Post by thread:[PIC]: PIC "show cases" ?

Hi. I am looking for a couple of "show cases" where a PIC was used in a fun and simple way. Two that comes to mind are Rob Hamerling's "Christmas Candles 2002" project and Herbert Graf's "CarMon" project (maybe not "entry level", but nice anyway...). Any other simple projects that comes to mind ? It's nice if there is some web page with a few images of the finished project that I could print on a OH film. Note, I'm not going to "use" the project as such, just show them as PIC examples. I'm going to talk for 12-20 min in a second grade technical school class, and try to get a couple of them to run a PIC-based project. The project will at the same time be an evaluation of using PICs (or rather microcontrolers in general) on this level. So the emphazis is on *what* you can do, not *how* you do it. None or just a few technical details. Nice/fun images are better then techincal details. Any ideas ? Best Regards ! Jan-Erik. Jan-Erik Svderholm S:t Anna Data tel : +46 121 42161 mob : +46 70 5241690 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: {Quote hidden}> Hi. > I am looking for a couple of "show cases" where a PIC was used in > a fun and simple way. Two that comes to mind are Rob Hamerling's > "Christmas Candles 2002" project and Herbert Graf's "CarMon" project > (maybe not "entry level", but nice anyway...). > > Any other simple projects that comes to mind ? It's nice if there is some > web page with a few images of the finished project that I could print > on a OH film. Note, I'm not going to "use" the project as such, just show > them as PIC examples. > > I'm going to talk for 12-20 min in a second grade technical school class, > and try to get a couple of them to run a PIC-based project. The project > will at the same time be an evaluation of using PICs (or rather > microcontrolers in general) on this level. > > So the emphazis is on *what* you can do, not *how* you > do it. None or just a few technical details. Nice/fun images > are better then techincal details. > > Any ideas ? > Best Regards ! > Jan-Erik. > http://xcprod.com/titan/XCSB/LED_MUX_MOVIES/face-001.mpg Some other movies in the same directory Technical details at http://xcprod.com/titan/XCSB/CONTRIB/ under heading "8x8 Multiplexed LED Array" Regards Sergio Masci http://www.xcprod.com/titan/XCSB - optimising structured PIC BASIC compiler -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

From: Jan-Erik Soderholm [spam_OUTjan-erik.soderholmTakeThisOuTTELIA.COM] > >Hi. >I am looking for a couple of "show cases" where a PIC was used >in a fun and simple way. Two that comes to mind are Rob >Hamerling's "Christmas Candles 2002" project and Herbert >Graf's "CarMon" project (maybe not "entry level", but nice anyway...). What about the ever popular Bob Blick propeller clock? Regards Mike ======================================================================= This e-mail is intended for the person it is addressed to only. The information contained in it may be confidential and/or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you must not make any use of this information, or copy or show it to any person. Please contact us immediately to tell us that you have received this e-mail, and return the original to us. Any use, forwarding, printing or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. No part of this message can be considered a request for goods or services. ======================================================================= Any questions about Bookham's E-Mail service should be directed to .....postmasterKILLspam@spam@bookham.com. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: > I am looking for a couple of "show cases" where a PIC was used in > a fun and simple way. Two that comes to mind are Rob Hamerling's > "Christmas Candles 2002" project and Herbert Graf's "CarMon" project > (maybe not "entry level", but nice anyway...). My HAL project at http://www.embedinc.com/pic/hal.htm might be the type of project you are looking for. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

> I am looking for a couple of "show cases" where a PIC was used in > a fun and simple way. You did check the list of stupid PIC tricks? Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: http://www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Wouter van Ooijen wrote : > You did check the list of stupid PIC tricks? I entered "stupid PIC tricks" in Google and got 55 hits. Mostly different pages as far as I can see. Was in any particular page you thought about ? Jan-Erik. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

>Wouter van Ooijen wrote : > > You did check the list of stupid PIC tricks? >From: Jan-Erik Soderholm [jan-erik.soderholmKILLspamTELIA.COM] > >I entered "stupid PIC tricks" in Google and got 55 >hits. Mostly different pages as far as I can see. > >Was in any particular page you thought about ? http://www.idcomm.com/personal/ottosen/Spts.txt ======================================================================= This e-mail is intended for the person it is addressed to only. The information contained in it may be confidential and/or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you must not make any use of this information, or copy or show it to any person. Please contact us immediately to tell us that you have received this e-mail, and return the original to us. Any use, forwarding, printing or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. No part of this message can be considered a request for goods or services. ======================================================================= Any questions about Bookham's E-Mail service should be directed to .....postmasterKILLspam.....bookham.com. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

How about a self-balancing robot: http://www.tedlarson.com/robots/balancingbot.htm There are many pictures and videos at that link you can feel free to use. All the balancing on the larger robot is done using a PIC18F452, and on the smaller one it is a PIC18F252. Enjoy! - Ted {Original Message removed}

Michael Rigby-Jones wrote : > http://www.idcomm.com/personal/ottosen/Spts.txt Thanks ! Nice list and fun to read, but not much to show using a OH projector in front of 15 (bored) teenagers... :-) But, as I said, thanks for the pointer ! Jan-Erik. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

>> http://www.idcomm.com/personal/ottosen/Spts.txt > >Thanks ! >Nice list and fun to read, but not much to show using a >OH projector in front of 15 (bored) teenagers... :-) > >But, as I said, thanks for the pointer ! But having scanned down it reminded me of the pong game built on a PIC. http://dt.prohosting.com/pic/pong.html or http://www.rickard.gunee.com/projects/ for a different series of PIC based games. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Ted Larson wrote : > How about a self-balancing robot: > http://www.tedlarson.com/robots/balancingbot.htm Hey ! Now we are talking ! This is definitly something I could use. Thanks ! Jan-Erik. PS. "http://www.tedlarson.com", well that's what I call a "personal website" ! :-) {Quote hidden}> > There are many pictures and videos at that link you can feel > free to use. > All the balancing on the larger robot is done using a > PIC18F452, and on the > smaller one it is a PIC18F252. > > Enjoy! > > - Ted > > > {Original Message removed}

Sheet 11 of my presentation :) http://www.idcomm.com/personal/ottosen/Spts.txt > I entered "stupid PIC tricks" in Google and got 55 > hits. Mostly different pages as far as I can see. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Ted: Truly great ! ! That is one cute robot ! Now I'm sorry I didn't keep up with my robot efforts all those many years ago. Keep up the good work. Roy J. Gromlich {Quote hidden}> How about a self-balancing robot: > http://www.tedlarson.com/robots/balancingbot.htm > > There are many pictures and videos at that link you can feel free to use. > All the balancing on the larger robot is done using a PIC18F452, and on the > smaller one it is a PIC18F252. > > Enjoy! > > - Ted > > > {Original Message removed}

Hmmm... my reply went missing. I'll try again... --- Original Message --- >From: Jan-Erik Soderholm <EraseMEjan-erik.soderholmspam_OUTTakeThisOuTtelia.com> >Date: 2/12/04 7:31:04 AM > >I am looking for a couple of "show cases" where a PIC was >used in a fun and simple way. Two that comes to mind are >Rob Hamerling's "Christmas Candles 2002" project and >Herbert Graf's "CarMon" project (maybe not "entry level", >but nice anyway...). > >Any other simple projects that comes to mind ? It's nice if >there is some web page with a few images of the finished >project that I could print on a OH film. Note, I'm not >going to "use" the project as such, just show them as PIC >examples. How about Rickard Gunee's video games, PONG and TETRIS? (http://www.rickard.gunee.com/projects/) If you don't mind the chip being an SX instead of a PIC, you can even show them a color videogame. Bill -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

> >I am looking for a couple of "show cases" where a PIC was > >used in a fun and simple way. Two that comes to mind are > >Rob Hamerling's "Christmas Candles 2002" project and > >Herbert Graf's "CarMon" project (maybe not "entry level", > >but nice anyway...). You could check the PICLIST archives for "propeller clock". -- D. Jay Newman ! jayspam_OUTsprucegrove.com ! Xander: Giles, don't make cave-slayer unhappy. http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

At 05:31 AM 2/12/2004, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: >Hi. >I am looking for a couple of "show cases" where a PIC was used in >a fun and simple way. Two that comes to mind are Rob Hamerling's >"Christmas Candles 2002" project and Herbert Graf's "CarMon" project >(maybe not "entry level", but nice anyway...). Clive Mitchell has some neat projects: <www.emanator.demon.co.uk/bigclive/rgb.htm> <www.emanator.demon.co.uk/bigclive/bodyfaze.htm> <http://www.emanator.demon.co.uk/bigclive/gallery3.htm> dwayne -- Dwayne Reid <@spam@dwaynerKILLspamplanet.eon.net> Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 20 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2004) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.