You and I are on the same wavelength. I remember your name from previous posts I made when I was a PIC user.
I think MikroElektronika would be the way to go. They have the best development system...
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You and I are on the same wavelength. I remember your name from previous posts I made when I was a PIC user.
I think MikroElektronika would be the way to go. They have the best development system...
Thanks for all your replies. I wasn't going to come back but I was curious if anyone was agreeing with me...and some did.
I just bought 6 Arduino UNO boards for $12 (CAD) each, all taxes and...
Just wanted to say goodbye and thank all the people who helped me with PBP the last 10 years. I'm pulling the plug on it and PIC microprocessors and going over to the t other side: Arduino hell.
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Despite the superiority of PBP and Mecanique IDE, working with the i2c commands is a bear! Struggled for a week on it, still no go. Went back to Arduino, and still cursing at all the syntax. ...
I put a label at the end of my i2C write statement to flash an LED if there is no acknowledge from the chip.
there is NO acknowledge...the LED is flashing. So that's a result I will work with. ...
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This is what I get on SDA and SCL with that short program.
Yeah, I saw that but $12 didn't work either. Output just won't go low. I measure 3.5 volts or so with my DMM on all GPA pins.
I'm using this library: Centipede, found here: http://macetech.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=23, with this setup: (this code for 5 different boards). PCB board layout...
I have a bunch of LEDs with anodes tied to Vcc through resistors. The cathodes are tied to the outputs of an MCP23107 port expander. I'm using the same setup I had for Arduino that worked, so I...
I have the new "enhanced" byte, with 9 bits.
thanks Dick
How do I invert all the bits in a byte?
Eg %011010110 would become %100101001
I assumed, then read it was by using the tilde (~) function but I'm having trouble using it in code.
eg if I had...
Thanks Richard. MELabs also told me it was $40 for address. That was the problem! That and the fact my outputs are active low and I was sending active high bits.
Address bits are connected to ground. for Arduino I could use address $20 or 0 to access, the latter if I used one of the libraries.
I've decided to abandon 5 months of learning C++ so I could use Arduinos and going back to the superior PBP and PIC MCUs. Having said that, Arduino had the most fantastic libraries which made I2C...
I basically want to light "everything" in as many patterns as possible: light chasers, all 16 at time, blinking, fading (maybe if I use PWM), rotating, etc, etc. I want individual control over 110...
It's been a while since I was here 'cause I was really into getting the Arduino/AC matrix going. AC matrix with triacs or SSRs does not work. The matrix part works but there is too much leakage...
I made a model, using mono-color LED, and I2C port expanders. Worked extremely well.
I then made a model using RGB LEDs, again with port expanders and wired in a matrix so I could turn on just the...
Attached is my proposal. One PIC driving 7 MCP23017 port expanders, driving 6-16 channel triac boards in a matrix (the seventh board is the matrix controller that controls what segment gets turned...
My wife also does 1/12 scale "dollhouses" and has about 20 different scenes. And I light some of her work as well. Wife has won a number of competitions and has been published 1/2 dozen times.
Thanks for the reply. I've done more research, looked at Arduino examples (I have lots of Arduino, but PIC seems better because of the great IDE and PBP!)
The PIC will be talking directly to the...
I just went through a process of selecting between Arduino, PBP/PIC, and Raspberry Pi. I have hardware for all and have used each one for a project.
My next project will use i2c which the mentioned...
I did a project where I used a PIC 16F887 and used all the ports, A,B,C, D for outputs to triac boards. Lots of wires.
Now I want to do another similar project using I2C protocol, conversing with...
So I can write: T1Val=T1Val+1 resulting in T1Val incrementing from FC7C to FC7D?
I have TMR1 loaded with $FC7C, using the commands TMR1H=$FC and TMR1L=$7C.
I was hoping to make this one variable like T1Val=$FC7C so that I can increment or decrement this timer value. Can this...