Experimenting with PIC's

[Cees]

I have some vague idee about using a microcontroller
in a metaldetector. To learn how to programm a PIC
I think the EPE Magazine Toolkit 'TK3', as published
oct 2001, is a good starting point. Now my problem
is that EPE Magazine only sells this issue on CD-ROM,
together with a lot of stuff I am not interested in.
Perhaps someone on this forum can help me?

Thanks in advance, Cees (Netherlands)

[Robby_H]

Re: Experimenting with PIC's

Cees,
To get going, you might like to try a simple on-line tutorial that deals in assembly. I would keep away from pic-axe and other stuff that only promotes extra gimmicks.
You might look here.
http://www.mstracey.btinternet.co.uk/pictutorial/picmain.htm
This is handy also
http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/codegen/delay.htm

[Rudi]

Re: Experimenting with PIC's

Cees, you can download the files on the EPE website : http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/index.html

Click on the left site 'downloads' then on PIC Microcontroller source codes.And then on Toolkit TK3 and you can download.

Rudi (Belgium)

[Sean Goddard]

Re: Experimenting with PIC's

Try the following link, I use the PIC for most of my beeper projects, and this BASIC language makes it a doddle.

If you need speed, the code it produces are about as good as I can write in assembler, but I still have to resort to hex and assembler if you need critical timing loops etc, but HEY, I just program up the PWM channels now, and BINGO! instant PWM capable Tx signals ;-)



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