PIC Kit 2 help

[bigfarmerdave]

I bout a PIC Kit 2 that came with a PIC16F690 micro controller. I'm a newbie to the PICs so please show a little mercy. I'm trying to follow an online tutorial in which the following code is to be used with the Swordfish environment.

DEVICE = 16F877 ' Specify What PIC your using
XTAL = 4 ' The Crystal/Osc Frequency

ALL_DIGITAL = True ' Make all pins digital

Symbol LED_1 = PortA.0 ' Define a symbol in the program

TRISA.0 = 0 ' Make PORTA.0 an output
PORTA.0 = 0 ' and set it low (0V)

Main:

If LED_1 = 0 then ' Check the status of the LED
LED_1 = 1 ' and toggle it
Else
LED_1 = 0
Endif

DelaymS 1000 ' Delay for 1 second

Goto Main ' Loop forever

The problem is that I am using a PIC16F690 and when I type that in instead of what he used and try to compile it, I get the following error "unable to open system file" and I don't know where to go from here. I really don't care to follow any code that is written in assembly but would rather learn a flavor of basic if possible. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[nickelflippr]

Since Swordfish is for the 18f devices you will have to slide to another compiler for the 16f's. Plenty of compiler lists, links to be searched out.

 

[blueroomelectronics]

Swordfish is an awesome BASIC & IDE, but it's only for 18F PICs.

 

[AllVol]

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

The others have pointed out your problem. You might consider downloading the free demo version of PicBasicPro. It is straight-forward Basic, and has plenty of support, samples and an extensive on-line instruction manual.

You are size limited with the demo version, but you can create many programs before ever reaching the limit.

Edit: I might add that you can use it with the MPlab materials that came with your PICkit2, so there is no need for anything else to get programming.