frustration
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Hi all, I'm about ready to put my fist through my monitor, so I hope someone can help me and save me the cost of replacing it
First off, about 2 years ago, I did have this all working and was able to write programs in assembly (simple programs), compile them with mplab, then install them on a 16F628A PIC, stick it into a circuit, and have it work. Do to other things going on in my life; I haven’t touched a PIC since then.
Now that I have the time, I want to take up playing these fun little devices again.
So, I downloaded the latest version of MPLAB, v7.50 and installed it.
I have not been able to compile a single program since the install and I'm about to lose it.
I can't even use the project wizard and templates to compile a program that does nothing at all.
If I import into the project f628Atempo.asm or f628Atmpo.asm and 16f628A.lkr, when I try to build the project I get the following error:
Make: The target "c:\picprojects\test\f628Atempo.o" is out of date.
Executing: "C:\amplab\MPASM Suite\MPAsmWin.exe" /q /p16F628A "f628Atempo.asm" /l"f628Atempo.lst" /e"f628Atempo.err" /o"f628Atempo.o"
Make: The target "c:\picprojects\test\test.cof" is out of date.
Executing: "C:\amplab\MPASM Suite\MPLink.exe" "C:\picprojects\test\16f628.lkr" "C:\picprojects\test\f628Atempo.o" /o"test.cof" /M"test.map"
MPLINK 4.06, Linker
Copyright (c) 2006 Microchip Technology Inc.
Error - section 'INT_VECTOR' can not fit the absolute section. Section 'INT_VECTOR' start=0x00000004, length=0x00000012
Errors : 1
BUILD FAILED: Sun Apr 29 15:54:02 2007
After getting this, I also tried doing the quick start tutorial using the chip they specified and that one does not compile for me either. I tried dozens of code examples and tutorials over the last 2 days, just trying to get something, anything to actually work, and I have not had any luck.
Can anyone here help me with this? If not, is there someone that can stop by and hit me in the head with a shovel until I lose interest in these again, the frustration is really killing me.
First off, about 2 years ago, I did have this all working and was able to write programs in assembly (simple programs), compile them with mplab, then install them on a 16F628A PIC, stick it into a circuit, and have it work. Do to other things going on in my life; I haven’t touched a PIC since then.
Now that I have the time, I want to take up playing these fun little devices again.
So, I downloaded the latest version of MPLAB, v7.50 and installed it.
I have not been able to compile a single program since the install and I'm about to lose it.
I can't even use the project wizard and templates to compile a program that does nothing at all.
If I import into the project f628Atempo.asm or f628Atmpo.asm and 16f628A.lkr, when I try to build the project I get the following error:
Make: The target "c:\picprojects\test\f628Atempo.o" is out of date.
Executing: "C:\amplab\MPASM Suite\MPAsmWin.exe" /q /p16F628A "f628Atempo.asm" /l"f628Atempo.lst" /e"f628Atempo.err" /o"f628Atempo.o"
Make: The target "c:\picprojects\test\test.cof" is out of date.
Executing: "C:\amplab\MPASM Suite\MPLink.exe" "C:\picprojects\test\16f628.lkr" "C:\picprojects\test\f628Atempo.o" /o"test.cof" /M"test.map"
MPLINK 4.06, Linker
Copyright (c) 2006 Microchip Technology Inc.
Error - section 'INT_VECTOR' can not fit the absolute section. Section 'INT_VECTOR' start=0x00000004, length=0x00000012
Errors : 1
BUILD FAILED: Sun Apr 29 15:54:02 2007
After getting this, I also tried doing the quick start tutorial using the chip they specified and that one does not compile for me either. I tried dozens of code examples and tutorials over the last 2 days, just trying to get something, anything to actually work, and I have not had any luck.
Can anyone here help me with this? If not, is there someone that can stop by and hit me in the head with a shovel until I lose interest in these again, the frustration is really killing me.