Writing To Eeprom...."error: Left Operand Must Be L-value"

[Deckard 0]

Hello, I'm experimenting with the EEPROM of a PIC16F88. At the minute I'm trying to write an arbitary value to an address in the EEPROM. However I'm seeing the " error: left operand must be l-value" error message. I have a vague idea that this is something to do with trying to assign a variable to a constant but i'm stumped on as how to get around it. The code I have is:

 

void eeprom_write()
{

EEADR=01111011b;												//write address to EEADR
EEDATA=01110001b;												//write 8-bit data value to EEDATA
eecon1.7=0;													//access data memory
eecon1.2=1;													//allow write cycles													
intcon.7=0;													//temporarily disable interrupts
eecon2=01010101b;												//write 55h to eecon2
eecon2=10101010b;												//write AAh to eecon2
eecon1.1=1;													//Initiates a write cycle
intcon.7=1;													//re-enable interrupts
eecon1.2=0;													//Inhibits EEPROM writes													
while(pir2.4==0)
{
	nop();												//wait for write to complete
}
pir2.4=0;

Currently I just want to write values to the EEPROM, simulate the progam and check for correct operation. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

[davidb 0]

Hello, I'm experimenting with the EEPROM of a PIC16F88. At the minute I'm trying to write an arbitary value to an address in the EEPROM. However I'm seeing the " error: left operand must be l-value" error message. I have a vague idea that this is something to do with trying to assign a variable to a constant but i'm stumped on as how to get around it. The code I have is:

 

void eeprom_write()
{

EEADR=01111011b;												//write address to EEADR
EEDATA=01110001b;												//write 8-bit data value to EEDATA
eecon1.7=0;													//access data memory
eecon1.2=1;													//allow write cycles													
intcon.7=0;													//temporarily disable interrupts
eecon2=01010101b;												//write 55h to eecon2
eecon2=10101010b;												//write AAh to eecon2
eecon1.1=1;													//Initiates a write cycle
intcon.7=1;													//re-enable interrupts
eecon1.2=0;													//Inhibits EEPROM writes													
while(pir2.4==0)
{
	nop();												//wait for write to complete
}
pir2.4=0;

Currently I just want to write values to the EEPROM, simulate the progam and check for correct operation. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Deckard,

 

EEADR & EEDATA are the literal definitions for the associated variable addresses so you are trying to assign a value to a literal.

BoostC uses lower case convention for register variables. Use eeadr & eedata for the registers. See the appropriate header file in the include directory, in your case PIC16F88.h, for all the definitions and declarations.

 

Regards

 

davidb