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    Okay, I havent been pic programming that long, but I have been able to write simple programs with my 16f628A that would output data to the serial port of a computer from a pressure sensor and a maxim ADC. I have been working on firmware to for a Vector compass module using a pic and the code comes out to be around 15k, so I had to upgrade to a larger pic. I chose the 18f2520 with 16k.

    Anyways, the problem I am having is I can get this pic to communicate to a uart host (serial port on a computer). I scraped the 15k of code and just came up with some test code that would output a simple text string over and over, and check the results in hyperterminal. Same thing. Just a bunch of characters on the screen that look like $. I know that the pic is making an effert to communicate, but something is slightly off like timing.

    Here is my setup:
    18f2520 with connections only to power, ground and the asyncronous output. My config bits are setup to use the internal oscillator at 8mhz, and MCLR disabled. I have defined debug to use 9600, and setup hyperterminal to use the same. My code looks something like this:

    define DEBUG_REG PORTA
    define DEBUG_BIT 1
    define DEBUG_BAUD 9600
    define DEBUG_MODE 1
    define DEBUG_PACING 1000
    define OSC = 8

    :Main
    Debug "The program is working"
    Goto Main

    Any suggestions?

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    You probably need to configure the A/D on PORTA.1 to a digital instead of analog.

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    From the datasheet:

    Pin Name: Pin Type: BufferType: Description:
    RA1 I/O TTL Digital I/O
    AN1 I Analog Analog

    Praytell kind sir, how'st thou'st do'st that?

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    datasheet, a/d converter section ADCON, ANSEL, CMCON etc etc
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    Code:
        ADCON0 = %00000000          ' Turn off A/D converter
        ADCON1 = %00001110          ' Make PORTA.0 & PORTA.1 analog, others digital
    I believe this will do it. If I'm incorrect someone please let me know.

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    No or partially... you forget the internal comparator, but Ra1 will be digital in deed if the comparator is turn off... not AN0

    CMCON and ADCON1 only to disable all analog stuff, use ADCON0 only if you want to play really safe.

    Not much... you'll discover everything in the... datasheet. it's free to download and really usefull
    http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/e...Doc/39631a.pdf
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    Thanks for the replies. I didnt have to do this with the 628A, so I just expected it to work on the 18f2520 (which is 32k code not 16k..oops). I have been reading the datasheet for a week now and it has info on ADCON, ANSEL, CMCON, etc, but not how and where to use it. Nothing in the Picbasic help about it either.

    So to change these registers, I need to identify them and add them to the top of my pic basic code like TRIS? Can I do this with any register I want to alter? Or is there only a few that Picbasic recognizes?

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