ajbeavan

Hello I am struggling to get MPLABX v1.80 to compile and link my code, I get the following messages Error: Failed to open:../Program/ Error: Failed to open:Files/SourceBoost/Lib/libc.pic16.lib or C:\Program Files\SourceBoost\lib/Files/SourceBoost/Lib/libc.pic16.lib I do not really use MPLABX I prefer the Sourceboost IDE, but I am using the Pickit3 debugger to see whats actually on the chip and get realistic timings. To get around the problem I have used the 'cof' file produced by sourceboost to build a new project in MPLABX. It seems to work!!!!! I can step through the code an

sorry but I don't see this release candidate on the link given

Of course, thanks for the response... adam

Hello I am using the ECCP module of a pic16f690 which is connected to a 555 timer generating a continuous train of pulses that i can adjust the period of using a POT. I am able to easily get the pulse width and period, but struggling to calculate the duty cycle. Presumable I will need to use Float point maths to get the duty cycle or can anyone offer some suggestions. adam

Hello, Can anyone tell me if there is a way to disable interrupts within a block of code so that a calculation can be done, without the possibility of the interrupt being actioned. eg using the XC8 compiler, could write.... di() digit=period/4096 ei() adam

Thanks...... well I certainly learnt a lot, though I can't say that being a LCD expert was ever high on my ambition list. But I am glad I didnt take a hammer to the whole!!!! adam

Hi Dave Finally managed to sort the problem out, after spending so much time thinking about initialisation and 4-bit data mode, I forgot to check if the device had been wired the correct way..... I had everything back to front, so now after 2 weeks and writing my own LCD routines, it was simply a case of wiring. Feel like a real idiot. Sorry to waste your time adam

Sorry, I added this line deliberately to hang the code, so that I could monitor the LED states on each of the DB ports at the point the BF flag was set....

Hello I would be grateful for some help, before I go completely mad!!!! been working on this for 2 weeks. Have setup a simple circuit to write some output to an LCD which is controlled by a pic16F690. Everything works fine in the simulation. I have built the circuit, and now my problems start..... I have checked the wring and placed LED's on each of the control and data ports to see what is happening. I have managed to isolate the problem down to the LCD not resetting the BF flag after I have done the System reset and set the 4-bit function mode. The controller is a cheap JHd162A whi

duh.... sorted (sorry about that!!!) Thanks Dave

Hello I am writing some code to interface a pic16f690 to a 16X2 LCD. I define the control pins in my header file using volatile bit pinEN @ PORTB . 4 etc. This compiles OK, but when I try to debug the code, the pins are not being updated when I set high or low to READ/WRITE or strobe the enable pin. Any suggestions.... adam

Managed to sort it... I was using VSM to simulate a pic16f690, and had not setup the pin correctly for digital output.

I am trying to toggle an LED using a Timer interrupt and the NOT operator, with the expression portb.4=~portb.4 When I run the code through the simulator the LED comes on and stays on. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong. adam