How to start with microcontrolers
lot
of bs2 programs I
founded
on the internet web I gathered in a zip file 452k. you can
add your programs or delete them
just send an email .take note that most of this pro are for personal
and non profit use and cane be found at authors sites . for
anther use contact the author's |
How to start with microcontrolers is an important
question but by my experience it will always be the bs2
from parallax it is basic language english like instructions
it is well documented with many recourses more then 5 books
from amazon.com
goto stamps in class they get lot of information in fact the biggest
stamp info over the web with lot of books one line
you cane start stamping from 37$ if you bay the wedg from rentron.com it
is a bs2 interpreter
bs2pic ic from parallax the wedg provides an affordable solution for protyping
/learning it cane be connected directly to the breadboard no need a carrier board
if you blow the wedg bs2 ic replace the interpreter ic for as little as 10$
the serial cable is a standard type that is available at the computers store
you cane start stamping in less then10 minuets after you connect the the serial
cable to stamp
bs2 is the best starting point in micros since unlike the
pic (stamp is a pic but interpreted + AN EEPROM ) you have the editor with
mistakes pointing to function
the compiler the debugger the programmer in circuit programming rs232 communication pin
all in one pakeg a 10 years old boy or girl with a little electronics
back ground is capable of working with stamps don't be a chicken!!!!.
after gaining a 3 month experiments it is time to start with propic compiler from melabs
you can program 16f84 pic 3.5$ to work like stamp saving a lot of money propic is
more professional then stamp 4000 instruction a second . while 16f84 pic get TILL 50000 instruction
a second + lcd one instructing word (lcdout "hello") saving 49$ for the sccot edward serial
lcd but the ppc cost $250 for the compiler 50$ for the programmer education board for
140$ but it is a good to try.
you can try my way it is to make your project with bs2
then when evry thing go on as planed you change the bs2 pro to ppc language
it is not very hard just change the pins instructions it is like
pin1 = portb.1 . pin2 = portb.2 so on
and changing a few anther instruction to ppc but watch for the pic blazing
speed you can slow the pic by
adding a few pauses vouala you get a pic project in 1 hour instead
using assembly language that might take a month or even more but that is if
you are pro in assembly language
.you can make the propic run under win from rentron picMate thank to johan cole
it is free I tried it is very easy. they get picbasic project book
by :johan loine $29.95+experimentin with picbasic pro by:les johnson
and chapter 3 is free . they get the incircuit programming for the propic
starting at 39.95$
or you cane try the hukelbery ez pic microcontrolers
for 29$ with incircuit programming +window editor and basic instruction like
the same of the ppc but you need the epic programmers 50$ this is the
the simplest way starting microcontrolers
dont forget peter anderson web site is a must to start stamping
with bs2 home brew and bs2 book on line published free + lot of
kits for bs2 + TUTORIALS and pic
.goto
stamp & pic books at stampic 