December 2007, 11:09 PM

Bill,
Im using the PCW C compiler. How do I share the project with you? Can u give me email or anything to send you the package??

blueroomelectronics · 25th December 2007, 04:21 AM

You can zip it and post it here. CCS is fine, I'm not much of a C fellow but there are plenty of users here who are.

blackberry · 27th December 2007, 03:05 PM

here's the package Bill.

wombweller · 30th December 2007, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ericgibbs

hi Bill,

>>> I'm looking for a good screen capture program (I use Snagit but it's not free)

Try 'screenhunter1.1' its freeware...

http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter.htm

Hi Eric
Just been reading through this very interesting post and came accross your link to screen hunter, this should prove to be a very usful tool for me

Not yet finished reading through the entire post on this topic but I for one would be very pleased to see the compleation so cheers from a PIC. newbi

regards Mark

blueroomelectronics · 30th December 2007, 02:57 PM

Thanks for all the great posts, suggestions and examples. I've been working over the holidays (such fun actually) with the Mongoose kit and Swordfish BASIC SE (marvelous software, really nice editor / IDE too).

I would like the book to be focused on 18F PICs and three main languages, ASM, Swordfish BASIC SE and C18 Student edition.

I'm still working on a sample chapter, it's taking so long because I'm also trying out layouts.

Thunderchild · 12th January 2008, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy1845c

The reason I mentioned it is I have had a very hard time trying to understand how the registers, file addresses, config fuses, ect of a pic work. Basicly the nitty gritty of how they work and how to set them up.
I can modify some simple program scorce codes I have found online, but I am still lost on writing one of my own from scratch. And that what I really would like to be able to do.

I don't know if thats normal for starting with programming or not. I have seen many PIC Tutorials on the web, but I have yet to find one that really sinks in. Alot are outdated like you mentioned, and alot seem to jump in to things way over my head.

It would be cool if you do the book, if you had a section that started out assuming the reader knows nothing about any sort of programming language. Somthing that moves nice and slow, so the reader feels excited and not discouraged that alot of what he is reading isn't making sense.

Is this just me? Or are there some other PIC newcomers here that feel the same way?

I feel quite the same way, I agree with bill the 16F88 looks like a good start I think another member of this forum recomended it to me over the outdated 16F84 and I have like 10 samples of it that I hope to program soon, yea definitly please lets hear no more of the 16F84 its time authers grew up and moved on. from what I was told of the 18F series they are not much different from the 16F series and I did order some 18F1220 and 18F1230

Thunderchild · 13th January 2008, 12:02 AM

if you want a total beginers opinion of it and of how good it is for a total novice I don't ind helpoing there I'm about to start learning and know barely anything.... so I can tell you if it makes sense and is practical

blueroomelectronics · 13th January 2008, 01:34 AM

I'll be skipping the 16F as they are so well covered, 18F is the modern 8bit PIC now.

**Nigel Goodwin** · 13th January 2008, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by blueroomelectronics

I'll be skipping the 16F as they are so well covered, 18F is the modern 8bit PIC now.

Well! - they appointed Bill GOD and I missed it?

Couldn't resist!

Thunderchild · 13th January 2008, 03:54 PM

hm yea bill slow up don't go back on the 16F84 for the umteinf time but do at least start on at least one 16F pic like a 16F88 you also already have material on it ?

blueroomelectronics · 13th January 2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin

Well! - they appointed Bill GOD and I missed it?

Couldn't resist!

Well since I'm editing it and doing the lions share then...

Besides Nigel, you've got the 16F covered with your tutorials. Last time I searched their are over 40 16F books on Amazon, and about 3 18F.

Pommie · 13th January 2008, 04:15 PM

What Bill is saying is that there are lots of "tutorials" on the web for the 16 series pics, much less the 18 series and so this is where he will concentrate his efforts. Personally, I think this is the right approach.

Mike

**Nigel Goodwin** · 13th January 2008, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by blueroomelectronics

Well since I'm editing it and doing the lions share then...

Besides Nigel, you've got the 16F covered with your tutorials. Last time I searched their are over 40 16F books on Amazon, and about 3 18F.

I wasn't criticising, hence the plethora of smilies, it was just this line that amused me!

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18F is the modern 8bit PIC now

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22nd December 2007, 11:26 PM	(permalink)
blackberry	Bill,I've got my source code on the motor control based on temperature project. The source code is in C language and I'm using the PIC16F877. The coding is very simple and a beginner like me should understand.

24th December 2007, 11:09 PM	(permalink)
blackberry	Bill, Im using the PCW C compiler. How do I share the project with you? Can u give me email or anything to send you the package??

25th December 2007, 04:21 AM	(permalink)
blueroomelectronics	You can zip it and post it here. CCS is fine, I'm not much of a C fellow but there are plenty of users here who are. __________________ Bill Smart Kits build Smart People http://www.blueroomelectronics.com

30th December 2007, 02:57 PM	(permalink)
blueroomelectronics	Thanks for all the great posts, suggestions and examples. I've been working over the holidays (such fun actually) with the Mongoose kit and Swordfish BASIC SE (marvelous software, really nice editor / IDE too). I would like the book to be focused on 18F PICs and three main languages, ASM, Swordfish BASIC SE and C18 Student edition. I'm still working on a sample chapter, it's taking so long because I'm also trying out layouts. __________________ Bill Smart Kits build Smart People http://www.blueroomelectronics.com

13th January 2008, 12:02 AM	(permalink)
Thunderchild	if you want a total beginers opinion of it and of how good it is for a total novice I don't ind helpoing there I'm about to start learning and know barely anything.... so I can tell you if it makes sense and is practical __________________ I AM the exeption that disproves the rule in many ways but the rules still apply (unfortunately) my site:www.simons-photography.com http://rushdenrotaract.org.uk see also http://www.bigstockphoto.com/account...fid=m2URATYch5 http://www.redbubble.com/people/simonsphotography

13th January 2008, 01:34 AM	(permalink)
blueroomelectronics	I'll be skipping the 16F as they are so well covered, 18F is the modern 8bit PIC now. __________________ Bill Smart Kits build Smart People http://www.blueroomelectronics.com

13th January 2008, 03:54 PM	(permalink)
Thunderchild	hm yea bill slow up don't go back on the 16F84 for the umteinf time but do at least start on at least one 16F pic like a 16F88 you also already have material on it ? __________________ I AM the exeption that disproves the rule in many ways but the rules still apply (unfortunately) my site:www.simons-photography.com http://rushdenrotaract.org.uk see also http://www.bigstockphoto.com/account...fid=m2URATYch5 http://www.redbubble.com/people/simonsphotography

13th January 2008, 04:15 PM	(permalink)
Pommie	What Bill is saying is that there are lots of "tutorials" on the web for the 16 series pics, much less the 18 series and so this is where he will concentrate his efforts. Personally, I think this is the right approach. Mike