PIC interfacing with FTDI's VDIP1

[Vidya]

I am engineering student and new to PIC MCUs.I have to do a project consisting of providing pen drive interface to PIC MCU using FTDI's Vinculum IC VNC1L. I purchased VDIP1 kit. My guide told me to use PIC18XXX MCU.There are huge no. of microcontrollers under this series.I am confused about which one to choose.

Can any one please help me?

Thank you in advance.

Vidya

[Raflex]

I am engineering student and new to PIC MCUs.I have to do a project consisting of providing pen drive interface to PIC MCU using FTDI's Vinculum IC VNC1L. I purchased VDIP1 kit. My guide told me to use PIC18XXX MCU.There are huge no. of microcontrollers under this series.I am confused about which one to choose.

Can any one please help me?

Thank you in advance.

Vidya

Hello. You can use 18f4520/18f2520 if you dont have special requirements. However, take a look to the microchip site.

[BrianT]

http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=7700&highlight=vinculum

HTH

BrianT

[Vidya]

Thank you Brian for valuable help.Still I have some questions.
In your code I am not getting from where you are taking bytes to be stored on stick.
for e.g. suppose I want to store no. of bytes from specified memory locations or data logger system on the disk.Can I transfer these bytes by sending appropriate commands though UART interface.
I am completely new with PIC MCU.
Do I need to study low end PIC devices first & then go to PIC18 family or can I directly switch to PIC18 device?
Which compiler to use for C programming? Is there any tutorial available for C programming?

Thanks again
Vidya

[skimask]

I am completely new with PIC MCU. Do I need to study low end PIC devices first & then go to PIC18 family or can I directly switch to PIC18 device?
Can I hop on the nearest jumbo jet and fly myself to anywhere or should I learn how to walk and talk first?
No...Really...go ahead...Jump right in with both feet. Get the biggest, baddest PIC you can find, design some crazy hardware, and write the most complicated program you can think of.
BUT...DO NOT test or debug anything until it's completely done, both hardware and software.


Which compiler to use for C programming? Is there any tutorial available for C programming?
C Programming...hmmmm....Don't know much about C on a PicBasicPro forum...
www.microchip.com

[tenaja]

Skimask, I do not agree with this. The 18F's are not much more difficult than 16F's, and the compiler eliminates most of the differences. The few remaining differences are register settings, and if someone is new to pics and reading the datasheet to learn 16F settings, they can easily pick up the 18F datasheet and learn those, too.

[skimask]

Skimask, I do not agree with this..................
There is a lot of information 'between the lines' that you may have missed in my last post.

And I agree with you. Problem is, you have to get the person(s) to RTFM in the first place.