King-Pago
Newbie level 3
Hi,
I'm completely new to microcontrollers(3rd year, electrial engineering) and I've been given a practical that I am meant to demonstrate in the labs late March.I've tried to attach the contents of it with this post (I hope anyone interested can access it).
Since this device is utterly new to me, I'm trying to see if I can break this prac. into several parts. Figure out how to do a portion of it, hardcode it, build it on a small scale (even if it is utterly unrelated to what is required - I just need to grasp the technique required for me to do that part in the prac).
What I'm currently struggling and trying to figure out how to establish a communication between the PC and my PIC only, and how to define specifically strings in the source code of the MPLAB software and have them appear on the PC. None of the other stuff.We're using PIC18F45K20. From the little that I've grasped from the reams of data on the internet(which I can't put to a coherent structure), I can use a USB-serial port cable between my breadboard and the PC, and hyperterminal software.
my questions are these (note; we're using assembly language for programming, not C, i realise you can use C)
1. what is the process for having strings stored in the PIC ( can anyone please refer to any text that uses assembly language for this task)
2. can any one please refer me to any text or site that would explain this step
by step and explain their procedures, because most of the data I've come across seems to be for people already knowledgeable in this.
I would really appreciate your help...and thanx in advance.
I'm completely new to microcontrollers(3rd year, electrial engineering) and I've been given a practical that I am meant to demonstrate in the labs late March.I've tried to attach the contents of it with this post (I hope anyone interested can access it).
Since this device is utterly new to me, I'm trying to see if I can break this prac. into several parts. Figure out how to do a portion of it, hardcode it, build it on a small scale (even if it is utterly unrelated to what is required - I just need to grasp the technique required for me to do that part in the prac).
What I'm currently struggling and trying to figure out how to establish a communication between the PC and my PIC only, and how to define specifically strings in the source code of the MPLAB software and have them appear on the PC. None of the other stuff.We're using PIC18F45K20. From the little that I've grasped from the reams of data on the internet(which I can't put to a coherent structure), I can use a USB-serial port cable between my breadboard and the PC, and hyperterminal software.
my questions are these (note; we're using assembly language for programming, not C, i realise you can use C)
1. what is the process for having strings stored in the PIC ( can anyone please refer to any text that uses assembly language for this task)
2. can any one please refer me to any text or site that would explain this step
by step and explain their procedures, because most of the data I've come across seems to be for people already knowledgeable in this.
I would really appreciate your help...and thanx in advance.
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