Hi All:
I am trying to develop a quick and dirty micro-based project and could use some help. The basic project that I need to complete is as follows:
2 discrete inputs
1 analog input
2 pulse accumulator inputs
LCD output (2x16 separated into 6 'fields' of data to display)
5 LED outputs
I chose the Z8F64200100KIT and MDS Application board as a platform that I felt would get me 90% there.
Unfortunately, now that I have hardware in hand, I am finding many limitations in the example program provided with the MDS board. Even more unfortunate, I am far removed from my college days when
I was a C-hack at best.
Some of the program limitations that I am getting bogged down with are that the LCD example only accepts character strings (I can't send variables or send them to fixed fields) and that a pulse
accumulator routine has not been integrated. The keypad interrupt routine will work fine for my discrete input needs.
My appeal for help is this: I am certain that this program is typical of many that have already been developed. Does anyone have a nice shell of a program (that works with the MDS board) for me
to use as the basis for this application? Once I have the inputs available to me, I can surely write the logic to control the LED's and feed the LCD.
As a part time hack on a deadline, I think I can be successful if I have a basis to modify from. If I have to invent from the beginning, I am surely doomed
Thanks in advance for the time and consideration.
I am trying to develop a quick and dirty micro-based project and could use some help. The basic project that I need to complete is as follows:
2 discrete inputs
1 analog input
2 pulse accumulator inputs
LCD output (2x16 separated into 6 'fields' of data to display)
5 LED outputs
I chose the Z8F64200100KIT and MDS Application board as a platform that I felt would get me 90% there.
Unfortunately, now that I have hardware in hand, I am finding many limitations in the example program provided with the MDS board. Even more unfortunate, I am far removed from my college days when
I was a C-hack at best.
Some of the program limitations that I am getting bogged down with are that the LCD example only accepts character strings (I can't send variables or send them to fixed fields) and that a pulse
accumulator routine has not been integrated. The keypad interrupt routine will work fine for my discrete input needs.
My appeal for help is this: I am certain that this program is typical of many that have already been developed. Does anyone have a nice shell of a program (that works with the MDS board) for me
to use as the basis for this application? Once I have the inputs available to me, I can surely write the logic to control the LED's and feed the LCD.
As a part time hack on a deadline, I think I can be successful if I have a basis to modify from. If I have to invent from the beginning, I am surely doomed
Thanks in advance for the time and consideration.
