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  1. - 11th September 2010, 00:15 #1
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    Hi guys,

    I like the enthusiasm, and it’s a great idea … but …
    You may not want to spend too much time on this project.

    I can’t say from whom or where right now, but there is already a functioning Configurator that will be available fairly soon.
    It covers all the chips, and all the configs, with drop-down boxes and descriptions for each option.

    It creates a file that can be INCLUDEd in the code, and each project can have its own config file, instead of the normal default configs in the .inc files.
    Or like all INCLUDEs, it can be pasted into the main code itself.
    The defaults still have to be commented out, but that may be fixed soon too … maybe.

    Sorry for the late notification, but I've been moving out of state and haven't been on-line for a few weeks.

    Cheers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darrel Taylor View Post
    I like the enthusiasm, and it’s a great idea … but …
    You may not want to spend too much time on this project.
    There you go, bursting our bubble, spoiling our fun. (And I use "our" very loosely)

    I was looking forward to the open source aspect. Just to have the possibility of adding some bells and whistles would be great. There is a lot that this application could do. Some "PicMultiCalc like" functions could be added ... all digital includes, all sorts of possibilities.
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    Leave it to Darrel to be a couple steps ahead of us.
    Time wise I probably would not get much done before Darrel's (??) program comes out. So I will wait some.
    Who know, maybe it will be open for tweaks. Or not have everything we have talked about. If not then.... We fill the gaps.

    What else could we do like this? I like the idea of an open community project.
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    Thanks Darrel!?!?!? -lol really that is good news. I don't know if I understand from the breif description if it does all we want, missing seems to be initial I/O pin setup. But alas, we will have to wait and see.

    As for the community project, that was my 1 big idea. But I am open to any others. another big question for me will be to pay or not to pay, that is the question. Darrel clearly provides us with GREAT code to use as we see fit. So if he IS going to be the author, I would feel compelled to pay some amt for it. Now if he just has a heads up on an update from the PBP folks, well I just bought mine, I would hate to have to give it up for an update this soon.

    Guess we wait. In the meantime, I still get to learn python, and that by itself is awesome for me. I may still persue daves efforts as a realtime puzzle to practice with.
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    Here is another one to practice with
    http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=10381
    It has some problems the way it is written. Pointed out in the thread. I just never got around to fixing it.

    It would be a good stand alone program, command line or GUI, to practice with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mackrackit View Post
    Here is another one to practice with
    http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=10381
    It has some problems the way it is written. Pointed out in the thread. I just never got around to fixing it.

    It would be a good stand alone program, command line or GUI, to practice with.

    Nice - just tested it with the latest version of my thermostat project -



    Very useful app - thanks Dave
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    The *.dev files come with MpLab IDE. I believe the only way to get Mpasm is to download the Mplab IDE. So, everyone that selects Mpasm should have one version or another of Mplab Ide, and the associated files. There are also some other usefull (depending on how complex you want to go) info. This area has pin # information: C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\VDI\XML\PIC16 . Images could be "mapped" to show labels for pins, etc. Images are here: C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\VDI\Images

    I guess it is both good and bad to have it dependent on Microchip. If they end support, then your work needs to be re-worked. However, the updates being dependent on what mpasm has to work with seems like a good idea. You immediately see if the mplab ide version you have does not support your chip, does not require programmer intervention to add chips. But of course there are many ways to do it, all with advantages, and disadvantages.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darrel Taylor View Post
    I can’t say from whom or where right now, but there is already a functioning Configurator that will be available fairly soon.
    The usual suspect is the "who" I suppose.

    Well, when he is involved, job gets done!

    Anxious....

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    Maybe i should have said not to spend time on the CONFIG part, which is what it does, and what I saw you working on so far.

    I don't want to stop all the other stuff you could be working on, because that will be very valuable too.

    I did ask permission before revealing the configurator (because it's not from me), I just hated to see the time being spent here. But if that time were redirected towards setting up all those crazy internal registers, I'm sure it would be extremely usefull and appreciated by everyone.
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    Well it looks like we are back to work..

    Everything but the configs....

    Thanks for the heads up Darrel.
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    I'm not sure we want to exclude the configs, may still be a good starting point. Plus the more intergrated the better. But hey, I'm on board with however we proced. I'm glad we are turned back on.
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    Does anyone know, does MicroCode Studio support third party apps?
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    MicroCode Studio
    Why??
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