"hello world" with 18f6680

[skimask]

just wondering if doing it this way decreases code size too, or if it just makes for less typing??? im working on writing some code for this project (if i can ever get the board to work) and i know it would make the code smaller to look at if i did it as above, but i think it would be harder to write since i have labeled all my ports for what they do, so when i write it, i use those "labels"....

Nope, it's just a 'me-ism' thing.
I like to get as much code on a screen as I can. I hate scrolling up and down and if I've got a longer routine, I can bunch it all up in one page. It's my STYLE, if you can call it that.
Some people hate it, I mean really HATE it...too bad, so sad, don't care. If a guy has half a brain, they'd know how to use the 'replace' shortcut in WORD to put a single command on each line, and if not that, they'd at least know how to split it up. For instance, my latest project is about 1700 lines of the bunched up code, fills an 18F4620...no extra line breaks, no extra spaces, no nothing, etc. If I was to spread that out, make it "right", I estimate it would take up about 8500 lines. Forget that noise. Most of the time, my 2nd monitor is turned 90 right and Windows adjusted accordingly, like it's in 'Portrait' mode instead of the normal landscape...oh and it's 1600x1200, so that really packs it in there.
What's a guy expect for FREE help?

But like Joe said, it's all personal preference. Get your own method, stick with it, it's all good...

[Pic_User]

skimask’s method is perfect for his style of programming.

as Joe said: “people, who know the subject material very well”

But if anyone wants the forum to help with their code (skimask never needs help), I wouldn’t advise posting your “problem code” in this style.

-Adam-

[skimask]

(skimask never needs help)
-Adam-

'taint so!
I think the main difference is in the use of the 'Search' function here and at Google, or wherever...I'd be willing to bet I spend more time researching HOW to do stuff vs. actually doing it.
And this weekend, I could sure use some help doing some sanding, and in fact, I might even need help cleaning out all of those left over full cans of preferred beverages from the 'fridge in the basement...

[dragons_fire]

And this weekend, I could sure use some help doing some sanding

i would come give you a hand, but "unfortunately" i dont have a passport!!! and i have to wait for Puralator to deliver more parts!!!

[skimask]

i would come give you a hand, but "unfortunately" i dont have a passport!!! and i have to wait for Puralator to deliver more parts!!!

Passports? I thought all we needed was photo Gov't ID. I'd better do some checking. I've got a trip planned for this summer...here, thru the Black Hills/Rapid City, over to Yellowstone/Grand Tetons, up to Glacier (both U.S. and Canada versions), thru Banff and Jasper, up to Denali in Alaska, and back, sidestepping thru Yellowknife and back down.

[dragons_fire]

sounds like a good trip... i think to fly we need a passport now, but to drive you just need two pieces of government id..

so i noticed a while ago that i had shorted one OSC pin to 5v, would that have blown the OSC part of the chip???

[skimask]

sounds like a good trip... i think to fly we need a passport now, but to drive you just need two pieces of government id..

It's all a bit confusing... To get into Canada, I need one thing, to get back into the U.S., I need other things. Gotta do more looking.

so i noticed a while ago that i had shorted one OSC pin to 5v, would that have blown the OSC part of the chip???

I wouldn't think so, but...you know how far that goes...
In external modes with crystals, the crystal/resonator is driving a differential amp inside the PIC (variable gain set by the CONFIG registers). I suppose if you had OSC1 driven to +5v and OSC2 driven to ground, you might blow it out (maximum differential = maximum output). Not really sure about that theory though, and surely not about to try it out.

[Archangel]

i would come give you a hand, but "unfortunately" i dont have a passport!!! and i have to wait for Puralator to deliver more parts!!!

That only matters if you come from the north!

[mackrackit]

That only matters if you come from the north!

Sad but true

[dragons_fire]

That only matters if you come from the north!

Really?? so when we are told that the USA is changing it to the same regulations canada has when you guys try to come up here, its not really true???


so i got the board working, and it all seems ok, except for my LCD. the LCd im using is a 24-pin DIP. one pin is common, and the rest are linked directly to one segment. i can get it to work somewhat, but sometimes certain segments dont dissapear when they are supposed to, and others dont always appear when they should.. i think maybe its cause the traces are so close together, and i cant clean all the flux off...

[mackrackit]

Really?? so when we are told that the USA is changing it to the same regulations canada has when you guys try to come up here, its not really true???

I took it that Joe meant coming into the US from the south. Regulations do not seem to matter here for that. Illegal boarder crossing seems to be encouraged.

[skimask]

Really?? so when we are told that the USA is changing it to the same regulations canada has when you guys try to come up here, its not really true???

I got a friend who works the border just north of Antler, ND. (southwest of Regina by quite a bit). I'm going to ask him this weekend.

so i got the board working, and it all seems ok, except for my LCD. the LCd im using is a 24-pin DIP. one pin is common, and the rest are linked directly to one segment. i can get it to work somewhat, but sometimes certain segments dont dissapear when they are supposed to, and others dont always appear when they should.. i think maybe its cause the traces are so close together, and i cant clean all the flux off...

Flux - rubbing alcohol (standard grocery store stuff) and cotten swabs and/or those acid brushes (or just a small stiff paint brush) work wonders. Overnight soaking doesn't help, re-heating the flux with an iron doesn't work. Just good ol' elbow grease.

What kind of LCD do you have that has 24 pins? Is this one of those 7-segment types?
You should look into the whole Nokia-knock-off LCDs (check www.sparkfun.com). Easy to control, 6 lines from the PIC, 130x130 pixels, and in color. I'm having a blast with mine.