Originally Posted by
rmteo
Here is a low cost simulator (available for PIC16 and PIC18) that is fun to use:
http://www.oshonsoft.com/pic.html
It has a decent range of hardware peripherals, is low cost and the BASIC compiler is very similar to PBP. You can try it for free (with no limitations) for 30 days.
Downloaded that and have been trying out seems pretty complete. I have run a couple of their examples just to watch the ports and registers in action. It has helped get my head around the chips.
Thanks Copy'nPatse
So far I have been able to run most ME stuff on the EP5, that is until I tried the first LCD example. SO far I have not been able to get either board to display a thing.
Code:
'****************************************************************
'* Name : Hello.BAS *
'* Author : Ted Crafton *
'* Notice : Copyright (c) 2008 PROGRAM SPECS *
'* : All Rights Reserved *
'* Date : 6/10/2008 *
'* Version : 1.0 *
'* Notes : *
'* : *
'****************************************************************
CLEAR
DEFINE LCD_DREG PORTD
DEFINE LCD_RSREG PORTE
DEFINE LCD_RSBIT 0
DEFINE LCD_EREG PORTE
DEFINE LCD_EBIT 1
DEFINE LCD_RWREG PORTE
DEFINE LCD_RWBIT 2
DEFINE LCD_BITS 8
DEFINE LCD_LINES 2
DEFINE LCD_COMMANDUS 2000
DEFINE LCD_DATAUS 20
TRISD=%00000000
TRISE=%00000000
ADCON1=%00000111
LOOP:
LCDOUT $FE,1
PAUSE 250
LCDOUT "HELLO"
LCDOUT $FE,$C0
LCDOUT "WORLD"
PAUSE 250
GOTO LOOP
END
This is the LAB-X1 code, then I got distracted by the missing backlite resistor. Turns out the LCD does not have a backlite. Then the real world(work) came crashing in, so I haven't dug any further and not willing to say uncle yet. I'll dig in it tommorrow.
If I didn't want opinions I wouldn't have joined a forum, so bring them on. The skin is thick and the ego was buried years ago. If you don't break it, you ain't trying hard enough.
I grabbed a copy PIC Sim
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