Re: Newbie Pic Programming question....

From: xray (notreally_at_hotmail.invalid)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 07:19:14 GMT

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:57:50 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

>On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:34:09 -0700, the renowned WhoCares
><What@Why.com> wrote:
>
>>I bought a Superpro LX universal programmer before i new anything
>>about programming. I've decided to try a pic16f84a pic to experiment
>>with, as it seemed to be popular.
>>
>>It came with a program that is used to burn the pics but it only
>>accepts source code, I believe. I think what i need is the program
>>where i can type in the commands and such. I believe it is written in
>>C or something and then converted to source code...right?
>>Thanks
>
>I've never heard of your programmer, but anyhow, you generally need a
>.hex file, which can be produced by an assembler. Download and MPLAB
>from Microchip and install to get started. It's a quick 40M or so
>download.
>
>http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en019469&part=SW007002
>
>
>Best regards,
>Spehro Pefhany

>From the level of the question in the second paragraph, sounds like a
basic book on the PICs might be a good idea too. Maybe something like
this...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0965416208/002-2341799-3044822?v=glance

Although, the price is a lot higher than I expected. I bought one years
back, and I'm sure I didn't pay anywhere near that much.

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