Trying to inch my way to the finish line w/ a 16F1829.........

[EarlyBird2]

then maybe i did get it working... I got consistent gibberish at one point. I'm beginning to regret ever getting away from arduino. At least it could walk and chew gum at the same time which apparently pic cannot.

You said you got it working by using Hserin. Now you do not seem to be sure.

[thasatelliteguy]

You said you got it working by using Hserin. Now you do not seem to be sure.

No I never got it working using hserin. I can't even get multicalc to run. I DID get some rather consistent gibberish through hserin, but nothing more.

[EarlyBird2]

No I never got it working using hserin. I can't even get multicalc to run. I DID get some rather consistent gibberish through hserin, but nothing more.

So are you saying you have got nothing to work? If this is the case then chose something and make it work. Henrik has suggested Hardware USART.

If what you do does not work then you are doing something wrong. Do not apportion blame elsewhere.

[Demon]

I may be wrong, but the only difference between SERIN and HSERIN is one is handled by software, the other by hardware. But the actual signal is identical, bluetooth shouldn't be able to know or care how it was generated.

Multicalc, you need a DLL possibly. It's in that thread. It works on my XP and WIN7 machines. You REALLY want to get this tool working, it does other things as well as the USART settings.

If an Arduino can do something, I don't see a reason why a PIC couldn't do it.

Robert

[EarlyBird2]

One difference is that Hardware USART requires an RS-232 driver but software does not. Also with software the pins are not fixed. Just need to take this into account when deciding which to use. Obviously if there is no RS-232 driver available then Hardware USART can not be used. I wonder if this is why he could not get HSERIN to work, could explain the gibberish he got.

[Demon]

Might be on to something. I forgot I use a MAX232 in my setup.

PC side uses more than 5V (12V I think), good thing a PIC can take a beating.

Robert

[thasatelliteguy]

Might be on to something. I forgot I use a MAX232 in my setup.

PC side uses more than 5V (12V I think), good thing a PIC can take a beating.

Robert

Jury's still out on the beating... I toast them at regular intervals doing far less nefarious acts to them.... However, they are, on whole, much cheaper to replace than arduino boards.

As far as the 12v tho, this 16f1829 chip I'm using now has been a hoss so far. And it started life as a PICAXE20M2. So when I first flashed it, it was with a home-made serial cable with no MAX232 or anything. Just straight out the serial port to the chip, so I think some chips will handle it better than most think...

[Demon]

One difference is that Hardware USART requires an RS-232 driver...

Look what I found.

http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/show...2591#post82591

Robert