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hey mackrackit & others

i changed type to byte with the same results.

when array is of type word, and using my debugger i see the element's value as of a word type having 16 bits. so the issue...

just curious if there are something similar to the c language conditional preprocessor defines?

i use different fuses when running the pickit3 debugger versus the pickit3 programmer. i see where...

well Shortbus, i agree with ya.

for some reason, i had thought the Proton Dev suite was something special. after dl'ing it and starting it, i see it is not.

PBP and me fav editor, Ultraedit,...

i make use of the melabs PBP compiler and have used the Microcode Plus IDE.

i was thinking of getting the Proton Suite. when i dl'd their demo version the IDE looked almost identical to the...

on another board with a pic16f88 with RB2 reading from pin2 on the xbee sitting on a xbib-r-dev board, the data is read just fine. yes, RB2 can read 3.3v levels.

indeed, great question and prompts me to research more:

via p#11 of the datasheet from http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/devicedoc/30487c.pdf ...

i'm using pin RB2 as [I]nput and not using...

via the data sheet for the PIC16LF88-I/P on mouser's site i do now, see the pic16f88 listed at 4V.

thanks

no problem, i read backwards randomly at times, so maybe i mis-read the question.

i use pin RB2(rx) is the only reading from the xbee currently.

mackrackit

for this project, i have "DEFINE OSC 8"


>>Look at the electrical specifications in the PICs data sheet to see what speeds work with different voltages.

i've missed...

i have a pic16f88 & xbee on the same breadboard. the pic should run at in input V between 2.0v to 5.5v.

on the breadboard i have a 7805 for the 5v to the pic and a LD3.3 regulator for the xbee.
...

Al, many thanks for the brainstorm.

Thinking out loud here....

I see where I was getting hung up, the "ack" and the addressing.

My xbee's are series-1 so as long as my remote sensors set...

i have 6 endpoints that have sensor data to send to the xbee coordinator. i'm looking for ideas on how do i ensure that each endpoint/pic sends it's data point-to-point to the coordinator and also...

Hey Pros's,


working on a project where i'll have approx 10 pic16f88's with xbee's sending sensor data to an xbee connected to a pc.

i'm thinking of letting the pic's store the data for a time...

Hey skimask,

thanks for the explanations...

1. i went ahead and isolated the PIC Vdd from the programmer's Vdd -- safer habit to get into.

2. i'll put a diode in the circuit. appreciate the...

regarding the diagram on http://www.microengineeringlabs.com/support/icsp.htm


using the epic programmer and using the wiring schematics from the
page linked above i made up a ribbon...

Thanks all...and a 20MHz 3-pin resonator it will be.

Thanks again for the education!

I read on this lise that PICs have a "crappy" internal oscillator in regards to doing timing-critical functions such as serial communications.

so what is a good replacement part for the internal...

Hey Darrel,

Liked what I saw on LANtronix's site. It may be overkill for this project both in cost and options it offers. But certainly worthwhile to make comparisons...I still may use it. It...

SEROUT2 396 worked

>>But maybe that is why MELABS has SEROUT so it works with Stamp stuff??

they are similar to the BS2 commands according to the PBP docs:

...

Hey Mackrackit,

forgot to mention this...SEROUT2 vs SEROUT. i.e., SEROUT2 didn't work for me. once i switched to SEROUT, along with the other modifications, it has worked well. looks like some...

thanks for the replies!

regarding range, i would say not more than 100' from any given Tx to Rx {visualize warehouse}.

i have been looking at these products ...
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WiFly 802.11b Serial...

I want to experiment with getting a PIC to send some simple data wirelessly to a PC.

google [ pic xbee] brings up many sites yet think some pro's on this site can get me started...

Would like...

yes, i did get it to work. and yes, i am able to get a LED to blink from PORTB.3 and get string of char's to display on the LCD now.

and, this is whether i set INTRC_OSC or EXTRC_OSC. although i...

thanks for the tip. i dl'd two of the code samples from that page, mixed and matched and it still didn't work. i looked too at the melabs pages for the diff's of BS2 and PBP, just in case. but i did...

should this code work to get the parallax to display a string?




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'' pic16f88

INCLUDE "modedefs.bas"