Hal Murray wrote: >> Right, this is essentially what my (and any other) PIC divider does. >> Simple, isn't it? > >> And those 8-pin PICs are too cute to pass up. > > Yup. I saw the light when I was trying to work out a 1/2 second delay with > something like a 555. I couldn't quite get what I wanted. Simple in > software. Saves board space too.
They can be fun for making an adjustable 555 replacement too. Take one of the ADC's and connect it to a voltage divider, and play away! > > > DigiKey sells the PICKit 2 for $35. I haven't used it. It's USB powered. > Looks like it may have a small board for programming so you can program chips > if you include a socket on your board. Another approach is to include a > programming header on your board. > > The older version (PICKIt 1?) had an 8/14 pin socket and could program a few > of the low cost chips. They were the PIC16F630/676 and PCI12F629/675. The > 630/676 have 14 pins. The 629/675 have 8 pins. One of each pair had a 10 > bit A/D. > > I don't think any of those chips has a serial port. You would have to do > (heroic) bit-banging if you needed that. If you get the CCS C compiler, it has a library function that will allow you to program a serial port onto any pin. Works nicely. It's a great compiler, by the way. Costs a bit over $100 these days. It is available for both 'doze, and linux. -Chuck Harris _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
