PIC tools
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Aim of this page
Tools for several kinds of PIC :
- Small ones (12F508, 12F509, 12F510),
- Medium ones (16F84),
- Large ones (16C765, 18F4550).
Software
The simpliest way is to use the free MPLAB X IDE from Microship.
I use now the 3.65 release with, for the C/C++ programs, the XC8 compiler (1.35 release).
To create a project with assembly source file:
- File -> New project -> Microchip Embedded : "Stand alone project" then Next
- Choose your PIC for instance "Advanced 8-bit MCUs (PIC18)" and "PIC18F4550" then Next
- Choose your programmer (or let ICD 3) then Next
- Choose "mpasm (v...)" then Next
- Choose the folder and the name of the project (pfor instance Test01) then Finish
- If the source files are already existing, do a right click on "Source Files" in the project explorer then "Add Exixting Item..." and choose the files
For C source files, it's the same, juste choose "XC8 (v1...)" rather than "mpasm (v...)"
Step by step, the use of an USB bootloader for an 18F4550 (or 18F2550) :
- Installation,
- Test using a Microchip tool,
- My first HID program.
A programmer/in circuit debugger based on an Elektor realisation.
Can program all the PIC I have used (an probably many others...).
A test board for PIC 18F4550 built by a friend.
Can be directly connected to a Labdec Breadboard to realize quick experiments.
Some software libraries for PIC 12F508, 12F509 and 12F510.
Greatly simplify the conception of a new application.
Some test programs for PIC 12F508, 12F509 and 12F510.
To be used to test your system but also as examples for hardware and/or software.
Some test programs for PIC 16F84.
To be used to test your system but also as examples for hardware and/or software.
Some test programs for a PIC 18F2550 and 18F4550.
To be used to test your system but also as examples for hardware and/or software.
A test program of an USB interface, using HID mode, between a PC and a PIC.