Editing Playing With PIC Pack

== Starting Off ==
Pic Pack is an interesting library of PIC C code for BoostC and has an accompanying set of tutorials.  I can be found using the links below.  I have wanted to try it out for a while, here is my experience ( so far )

Author [[russ_hensel]]

I am recording some experiences playing with pic pack.

Page Not currently linked into Open Circuits will do so later, when more complete.

I could not find beginning of blog, best I got was part 13, googling let me find welcome finally got the archive for 08 to open.  This guide will have links in order for each section.

I am using BoostC 6.90 unlimited non-commercial on a pretty much up to date XP system

== First 4 parts ==

[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/1introduction.html 07 April 2008 -- 1. Introduction]

[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/2-microcontrollers.html 07 April 2008 -- 2. Microcontrollers]

[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/3-take-your-pic.html 07 April 2008 -- 3. Take your pic]

[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/4compilers.html 07 April 2008 -- 4. Compilers]

Make sense to me, just read them.

== 5. Your first pic program] ==

[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/5-your-first-pic-program.html 07 April 2008 -- 5. Your first pic program]

Notes from:  Jan 11 2009

* text said: adventures\flasher:   try instead: demos\flasher   think this it was moved.

* no mention of target, i left it at:  16f88  ( target is part of the project, so of course it was right for the text.

* I tried to build, IDE said building... but then nothing?  I am using 6.90

tried compile and got error locating the compiler, so I pointed the IDE to mine. Problem was I do not keep my compiler in the normal location, all users shuld check this setting if the build just seems to hang.

* Then had error finding:  C:\Source\Electronics\MicroController\Pic\PicPack\demoCopy\flasher\flasher.c(7): Unable to open include file: pic_utils.h

This is because I had moved the project, need to keep the relative locations of... demos and ...pic_pack_lib unchanged so I put a copy in the right relative location.

* Now compiles successfully.

but got the warning

 #ifndef GOT_CLOCK
 	#warning "Don't know about your clock. See pic_utils.h"
 #endif	

This seems to be related to lack of definition of PLATFORM_CLOCK == 12000000. Perhaps this is what should be in flasher.c instead of ( or in addition to ) #pragma CLOCK_FREQ 8000000 Or perhaps it is just a warning to be ignored.

* note that 
    /*
   
    */ 

in the code denotes a comment ( and that the contents is ignored by the compiler).

== [http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/6-chip-programming.html 08 April 2008 -- 6. Chip Programming] ==

*I am going to try an 18f2550 so looking up the configurations setting for it. 

I am confused about config1, 2.... and the high and low so how do I read the .h file? Seems that for the 18F2550 we need

 _CONFIG1L,  _CONFIG1H,   _CONFIG2L,   .... 

this seems at least to compile .... but the linker fails with 

 Error: .obj or .lib file wrong target type
 Error: Failed to process:pic_utils.obj

Perhaps i am still missing some sort of config or #define switch.  But no problem fixed by removing all but ._c .c and .h files and recompiling, changing target from 16F to 18F was probably the problem.

Putting in the configuration took me a long time, 16 config locations.  Not sure I have them right, perhaps if I copied a configuration from some bootloader that worked on my chip?

== 08 April 2008 -- 7. Bootloading ==

[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/7-bootloading.html 08 April 2008 -- 7. Bootloading]

* I do not want to use 16f88, I do not have one, I will use either the 18f2550 or if I have to the 16F877 which I have a lot of, and have used a lot.

It is late, good night for now....

== 12 April 2008 -- 8. Serial ports ==

[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/serial-ports.html 12 April 2008 -- 8. Serial ports]

== 14 April 2008 -- 9. It's about time ==



[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/8-its-about-time.html 14 April 2008 -- 9. It's about time]

== 16 April 2008 -- 0. On Display == 

[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/10-on-display.html   16 April 2008 -- 0. On Display]

== 19 April 2008 -- 11. It's hot in here ==

[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/11-its-hot-in-here.html 19 April 2008 -- 11. It's hot in here]

== 19 April 2008 -- 12. Which Pic? == 

[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/which-pic.html 19 April 2008 -- 12. Which Pic?]

== 22 April 2008 -- 13. It's about time == 
[http://embeddedadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/its-about-time.html  22 April 2008 -- 13. It's about time]

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