pic chips

[danielsmusic]

i got a pic programmer with a pic chip (pic16f627)
what can i do with this chip?
how can i do it.

thanks.

 

[upand_at_them]

Go to the Microcontrollers forum on this site and read the sticky.

Mike

 

[pike]

whatever you want to do with it... leave the chip upside down in the bathroom and watch err...listen for a scream when some one walks bare foot on it. Those pins are lead free i think so they should be safe... :twisted:

 

[danielsmusic]

lol

 

[Jay.slovak]

PICs are pretty universal, so that 16F627 can be used for various things...
16I/O Pins give you a chance to experiment.

 

[danielsmusic]

thanks! iv never used pic chips before, i have a pic programer.
what sort of data do i send to it to program it.
it was from maplin if you need any info on it it is on there site(www.maplin.co.uk) just search pic chip programmer

thanks again.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

thanks! iv never used pic chips before, i have a pic programer.
what sort of data do i send to it to program it.

You write a program, assemble (or compile it), then program the resulting HEX in to the PIC. I suggest you try reading the 'sticky' in the Microcontroller forum, or check my tutorials.

it was from maplin if you need any info on it it is on there site(www.maplin.co.uk) just search pic chip programmer

The Maplin programmer is pretty crap, they basically stole the original David Tait design, which they were free to do! - but by that time the enhanced Tait designs had long replaced the original fairly poor design (David isn't a hardware designer, and his original design was pretty horrible!).

 

[danielsmusic]

hex? im going to check out your tutorials