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**bryan1** · 29th June 2005, 07:59 AM

Hiya Guys,
Take a look at this development board made by momentfire. It's based on the 40 pin 16f877a but any other 40 pin pic with the same pinout works with it too and at $65 US it aint to expensive. The board doesn't have a progammer onboard but the pic is preloaded with a bootloader. On checking out the cost of parts it would cost more just buying the bits than it does buying the developmentt board.

:!: On the advice from L.Chung I've edited the first post to let everybody know DON'T BUY THIS BOARD. At least I can say I got my money back but as far as anyone else goes you'll propbably lose your money. :!:

Cheers Bryan

Pommie · 29th June 2005, 08:35 AM

It looks excellent. If you order one let us know how you get on with it.

Do you have a link to more information such as a schematic.

Mike.

**bryan1** · 29th June 2005, 08:58 AM

Hiya Pommie,
I'm hoping to get the board next week and silly me forgot to place the link up so here it is http://www.momentumfire.com/182.html

Cheers Bryan

**Jay.slovak** · 29th June 2005, 10:23 AM

It looks really good! Do you have any experience with PICs?

**bryan1** · 30th June 2005, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay.slovak

It looks really good! Do you have any experience with PICs?

Hiya Jay,
I've played around with Nigel's tutorials and made a few projects up using pic's and up til now I've been playing with 16f628, 16f72 pics. Now I got the microchip samples( 16f877a, 16f777, 18f4525) this development board will come in handy. I looked at the easypic2 board from mikro-electro but reading their forum for a few days turned me away from spending $300 on a piece of crap. As I'm pretty busy on the farm time hasn't allowed me to play with the pic's yet but my first project is in the debbuggin stage, oh and I went for the Oshonsoft compiler mainly for the price and I must say it's worth all the $33.00 I paid for it

Cheers Bryan

Someone Electro · 30th June 2005, 11:25 AM

looks good

I never buy software,i download it.Where i live almost evryone has pirated software.

**Jay.slovak** · 30th June 2005, 12:05 PM

Check out that 18F chip... I love 18F series... They are much flexible for my needs :twisted:

**bryan1** · 30th June 2005, 01:10 PM

Eh Jay,
PM me a few examples then mate

Cheers Bryan

Someone Electro · 30th June 2005, 01:13 PM

Dont confuse an newby whith the andvanced 18Fs jay!

**Jay.slovak** · 30th June 2005, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bryan1

Eh Jay,
PM me a few examples then mate

Cheers Bryan

Why PM? 18Fs are better because: They DON'T use banking, have more instructions (allowing C code to run very effectively), can run up to 40Mhz (with only 10Mhz crystal thanks to PLL), they have much bigger program memory, ability to store literal tables very effectivelly, Ability to read/write program memory, EEPROM AND Config. bits durring normal program execution, more and better peripherals... and many more

**Jay.slovak** · 30th June 2005, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Someone Electro

Dont confuse an newby whith the andvanced 18Fs jay!

I just said 18F advantages... 18Fs ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR BEGINNERS. I use 18Fs for my all 28 and 40pin PIC projects.

Someone Electro · 30th June 2005, 01:19 PM

Oh an here is a list of stuff that might come handy wen experementing whith PICs:
-an LCD
-LEDs
-EEPROMS
-an 5V regulator
-motor controlers whith an CMOS input (microchip has them up to 2A)
-difrent crystals
-temperature sensors
-realtime clocks
-radio modules
-IR modules
-piezo speakers
-...

**Jay.slovak** · 30th June 2005, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Someone Electro

Oh an here is a list of stuff that might come handy wen experementing whith PICs:
-an LCD
-LEDs
-EEPROMS
-an 5V regulator
-motor controlers whith an CMOS input (microchip has them up to 2A)
-difrent crystals
-temperature sensors
-realtime clocks
-radio modules
-IR modules
-piezo speakers
-...

And a programmer :lol:

Someone Electro · 30th June 2005, 01:32 PM

He alredy has one.

He made that binary counter remember.

**Jay.slovak** · 30th June 2005, 01:33 PM

Ohh yes, silly me

ops: :twisted:

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29th June 2005, 07:59 AM	#1
bryan1	16f877a development board Hiya Guys, Take a look at this development board made by momentfire. It's based on the 40 pin 16f877a but any other 40 pin pic with the same pinout works with it too and at $65 US it aint to expensive. The board doesn't have a progammer onboard but the pic is preloaded with a bootloader. On checking out the cost of parts it would cost more just buying the bits than it does buying the developmentt board. :!: On the advice from L.Chung I've edited the first post to let everybody know DON'T BUY THIS BOARD. At least I can say I got my money back but as far as anyone else goes you'll propbably lose your money. :!: Cheers Bryan Attached Thumbnails __________________ " The only way to avoid human error is to avoid the use of humans"

29th June 2005, 08:35 AM	#2
Pommie	It looks excellent. If you order one let us know how you get on with it. Do you have a link to more information such as a schematic. Mike.

29th June 2005, 08:58 AM	#3
bryan1	Hiya Pommie, I'm hoping to get the board next week and silly me forgot to place the link up so here it is http://www.momentumfire.com/182.html Cheers Bryan __________________ " The only way to avoid human error is to avoid the use of humans"

29th June 2005, 10:23 AM	#4
Jay.slovak	It looks really good! Do you have any experience with PICs? __________________ "I share, thus I am" Jay.slovak Read this! ICD2 Clone Best PIC/DsPIC Bootloader Read my Inchworm ICD2 review!

30th June 2005, 11:25 AM	#6
Someone Electro	looks good I never buy software,i download it.Where i live almost evryone has pirated software. __________________ Il give you shocking experience.

30th June 2005, 12:05 PM	#7
Jay.slovak	Check out that 18F chip... I love 18F series... They are much flexible for my needs :twisted: __________________ "I share, thus I am" Jay.slovak Read this! ICD2 Clone Best PIC/DsPIC Bootloader Read my Inchworm ICD2 review!

30th June 2005, 01:10 PM	#8
bryan1	Eh Jay, PM me a few examples then mate Cheers Bryan __________________ " The only way to avoid human error is to avoid the use of humans"

30th June 2005, 01:13 PM	#9
Someone Electro	Dont confuse an newby whith the andvanced 18Fs jay! __________________ Il give you shocking experience.

30th June 2005, 01:19 PM	#12
Someone Electro	Oh an here is a list of stuff that might come handy wen experementing whith PICs: -an LCD -LEDs -EEPROMS -an 5V regulator -motor controlers whith an CMOS input (microchip has them up to 2A) -difrent crystals -temperature sensors -realtime clocks -radio modules -IR modules -piezo speakers -... __________________ Il give you shocking experience.

30th June 2005, 01:32 PM	#14
Someone Electro	He alredy has one. He made that binary counter remember. __________________ Il give you shocking experience.

30th June 2005, 01:33 PM	#15
Jay.slovak	Ohh yes, silly me ops: :twisted: __________________ "I share, thus I am" Jay.slovak Read this! ICD2 Clone Best PIC/DsPIC Bootloader Read my Inchworm ICD2 review!