[Robotgroup] PIC bootloader from Microchip

[Paul Atkinson]

Alberto,

I have some 12F683 which are tiny. Not sure the bootloader would fit. I also
have a few samples of dsPic30F20xx. Perhaps we can discuss my options on
Thursday.

Be interesting to see if MPLAB will run under Linux.

Paul

On 6/6/07, Gray Mack <gray_mack at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> If I can get MPLAB to install on linux then I can demo it, otherwise we
> need someone to bring a windows laptop that we can utilize at show & tell.
>
> Most of the real work I think is in learning the pic assembly instructions
> and functionality of chip registers and special features.
>
> What makes Basic Stamps so cool is that the language is higher level and
> there are some really great helper functions that allow you to interface to
> things easily. With PICs you start a little closer to the ground. The good
> news is for PIC18 and PIC30 series the student edition of the C compiler is
> free so if you arent timing critical you can enjoy a higher level language
> but you still need to understand the features like setting up an A/D
> conversion or writing to EEprom or configuring a serial UART or timer. I
> think there are some peripheral libraries to help with that.
> I dont know about other languages like BASIC variants for PICs, there
> might be something affordable.
> Once you get running though, these are smaller hurdles.
>
> One thing to mention, when doing a one up design then it's best to go with
> a higher end micro. A $2 difference in micro's gives you a little more
> memory, timers, speed, etc which could cut days off design time in some
> circumstances.
>
> -Gray
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Paul Atkinson <pmatkinson at gmail.com>
> To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:06:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] PIC bootloader from Microchip
>
>
> Any chance of getting some MPLAB pointers from either Gray or Alberto? I'd
> like to try it, but need some coaching.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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