What my project is going to be is like this:
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It is basically controlling a toy RC car with a computer. The person uses AVR microcontroller and some program he has written himself. I would like to learn the process so that I can write program in VB and use PIC 16F628 instead. Also, I would like to use max233 instead of max232.
So basically, there is a computer interface. computer sends signal through RS232. max233 does something to the data, and 16f628 receives the data. Then, the microcontroller processes the data, puts one Pin "high," which turns on the controller.
Note that in that project, all the microcontroller does is just put "high" or "low" outputs to switch on/off the transistor. Eventually, i would like to do more advanced stuff like controlling servo, stepper motors.
I need some sort of dummy's guide for complete beginner on this subject. I searched the forum and read some books, but it seems that almost all of them assume that you know something advanced about UART and all that. If you can walk me through this, that is great too.
Thanks.
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It is basically controlling a toy RC car with a computer. The person uses AVR microcontroller and some program he has written himself. I would like to learn the process so that I can write program in VB and use PIC 16F628 instead. Also, I would like to use max233 instead of max232.
So basically, there is a computer interface. computer sends signal through RS232. max233 does something to the data, and 16f628 receives the data. Then, the microcontroller processes the data, puts one Pin "high," which turns on the controller.
Note that in that project, all the microcontroller does is just put "high" or "low" outputs to switch on/off the transistor. Eventually, i would like to do more advanced stuff like controlling servo, stepper motors.
I need some sort of dummy's guide for complete beginner on this subject. I searched the forum and read some books, but it seems that almost all of them assume that you know something advanced about UART and all that. If you can walk me through this, that is great too.
Thanks.