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[zachtheterrible]

You may remember a while ago I was having trouble with the p16pro40 programmer and winpicprog. well I finally figured out what i was doing wrong- well it wasn't really me, my parallel cable was shot and only some of the pins on it were working :lol:

I have absolutely no idea where to begin! So I believe a couple questions are in order:
1. Is there anything I should know about programming before I start using Nigel's tutorials? Or will I figure out commands as I go along?

2. Nigel, I tried your first tutorial and got as far as typing in the code in the "source code" tab on winpicprog, then I couldn't figure out how to load the program to the PIC; how do I do that? :lol:

3. In Jay. Slovak's sticky, he said that a newbie should learn assembly language before anything else. Are Nigel's tutorials in assembly language?

Please forgive my complete ignorance. I don't know squat about this stuff :lol:

 

[akg]

1. Is there anything I should know about programming before I start using Nigel's tutorials? Or will I figure out commands as I go along?

Yes.. you should read(understand) the corresponding manual of the micro and the interfaces.
better u should know the assembly instructions before u start.

3. In Jay. Slovak's sticky, he said that a newbie should learn assembly language before anything else. Are Nigel's tutorials in assembly language?

Yes.

 

[zachtheterrible]

I thought those tutorials were way over my head to just begin with :lol:
I'll search google if you don't know of any, but are there any good places on the net to learn assembly language? I'd search right now, but I gotta go to bed :lol:

Thanks :lol:

 

[akg]

I thought those tutorials were way over my head to just begin with :lol:
I'll search google if you don't know of any, but are there any good places on the net to learn assembly language? I'd search right now, but I gotta go to bed :lol:

Thanks :lol:

try writing a "hello world" program in electronics aka blinking an LED .. that will give u initial thrust .

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

You may remember a while ago I was having trouble with the p16pro40 programmer and winpicprog. well I finally figured out what i was doing wrong- well it wasn't really me, my parallel cable was shot and only some of the pins on it were working :lol:

I have absolutely no idea where to begin! So I believe a couple questions are in order:
1. Is there anything I should know about programming before I start using Nigel's tutorials? Or will I figure out commands as I go along?

Print the datasheet out and have it to hand!.

2. Nigel, I tried your first tutorial and got as far as typing in the code in the "source code" tab on winpicprog, then I couldn't figure out how to load the program to the PIC; how do I do that? :lol:

You require MPASM or MPLAB to assemble the program, the 'Source' window in WinPicProg is only for displaying a disassembled HEX file.

3. In Jay. Slovak's sticky, he said that a newbie should learn assembly language before anything else. Are Nigel's tutorials in assembly language?

Yes they are.

Please forgive my complete ignorance. I don't know squat about this stuff :lol:

 

[Pommie]

As well as Nigel's tutorial, I would also recommend **broken link removed**.

Good Luck.


Mike.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

As well as Nigel's tutorial, I would also recommend **broken link removed**.

So would I, and I believe it's mentioned in the sticky?.

 

[zachtheterrible]

Thanks for that book but the page won't load :lol:

Good idea Nigel, I'll print that out probably at a printshop or somethin, better than bankrupting the ink on my printer :lol:

Things are becoming much more clear

 

[Pommie]

The page was down earlier but it's working again now.

Mike.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Thanks for that book but the page won't load :lol:

Good idea Nigel, I'll print that out probably at a printshop or somethin, better than bankrupting the ink on my printer :lol:

Just save it to your hard drive, and view it from there!.

 

[eblc1388]

Just save it to your hard drive, and view it from there!.

Save the whole on-line book to harddisk???

On that website, the book is priced at only $10 on its cover, probably cheaper than asking your printer to print it out.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Just save it to your hard drive, and view it from there!.

Save the whole on-line book to harddisk???

Why not?, it doesn't take much space - and hard drive space is incredibly cheap these days - or if you like, write it to a CD, you will have plenty of space left to write many more books to it as well.

 

[eblc1388]

Why not?, it doesn't take much space - and hard drive space is incredibly cheap these days - or if you like, write it to a CD, you will have plenty of space left to write many more books to it as well.

The contents published in the book "PIC microcontrollers" is subject to copyright and it must not be reproduced in any form without an explicit written permission released from the editorial of mikroElektronika.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

It's not as bad as printing it out :lol:

Would saving to hard drive count as 'reproducing'? - essentially it's no different to IE caching it on your drive?.

 

[theinfamousbob]

Just save it to your hard drive, and view it from there!.

And use a second monitor to display it. :lol:

 

[zachtheterrible]

Print the datasheet out and have it to hand!.

Nigel, you contradict yourself! you said to print it out, and then later you said to save it.
I already have the datassheet on my computer.

Aw cool, that book looks like it has everything I'll need to get started, thanks! :lol:

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Print the datasheet out and have it to hand!.

Nigel, you contradict yourself! you said to print it out, and then later you said to save it.
I already have the datassheet on my computer.

No, I said 'print the datasheet' and 'save the book'.

Aw cool, that book looks like it has everything I'll need to get started, thanks! :lol:

Yes, it's a very useful starting point - but ignore the chip it uses, and use a more modern one instead!.

 

[eblc1388]

Have a nice chat with the Microchip dealership in your area.

An user reported in this forum a while ago that he phoned Microchip and in return they sent him a printed "PICmicro Mid-Range MCU Family Reference Manual" which cover the "16Fxxxx" family PICs for free.

pic datasheet hardcopy