pls replay...I am new to microcontrollers

[John_Newbie]

gcbasic program

Hello everyone,
I recently joined this board to see if I could get some assistance on a project that I am working on, which coincidently happens to involve some thing that I am also new to pic microcontrollers (PIC16F84). I have been reading through some of the links and suggestion posted on some boards and some books, and I think I have been able to decipher the process of going from a program on a computer to a pic (see below)
Program---->Compiler for Microcontroller(Picbasic)---->Microcontroller programer(ICprog)---->Hex file------>pic16f84
My question is, obviously Picbasic isn't free, but gcbasic is. So would it be possible to use gcbasic instead of picbasic? And if it is, could you PLEASE provide me with some Specific step by step process for using gcbasic. Because for the life of me, I just can't seem to get it to work. Thank you

 

[bjhotmail]

gcbasic examples

The easiest way is to buy a PICKIT2 from Microchip and use their MPLAB program. After programming and compiling simply download to your device. You can also use the hex file and download to your device using ICprog and a JDM programmer. Good luck!

 

[dehati]

If you want to use an MSP430 microcontroller, here is a very good tutorial


http://referencedesigner.com/tutorials/msp430/msp430_01.php

 

[hugo]

Hello everyone,
I recently joined this board to see if I could get some assistance on a project that I am working on, which coincidently happens to involve some thing that I am also new to pic microcontrollers (PIC16F84). I have been reading through some of the links and suggestion posted on some boards and some books, and I think I have been able to decipher the process of going from a program on a computer to a pic (see below)
Program---->Compiler for Microcontroller(Picbasic)---->Microcontroller programer(ICprog)---->Hex file------>pic16f84
My question is, obviously Picbasic isn't free, but gcbasic is. So would it be possible to use gcbasic instead of picbasic? And if it is, could you PLEASE provide me with some Specific step by step process for using gcbasic. Because for the life of me, I just can't seem to get it to work. Thank you

Go ahead and download this pic basic compiler from MIKROELEKTRONIKA :

https://www.mikroe.com/en/compilers/mikrobasic/pro/pic/

it comes with lots of examples ...

Note: in Demo version, hex output is limited to 2k of program words.