how to generate two signals from two ports at the same time by using p16f84

[bikxsici]

hi cncmachineguy

dividing two variables by tmr0 and obtaining two periods from tmr0, it seems to work, but i think there can be some problems. for example, should we reload tmr0 with respect to which signal? for the first pulses ok but then when next period start?

program below is what you said, isn't it? thank you for advices

    OPTION_REG=%00000000
    TMR0=0
    INTCON=%10100000
main:
    while   tmr0>=250 
    tmr0= 0
    wend
      
    freq1= per1 / timer0
    freq2= per2 / timer0
    
    if  freq1<1 then    
    toggle  a0
    per1=100
    else
    endif
    
    if  freq2<1 then    
    toggle  a0
    per2=200
    else
    endif
    goto    main

[bikxsici]

second one should a1 sory

[cncmachineguy]

You are close to what I mean. TMR0 Should be setup as a time base, you had mentioned 8uSec in another post. So compute the reload value for TMR0 such that you get an interrupt flag at 8uSec. (hint: use PicMultiCalc to help get the values)

Next the freq values are computed by YOU and hardcoded. so if TMR0 is 8uSec, and you need a period of 800 uSec, freq will be 800/8 or freq = 100.

Your while loop just needs to check for TMR0 interrupt flag bit. You do not want to enable interrupts, but the flag will be set anyway. So as soon as the flag is set you need to do this:

reload the TMR
clear the flag
decrement freq1 &freq2
check each for zero (IF !freq1 then) this will check if freq1 = 0

I will let you work on how to actually code the above. You almost have the Freq checks correct. Put comments in your code. This will do 2 things:
1 tells others and yourself what things are doing. If you code more beyond this class, you will be VERY happy you started doing this.
2 When you comment what you think things are doing, It will make it easier to see what is wrong. Here is a for instance:

while   tmr0>=250  ' this line checks if TMR0 is greater then 250
    tmr0= 0            'this line sets TMR0 to equal 0 if it is greater then 250
    wend               ' this is where the program jumps to when TMR0 is less then 250

This will not work ok, the ugly is all your program will run while waiting for the timer to reach 250. Then when tmr does reach 250, you just set it back to zero. Effectively tmr0 is doing nothing for you here. I will leave it to you to try to figure out why.

BTW, I am in no way a very good teacher, so please bear with me. My goal is to give you clues and help you to understand what is going on as opposed to telling you how to do each step. Is there a deadline when you must be done?

[bikxsici]

sory i am writing fast and i forget something. there is no deadline but i must submit as soon as possible.

i am going to review the program, and i will send the results , i must be careful. thanks a lot for your advices

best regards

[bikxsici]

hi cncmachineguy

i think there are two choices which depend on whether the codes ( decrement freq1 &freq2, IF !freq1&&freq2 then) are in interrupt loop or main loop.

for the first one, they are in the interrupt loop, these codes takes min 10 mic. sec. ( with adjusting option_reg, and loading tmr0 for min. time ) , therefore i can not obtain a period increment below 10 mic. seconds.

for the second one, i have tried to put those codes into main loop, but then i have problem to control tmr0 to obtain exact values.

after so much efforts i have decided to build this system is impossible by using pic16f84 with 10 mhz and i think we need at least two timer interrupts to obtain two different precise frequencies.

thank you a lots for advices.

[cncmachineguy]

I understand your frustration, but don't give up yet. Your teacher has it working so it is not impossible.

New question, you say you need 2uSec percision, but then you talk about using an 8uSec time base. this will not be able to provide 2uSec percision. So is the 8uSec ok?

lets look at some math for a minute. you have a 10Mhz clock, so thats 2.5MIPS. each instruction will take .4uSec, so for 8uSec time base, you have 20 inscrutions worth of time to decide what to do.

If you don't want to give up, lets keep working on this.

[bikxsici]

yes 8u sec. is also ok. let's look at it closely again ( by the way i hope i am a good student ) maybe this time we can do it. i think there is no problem about timing by using tmr0 and prescaler, it works well. the main problem is that we need a loop including two variables depending on tmr0 and to determine intended two periods time.
i think putting this loop into interrupt is better since if we have had to use a keyboard to select frequencies, we would use it in the main loop, so no waste time for our periods.
but on the other hand when we use below codes in the interrupt loop, it needs 22-25usec.. i am writing codes below how i calculate these times. i get 22-25 usec. by measuring pulse width of porta.1 via oscilloscope.

int_loop:
high porta.1 ; start of the pulse i measure

fre1=fre1+1 ; increment for period 1 depending on tmr0 interrupt time
fre2=fre2+1 ; increment for period 2 depending on tmr0 interrupt time

if fre1>=5 then ; 5 random number if i suceed it will be fraction of x8
toggle porta.0
fre1=0
else
endif

if fre2>=3 then ;3 random number if i suceed it will be fraction of x8
toggle porta.0 ; this must be porta.1 but now not important
fre2=0
else
endif
INTCON.2=0 ; setting up timer
TMR0 =254 ; reload tmr0

low porta.1 ; end of pulse

pauseus 100
goto int_loop


and this is the shotest loop i know for our aim, and it requires at least 20usec bigger than 8usec. (

thanks a lot