Hi At least with the newer versions ( the X stuff), they really seem to want to see the PIC Kit 3.
Bob On May 25, 2013, at 10:20 PM, Herbert Poetzl <herb...@13thfloor.at> wrote: > On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 10:04:59PM -0400, Bob Camp wrote: >> Hi > >> If you are putting money into a Microchip programmer, I'd >> probably head over to the PIC Kit 3 rather than the 2. It will >> do debug as well as programming on the range of parts. > > Unfortunately the command line support is missing in the > PICkit 3, although there was/is an efford to make the 'new' > PICkit 3 compatible with the PICkit 2. > (as usualy, marketing decisions ... :) > > And the PICkit 2 can do all the debugging the PICkit 3 > does plus it can work as UART and Logic Analyzer as well. > >> Having breakpoints and debug is a *good* thing. > > Depends, using breakpoints and/or debug on time critical > stuff (like software PWM or UART) usually results in > unexpected results, more often it is simpler to add one > or more LEDs to display a state or do 'printf' style > debugging via serial (UART/I2C/SPI). > > But as always, YMMV. > > best, > Herbert > >> Bob > >> On May 25, 2013, at 9:44 PM, Herbert Poetzl <herb...@13thfloor.at> wrote: > >>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 08:46:03AM -0500, Jason Rabel wrote: >>>> I've decided I finally want to tackle learning how to use a PIC >>>> chip for some smaller projects. Can someone recommend me a good >>>> (and cheap) PIC, and possible some literature (be it a book or >>>> website)? I have a fairly recent willem eprom programmer that >>>> I'm hoping I can use. > >>> Microchip has good product selection tools like this one: >>> http://www.microchip.com/maps/microcontroller.aspx >>> (note the plus signs on the right side of each section) > >>>> I don't know what all the features PICs have, but for my first >>>> project I would like to have it connected to a serial port on >>>> one of my Soekris' where it can grab info (i.e. the current >>>> time, or NTP/GPS info) and output that on a little LED display. > >>> Depending on the type of LED display you have in mind, you >>> want to have PWM capabilities (multiplexing) and high >>> current source/sink, as well as an (E)U(S)ART for the serial >>> communication. > >>> A four digit LED display can be easily controlled by a >>> PIC16F1503 (price about 0.8 USD, 14 pins) and the required >>> documents are available on the Microchip site: >>> http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en553475 > >>> You can do the UART part in software for low data rates >>> or simply take the PIC16F1508/9 which already includes >>> an EUSART (price about 1.3 USD, 20 pins) > >>> One programmer for many PIC chips (8 bit to 32 bit) is >>> the PICkit2 which can be bought for less than 30 USD >>> (via usb, works fine on Linux and MacOS as well) > >>> HTH, >>> Herbert > >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> and follow the instructions there. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. > >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
