PBP projects for R/C models

[Kenjones1935]

I have "16 BIT LANGUAGE TOOLS GETTING STARTED" DS70094E. My 16F887 is an 8 bit machine. What is the best way for me to learn ASM for my PIC? I have not been able to get MPLAB IDE v8.33 to work. Is that because I am dealing with an 8 bit PIC?

Ken

[mackrackit]

MPLAB should work with any PIC. What is it not doing?

Assembly???
Hang out here
http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/index.htm

[Kenjones1935]

I gave MPLAB IDE some .asm code created by MicroCode Studio. It claimed too many errors. That was many months ago. I'll try again.

Ken

[mackrackit]

In the Project drop down from the tool bar - select language toolsuit, select:
Microchip MPASM Toolsuite

That should then compile ASM generated by PBP.

[Kenjones1935]

That's the way I have been compiling.

When I cut and paste a .asm that was created by the compiler into the MPLAB IDE application window it refused to assemble. I think there are some idiosyncrasies that I need to learn.

Ken

[mackrackit]

Maybe the wrong PIC was selected?
Toolbar-Configure-Select device

[Kenjones1935]

I've built my first solderless proto using a 40 pin 16F887.

As far as I can tell I have duplicated the actions that up until now have worked. The PICKIT 2 Programmer "Check communication" says "PICKIT 2 found and connected" "PIC device found"

However when I click the Write button using the 40 pin PIC, the PICKIT 2 Programmer application says "Programming failed at program memory address LOCATION 0x000002"

Any ideas?

Ken

[mackrackit]

Some possible causes. Maybe...
Are both VDDs and VSSs connected?
Do you have capacitors across both VDDS and VSSs?