At 17:45 31/03/97 +0200, you wrote:

>I am making a gadget, and I would like my Pic 16C84 to play music. One
>possibility would be to let the Pic do all the work and drive a loudspeaker
>directly (I am satisfied with square waves). So my first question is
>
>*** Can I find the necessary programs somewhere?
>
>However while playing music the Pic will also be tied up, making some
>lights flash. So my second question is.
>
>*** Is there a dedicated chip that drives a loudspeaker and that take
>digitally coded notes (MIDI ??). I rather prefer this solution.
>
>Any help will be appreciated.
>
>Michel

If there are going to be human beings watching the lights flash you should
have plenty of time to spare. I would use the timer interrupt to toggle the
music output. If you need a second timebase you could always use a little
hardware to generate a suitable interrupt every mS or so.

Keith.


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