I am jump starting a privious project fr an LED candle using a tri-color LED. Got to looking at quanity prices and see the K series pic's are cheaper. I need 30+ candles so price is a major consideration.
Looking at the 18F13k22 pic with a Vdd of 5v (3 AA batteries) and planning on controlling a tri color led( 3=180 ohm resistors). but having never ventured into using the K series has me guessing?
Using a Pickit2 to program the pic and have a code that works well on a 18F1320 as well as a 18F2420 but issues with using the K series?? if any.
Ive been using the pic18f26k80 and the pic18f46k80 for a while now w/ pickit3. I like them better then the 16's once I learned C.... I got the pickit3 board kit to try them last year and really like them.
I am under the impression that a Pickit2 can be used to program the K series as well but correct me if I am wrong before I order a couple of the K series to experiment with before ordering 30+ pics
don't know about what chips, you would have to check the "readme" files in the pickit2 help files, or the Microchip sub files in the same. I remember seeing what chips were compatible in those files. I don't have those in this computer as of yet.
Thanks for the Link. I should have mentioned that I am planning on using SWORDFISH and the PICKIT2 which I see from the link that the 18F13K22 is supported. No need to use the MPLAB
i have started with the K chips they are great! i had trouble with some using the junebug so thats when i upgraded to the pk3 and now icd3. for rgb candles most simple route code wise i would have thought was the 18f1330 because it has 3 independent pwm outputs, so perfect for easy pwm on 3 channels. i cant remember wich K chips do what now but when i used them it was for the number of ADC channels they have and i want to try out the CTMU.
how many candles per chip you going to do?
I am planning on making 25 separate candles and using SWORDFISH as code language. This code works rather well. I was involved in scouting and used this same code for a neckerchief slide with a campfire picture. Looked really nice. Presently looking at $7 per candle but looking at using a different battery holder to lower the cost. Just a pcboard, RGB led, soic pic, 4 resistors, a cap, battery holder, switch and section of pvc pipe for votive candle.
Code:
{
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* Name : UNTITLED.BAS *
* Author : Doug Bezaire *
* Notice : Copyright (c) 2010 [select VIEW...EDITOR OPTIONS] *
* : All Rights Reserved *
* Date : 3/26/2010 *
* Version : 1.0 *
* Notes : *
* : *
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}
Device = 18F2420
Clock = 8
Include "InternalOscillator.bas"
Include "RandGen.bas"
Include "Utils.bas"
Dim TMR2IE As PIE1.1, // TMR2 interrupt enable
TMR2IF As PIR1.1, // TMR2 overflow flag
TMR2ON As T2CON.2, // Enables TMR2 to begin incrementing
Signal_Pin As PORTB.0 // Signal output to frequency meter
Dim Red_Pin As PORTA.0, //was b.0
Green_Pin As PORTA.1, //was b1
Blue_Pin As PORTA.2, //was b2
Red_Duty As Byte,
Green_Duty As Byte,
Blue_Duty As Byte,
Red_DutyVal As Byte,
Green_DutyVal As Byte,
Blue_DutyVal As Byte,
RandomVal As Byte
Dim uS As Word,
mS As Word
// ranval(1)as word
Interrupt TMR2_Interrupt()
High(Signal_Pin)
Save(0) // Back up system variables
If TMR2IF = 1 Then // Check if the interrupt was from TMR2
TMR2IF = 0 // Clear the TMR2 interrupt flag
uS = uS + 50
If uS >= 1000 Then
uS = uS - 1000
Inc(mS)
EndIf
Inc(Red_DutyVal)
Inc(Green_DutyVal)
Inc(Blue_DutyVal)
If Red_DutyVal > Red_Duty Or Red_Duty = 0 Then
Red_Pin = 0
Else
Red_Pin = 1
EndIf
If Green_DutyVal > Green_Duty Or Green_Duty = 0 Then
Green_Pin = 0
Else
Green_Pin = 1
EndIf
If Blue_DutyVal > Blue_Duty Or Blue_Duty = 0 Then
Blue_Pin = 0
Else
Blue_Pin = 1
EndIf
EndIf //
Restore // Restore system variables
Low(Signal_Pin)
End Interrupt
Private Sub TMR2_Initialize()
TMR2ON = 0 // Disable TMR2
TMR2IE = 0 // Turn off TMR2 interrupts
PR2 = 149 // TMR2 Period register PR2
T2CON = %00000001 // T2CON 0:1 = Prescale
// 00 = Prescale is 1:1
// 01 = Prescale is 1:4
// 1x = Prescale is 1:16
// 3:6 = Postscale
// 0000 = 1:1 postscale
// 0001 = 1:2 postscale
// 0010 = 1:3 postscale...
// 1111 = 1:16 postscale
TMR2 = 0 // Reset TMR2 Value
TMR2IE = 1 // Enable TMR2 interrupts
TMR2ON = 1 // Enable TMR2 to increment
Enable(TMR2_Interrupt)
End Sub
// Start Of Program...
Low(Red_Pin)
Low(Green_Pin)
Low(Blue_Pin)
Red_Duty = 30
Green_Duty = 10
Blue_Duty = 5
Red_DutyVal = 0
Green_DutyVal = 0
Blue_DutyVal =0
uS = 0
mS = 0
RandGen.Initialize(128) // Initialize the Random Number generator
TMR2_Initialize // Setup and enable TMR2
While True // Create an infinite loop
RandomVal = RandGen.Rand // Grab a random number from 0 to 255
// Select RandomVal // Find out what colour to increase/decrease
//Case 0 To 42
Red_Duty =RandomVal-5
//mS = 0
// (Red_Duty)=Rand(1)
// Repeat
// Until mS = 19
// and Red_Duty>0
// endif
//Case 43 To 84
If Red_Duty > 0
Then mS = 0
Repeat
Until mS = 19
Dec(Red_Duty)
EndIf
// Case 84 To 127
Green_Duty =RandomVal-20
//Then mS = 0
// Repeat
// Until mS = 19
// Inc(Green_Duty)
// EndIf
// Case 128 To 170
If Green_Duty > 0
Then mS = 0
Repeat
Until mS = 19
Dec(Green_Duty)
EndIf
// Case 170 To 212
Blue_Duty = RandomVal-30
// Then mS = 0
// Repeat
// Until mS = 19
// Inc(Blue_Duty)
// EndIf
// Case 212 To 255
If Blue_Duty > 0
Then mS = 0
Repeat
Until mS = 19
Dec(Blue_Duty)
EndIf
Wend
End