Post by thread:My first project

part 0 611 bytes content-type:application/octet-stream; (decoded 7bit) I'm new to the pic world. I'm attaching to you my first project. The project is: a counter from 0 to 99 with two 7 segments, the counter will increment every time the push button is pressed. My question: Is this the right way to write the program, or there is another way. I want to know if I'm on right way with pic. Michael Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="pushb.asm" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pushb.asm" Attachment converted: creation:pushb.asm (????/----) (0001641F)

Yeah, your well on the way, but to make life easier for the future document your code well. When I write a proggy i lay out my routines first like comments eg: ;**************************** ;*****init pic chip********** ;**************************** ;**************************** ;*****main routine*********** ;**************************** ; set up all the shite ; scan this and that ; do this ; do that ; loop back end then i fill in the rest eg: ;**************************** ;*****init pic chip********** ;**************************** ;**************************** ;*****main routine*********** ;**************************** call setupshite ; set up all the shite call scannerstuff ; scan this and that call thatroutine ; do this ; do that ; loop back ;**************************** ;*******setupshite*********** ;**************************** return ;**************************** ;*******scannerstuff********* ;**************************** return ; etc end. If you break up your program like this doing comments before you actually write the code it is a shit load easier to do the code, and you don't have to document it afterwards, cause you've already done it. Then, if you have any bugs afterwards it is easy to sort. Its just like taking some notes on paper before hand. Saves loads of time, makes it easy to read by others, makes it easier to check afterwards, and makes it neat and understandable. {Original Message removed}

Hi guys, I've just recently managed to get my first PIC project up and running, yay! It's nothing too complex, just a bunch of LEDs (19 of them) arranged in a star formation (1 in the center and then 3 going out to each of 6 points of the star). A single push button allows the user to cycle through four different sequence patterns. It seems to work ok, but no doubt there are plenty of improvements I could make both to the hardware design and to the code. If anyone would like to take a look at the code and/or schematic I'd be more than grateful to receive any feedback... I've put them up at: http://www.mattmarsh.net/tmp/pic/ledstar.asm http://www.mattmarsh.net/tmp/pic/led-star.png I've had great fun playing around with electronics and getting this thing up and running... now onto project number two! Matt -- Matt N. Marsh Email: spam_OUTmattTakeThisOuTmattmarsh.net Yahoo: marshmn Web: http://www.mattmarsh.net/ Jabber: .....mattmarshKILLspam@spam@jabber.org MSN: mattKILLspammattmarsh.net ICQ: 250467363 AIM: MattMarshUK -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.