PICMe Microcontroller Starter Kit from http://www.asti.dost.gov.ph

[Dandy]

ok to ah... nice to know that there 100% pinoy kits that are available...

may mga wireless kit din sila eh..

PIC development System - highly affordable introductory price at 680 php - kasama na board and then pati iyong LCD  according iyon sa picture saka may nagpa-flash na 680 - PHP?   That's really highly affordable.

Their RF product is based on PTC PT2272, wireless control for car door, door opener, curtain control, Light control, it must be operating in the 315 and/or 415 MHz - parang similar mga kaha iyong gawa China.  Mayroon kaya NTC license ang mga ito?

[Dandy]

PIC development System - highly affordable introductory price at 680 php - kasama na board and then pati iyong LCD  according iyon sa picture saka may nagpa-flash na 680 - PHP?   That's really highly affordable.

Their RF product is based on PTC PT2272, wireless control for car door, door opener, curtain control, Light control, it must be operating in the 315 and/or 415 MHz - parang similar mga kaha iyong gawa China.  Mayroon kaya NTC license ang mga ito?

Sus!  Pasensiya na po.  Mabuti nalang nabasa ko iyong nakasulat sa baba na less emphasis ang pagka print:  - Price covers only the MARIPOSA main board may change without prior notice . The LCD and the HIGAD daughterboard are both optional

Bilib na sana ako eh,  ang liit kasi iyong note ninyo,  iyong post na picture dapat hindi na kasama iyong option sa post na with price,  then mag post ka sana uli ng expandability with the LCD and with HIGAD daughterboard.

Well,  nice work kabayan - Saludo din ako sa inyo.

[fantom_mayonaise]

May nakapag-try na dito nung Mariposa Board ng nipa hut? pa-share po naman ng review / feedback

[ef - el - ay - pee]

ang alam ko ang asti ay may tie-up sa alexan hehehe

[rdpzycho]

'yup meron nga. even 'yung tester nila.

[underprezzure]

Magkano ang FPGA Dev Board?

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[nath630]

May nakapag-try na dito nung Mariposa Board ng nipa hut? pa-share po naman ng review / feedback

 

 

[marcelino]

Mga Bossing bago lang po ako, 1st post ko to. about sa programmer IC-prog suggestion ko. Nga pala bumile ako ng PICME fom alexan may test program pero walang tutorials at mga ibang program blinking LED lang yung kasama. Help naman po kung meron kayo program for input and output para s picme , simple lang sir/mam... I really wany to be a part of this forum since I was in college pero ngayun lang me nagakaron ng pera para makabile ng mga pyesa para s PIC. thanks a lot po.. Hope that you can help me..:p  rj4723

i browsed over the net, wala akong makitang schematic. Makikita na sana dun kung anong pwede mong gawin sa PICME mo.
BTW, pareho bang PICME ang pinag-uusapan natin dito???

wala akong ganyan, pero sa unang tingin ko maari kang mag serial interfacing. may level converter na din naman so pwede mo na yan ikabit sa computer(serial port). But for starters, might as well identify the pins to where those LEDs are connected. You can start with blinking LED then make a patterns, running lights, etc...

[ATE]

Eto yung schematic.. hehe...
Very typical development kit pero OK na rin..

[karombal]

^ based sa schematic sa itaas, pwede bang palitan yung (default) 16f877a na nakakabit tapos lalagyan ko ng ibang (new) 16f877a.. and then use the ICD connections in the circuit to program the new? may bootloader kasi yung default eh (at may sariling software to burn).. so hindi makagamit ng new.. pero sinusubukan ko hehe..

gamit ko pala yung jdm na nasa diylife at winprog kaso hindi madetect ng winpic ung PIC (device unkown daw.. parang wala lang ako kinabit sa jdm ko) na nakakabit while using this asti kit.. tama naman na hindi ko kinabitan yung kit ng supply diba? bale yung power ay nagmumula lang sa serial db9..

[karombal]

addt'l: nakalagay pala sa product description na "The board supports the PIC16F877A, and several PIC18Fx series microcontrollers in the 40-pin DIP package." haha kaso i-w-wedge off mo yung PIC para matanggal, di kasi zif..

[AirWire]

Kung masira ung PIC kailangan sa kanila ka uli bibili?

Kung mababasa mo at masisave yung boatloader code (hoping hindi sya code protected), pwede mo iprogram yun sa bagong PIC, pwede mo na gamitin ung software nila.

[OPTIMUS PRIME]

Isagani kumusta bro...thanks pala sa chips A/D capability pala yun.

Ok na ba si Silver sa manual ng PICME? ng sa ganun ma try natin hehehe.
Si silver include pala nya Proton Basic sa manual ng ma-integrate sa PICME.
Sa MPLAB pede kaya to?diko pa kasi basa manual nito. Sino kaya meron?
 
Pro sana let us support filipino product no piracy lamang.....sana lang po.

[karombal]

wala po bang makasagot ng tanong ko sa itaas ^ ? 

isa ko pang problema: nagprogram po ako gamit ccs c tapos nagburn ako gamit yung kasamang software netong kit.. gumagana naman yung program ko... ayos na ayos kung gamit ko yung kit... pero nung inilipan ko yung PIC sa breadboard ayaw gumana T_T!! hindi sha gumagana... parang ni isang routine sa program hindi niya pinatakbo..

eto naman yung required na connections diba?
mclr naka 4.7kOhm and then to 5V
both vdd naka 5V
both vss naka gnd
os1 at os2 may 20MHz crystal and 22pF on each , then to gnd

[maldihtah13]

wala po bang makasagot ng tanong ko sa itaas ^ ? 

isa ko pang problema: nagprogram po ako gamit ccs c tapos nagburn ako gamit yung kasamang software netong kit.. gumagana naman yung program ko... ayos na ayos kung gamit ko yung kit... pero nung inilipan ko yung PIC sa breadboard ayaw gumana T_T!! hindi sha gumagana... parang ni isang routine sa program hindi niya pinatakbo..

eto naman yung required na connections diba?
mclr naka 4.7kOhm and then to 5V
both vdd naka 5V
both vss naka gnd
os1 at os2 may 20MHz crystal and 22pF on each , then to gnd

It should work. Baka nman nsa circuit mo problema. Try to post the code here.

[SilverSolar]

Hello everyone, bago lang ako dito, so I traced this thread para masundan ko ang usapan.

Nakabili ako ng PICMe last year pero di ko masyadong na appreciate until I used the PDS Lite from Crowhill http://www.picbasic.org/proton_lite.php Libre ito! (Meron din akong 8051 and Zilog Training module ng Alexan at BasicStamp as part of my collection)

Yung naka bundle kasi na software at sample programs ng PICMe sa CD mahirap ma intindihan at gamitin. When I used PDS Lite, swak na swak sa PICMe. Pweding gamitin ang built-in loader ng PDS to program the PICMe or specify the PICDSM loader software that comes with the PICMe package. This MicroCode Loader feature is supported by PDS Lite for PIC16F876, PIC16F877, PIC18F242 and PIC18F252. You will only need 2 pins to program the PIC via the serial port, very simple ang circuit requirement with MAX232 and a few parts as you can see sa schematic ng PICMe.
 
I have my own bias in using the BASIC language kasi madaling maintindihan than C (although I have nothing against using C or assembly). Proton Basic also come with sample programs that you can use with the PIC from turning LED on and off, checking the buttons (micro switches), Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC) with a trimmer pot and the serial port communications (R232). The PICMe loader and debugger software PICDSM can also be used like a HyperTerminal software to 'chat' with the PICMe board. Para ma aliw kayo, ginagamit ko ang PICMe with a GSM modem to automatically receive, process and reply SMS messages as a stand-alone system.

Ang daming features ng PICMe na hindi lang pinapakita. In fareness to ASTI (ka batch ko kasi Director nila), they have done a lot of wonderdfull things to electronics for the country, kulang lang ang marketing. Alexan is manufacturing and selling the products designed by ASTI, kulang naman sa tech support and promotion kaya di maka take-off. Kaya napag-isipan ko tuloy na magsulat ng Student/Hobbyist Guide for PICMe using Proton Basic (PDS Lite) to help everyone be familiar with micro controllers in an easy and affordable way, enjoyable din. I had the permission of Lester Wilson of Crownhilll to use the PDS Lite for my manual, para fair sa lahat at walang piracy. Alexan has also exressed support for this effort. Pweding ring mag seminar/training sa Alexan AST using this manual.

Kaya mga Bro, your inputs of expectations for this manual will be highly appreciated.


 

[marcelino]

^sir solar, yes, madami po talgang capability ang PIC16F877. i don't have a picme. but in my opinion, PIC16F877/A really has an extensive capabilities. perhaps, we should really be get close to the compiler we use. kapag nakabisa mo na yung compiler, madaling mapoprogram na yung PIC. CCP1 and CPP2 modules (capture and PWM), RB0/INT, ADCs with vref, UART, TIMERs, comparator, etc..., ay nandyan lamang sa PIC16F877 at usually, may mga commands na given na din yung mga compilers. we just need to know how to make use of it. Honestly, me myself have not yet been able to maximized those... not just yet. heheheh

_{huh! di pa pala ako nakakagamit ng comparator modules... hehehe}


ayos po yan sir... magaguide yung mga basic programmers. kaya nga siguro ako napakapit sa C gawa ng konti yung publications using basic language. madami pong magagaling ng sutdent/hobbyist, kulang lang po yata ng inputs at resources. Your idea will be of great help for the community.

as for my inputs:
1. initializations / setting up. this also includes the  configurations, etc...
2. LED (hello world program)
3. LED - making patterns
4. seven segment (though part pa to ng #3)
5. ADC (of course, real wold is analog)
6. TIMERs (overflow...)
7. CCP - PWM
8. CCP - capture
9. interrupts.
10. other features of PIC16F877 (since PICme ang gagamitin)
11.  kayo naman... heheh

[SilverSolar]

Sir Marz, Thanks for the inputs.

Although the learning will be based on the PICMe development board, iniisip ko rin na maging applicable din sa ibang micro controllers ang matutunan ng user. The same BASIC program can also be used with other microcontroller than just the 16F877A.

For instance, yung listahan nyo po ng topics Timer, PWM, Capture... Interrupts ay mukhang nakakalula kapag bago ka lang sa micro controllers, ewww. Of course, these are the topics you need to learn about microcontollers like any typical academic text book, works fine for me. Pero mas challenging kung paano e capture ang interest ng student/hobbyist kung paano ma sagot ng microcontroller ang functionality na kinakailangan nya sa isang circuit at ang flexibility ng software to work using the existing hardware to meet its expectations. Generally, we wanted to use the microcontroller as a tool to solve a problem rathern than just learning how the micro controller works.

Isang classic example po ay paggamit ng LED to explain about the ports, on, off, set, clear. Still using the LED, pwede ring e illustrate ang PWM to adjust the brightness. The Timer function can change the speed of the lighting sequence. I also wanted to introduce the element of discovery and exploration for the user to learn para enjoy sya sa learning process. Dahil flash memory ang gamit, one-to-sawa ang possible revision ng program. Naka embed na rin sa test circuit ang programmer kaya mabilis ma execute ang program. The possibilities are endless and can be only limited by the user's imagination. I hope you get the idea.

Sige po, more inputs pa.

[marcelino]

way better sir... application based!!!

tama nga naman po... eh ano ngayon kung marunong na ako magprogram ng ADC capture? e di dapat nga naman gamitin instead of just looking inside. parang "looking outside"!!! heheh

yung na mention ko po about interrupts and yung mga later, sa tingin ko po medyo advance naman talga yun. but i guess those are the key points the can be presented during the learning. or rather  - the learning should be directed towards those key points.

good luck sir... and thank you for doing MORE for others.

[drx2k]

may question po ako tungkol sa PICMe,
pwede po ba gamitin dito ung compiled hex file gamit ang Hi-Tech C?
pwede bang gamitin ang PICMe as a Hex Loader to PIC Microcontroller?
pwede ba i-modify ang PICMe para makapagprogram ng ibang PIC Microcontroller bukod sa PIC877A?