EDIT: I have up the beginning parts. I could use some constructive criticism, from beginners and experienced alike. But not on the page design. I dont care how it looks, its about the content. http://members.cox.net/sonjarob/TUTs/uP4Idiots.html Some of you may recall I promised to build a "microcontroller for dummies" tutorial. I have some bad news. I recently had some bug problems and after clearing out the bad things, decided to format my HDD. Bad thing is, I recently installed XP before this and completely forgot that XP doesnt put documents in the normal place. I backed up the wrong documents folder, and say goddbye to 3 weeks worth of work. Im so pissed right now, I havent quite gotten the mind to start from scratch again. Im out of town for the weekend, but come Monday I'll get back on the horse and start anew. This means a few weeks delay. I hope to get it half done and pass it off for review before making it public. Sorry guys.
Re: Microcontroller tutorial. Please tell me it's a AVR tutorial! Not those pic things! (and god plesae don't say it's that stamp junk!!!) Anyways - sorry to hear about the bad news. I'm currently learning how to program AVRs. It's a bit complicated!
Sorry, its a PIC thing. At some point, I plan to move onto Atmel, but its gonna be a little bit. The PIC was chosen for its simplicity and resources.
I am about to do a project for my Alevels using an Amtel IC therefore I will write an article for all you guys out there.
OK, Im getting caught-up. Im using a newer schematic software, and decided to change how I wanted to go about things. Its hard to redo something you already spent weeks doing. Ontop of things, a power surge spent my 256x128 LCD. Ive not had a good week, sigh. One thing thats taking time is that Ive decided to make 2 tutorials, one for microcontrollers, and one for basic electronics. I kept getting bogged down by explaining basic electronics every time the issue came up during the microcontroller tut. So now Im seperating them. Some of the basics are readily available here in the forums, but I wanted to expand them. Im still trying to do the 'dummy' approach, so I have to proff read these things a couple of times to make sure Im using easy enough terms. I keep going back and forth between "OK, theres too much detail Im assuming the reader will know that Ive left out" and "If I explain this any easier and the reader cant get it, then microconrtollers are not for this person". Ive not made enough progress to release anything yet. And I havent converted to HTML either. Im thinking of having someone proof-read these when Im half done to get an opinion on if the tutorial is too simple, not detailed enough, or simply just rattling on. I promise though, something will be available, and Im putting alot of effort into getting something ledgible to you guys as soon as I can.
Great work, all us "wannabe microcontroller programmers" owe you a lot! There seem to be SO MUCH that can be done! Guess it will be exciting to see what the bit-tech community can knock up
I have most of the digital steps done. Ill be converting over to HTML over the next week, but Im not a webpage designer. It will look pretty plain. Because of some of the external wiring considerations, Ive started a basic electronics tutorial also, mostly exlpaining....pretty much everything. Included are the usual voltage currnet stuff, but also explaining BJT and MOS transistors. Ive stopped right around Op-amps. Everything is in Word documents, but all pictures and schematics have been saved to jpg. Before I move onto the special functions and analog portions, I plan to make working html files. I can keep it clean, and Ill experiment with my personal webspace. Only problem is my ISP will allow 30MB storage, and 300MB bandwidth per month. Ill be asking a few people to check it out and give me opinions. Just keeping you posted.
Nice to hear you're getting back on track. Plain HTML = Fast HTML, so no need for apologies, I'm on 56k for now so . Word's HTML export makes big slow files, but there's a shareware program around that will tidy them up, forgot the name but hopefully somebody will know it. "If I explain this any easier and the reader cant get it, then microconrtollers are not for this person" is IMO the approach to take, let feedback sort out the bits where the water's too deep even for ppl with a smattering of knowledge.
After reading this tutorial, I understand microcontrollers a lot better! It's great! Congrats Hazer, and thanks for sharing your knowledge with other people including me /me waits patiently on the next parts and on the basic electronics tutorial
Great tutorials mate! I found some excellent tutorials for the PICs at http://www.winpicprog.co.uk/ along with hardware modules to build and programs to run, worth a look IMHO
I've searched ebay a bit to find those programmers you mentioned (I need one!) and I think I found those you said. They're actually a company that has a site too: http://www.sparkfun.com/shop/index.php?shop=1&cart=12613&cat=3& and here's the ebay-page: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4661&item=2553769839 Are those the ones you were talking about?
Thats exactly what Im using, the PIC-PG2C. With this one, the PGM line is already tied to ground. IC-PROG and other software keep warning you that the JDM original design didnt take into account the 16F87X family PGM line, this programmer has it already. Less hastles.
