Thursday, October 7, 2010

These are going to be among my favorite PICks

›
Product brochure for the PIC 12F/16F18xx . Problem with these chips is that there's hardly any C compiler for them. As far as I know Mic...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

Hi-Tech C vs mikroC Pro

›
Just out of curiosity I compiled a small sample program on Hi-Tech C for PIC18 v9.63L3 and mikroC Pro v4.10 freeware version. Target MCU was...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The PIC16F1827: an inexpensive, fully loaded MCU

›
I'm excited about the PIC16F1827 because it's packed with peripherals, has five! timers, has an internal clock with a maximum frequ...
Friday, September 24, 2010

On the blink

›
James Bryant of Analog Devices and his dirty dozen ways for circuits to fail. The PIR circuit I recently installed has been challenging ...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

An important pointer on using mikroC with PIC18s

›
After half a day of trying to get it to work I nearly gave up. Was trying out C pointers using an old version of mikroC on a Microchip PIC1...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Fluke face to face with Kryptonite

›
Australian electronics engineer Dave Jones proves that the Fluke 87V DMM goes haywire in the presence of GSM. Much as I'd like to se...
5 comments:
Sunday, September 12, 2010

Pantry light switch using a PIR module

›
Practically all the dry goods in our kitchen are stored in the pantry and we access this room several times a day. My bugbear has been that ...