Unfortunately many beginners don't have a scope - but they usually do have or can easily get an LED. Many of the best beginner projects need nothing more than a multimeter to test run and fix... But when someone invents the 20MHz oscilliscope that only costs $50 the world of hobby electronics will balloon. -Adam Harold M Hallikainen wrote: > > I agree that the blinking LED should be among the first projects. You > just make more complicated stuff from there. Even simpler than a blinking > LED, however, would be to just do something like: > > bank1 ; macro to switch to bank 1 > clrf trisb > bank0 > loop > incf portb,1 > goto loop > > Look at each of the portb lines with a scope. You should see a square > wave on RB0, half that frequency on RB1, etc. down to RB7. > One problem with the blinking LED program is people might not know it's > working because the LED blinks so fast (they didn't put in a delay > routine or miscalculated the delay). A scope lets you see what's going > on, even if it's fast... > > Harold > > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:14:50 -0600 Matthew Mucker > writes: > > Hey Ray-- > > > > One thing that ALL of us forgot to mention when telling you to start > > simple > > is that this is still very fun and exciting. > > > > You'd be amazed at how silly otherwise grownup adults can be when > > they get > > an LED to blink for the first time. We'll jump up and down and > > holler > > hoo-rahs for having conquered the machine. To anyone else, it's > > just a > > stupid blinking LED, but the satisfaction of getting that to work > > can't be > > overstated. > > > > I remember when I was a little further along on my thermostat > > project. I'd > > been working for days and had finally gotten my PIC to 'talk' to my > > temperature sender, convert the data, and send it to be displayed on > > several > > 7-segment LEDs. I have the temperature probe on this 5 foot cable, > > stuck in > > the refrigerator door, when my sister walked by. I was so excited > > that it > > was all working that I showed it off to her. > > > > Her response? "Congratulations, Matthew. You've invented the > > thermometer." > > And she walked off. > > > > Ah well. > > > > -Matt > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > > > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Ray Russell > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:24 AM > > > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > > > Subject: Re: 16F84 first project "Mentor Needed" "Thanks!" > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 2/14/01 3:08:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > > ext-peter.betts@NOKIA.COM writes: > > > > > > > > > > Ray, > > > > > > > > Start your PIC journey by reading > > > > > > > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/microchip/intro/pic.htm > > > > > > > > Start really simple. DO NOT attempt to write the train speed > > controller > > > > until you are really happy with the writing , assembling and > > > programming of > > > > your code. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To ALL, > > > Thank you all for all your responses! It is going to take me a > > > couple of days > > > to wade through all the stuff I got! I will repost with any > > > further questions > > > as they come up. This list is great! > > > Ray Russell > > > General Contractor > > > Norfolk & Western Railroad > > > > > > Pocahontas Division > > > Circa 1958 > > > Visit The Pocahontas Website at: > > > > > HREF="http://milliron.home.sprynet.com/Pocahontas/Pocahontas1.htm" > > > >Click here: Pocahontas Home > > > OR > > > http://milliron.home.sprynet.com/Pocahontas/Pocahontas1.htm > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > > > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > > > > FCC Rules Online at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules > Lighting control for theatre and television at http://www.dovesystems.com > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body