dittos! Rick Jims Mail wrote: > If it were me, I'd write it in aassembly. I've tried sevehigh level > languages, and have been satisfied by none. And I have been using assembly > for a long enough time that I can write in assembly almost as fast as > someone in a high level language. But it's your call. > > Regards, > > Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Mohit Mahajan > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Date: Saturday, February 23, 2002 3:42 AM > Subject: EEPROM <-> PIC > > >Hi, > > > >I'm new to PIC. I am planning to implement a control system using > PIC16F877. > >I'll be using a keypad, LCD, almost all I/O pins (to input the control > >variables, operate four switches, PWM etc.). > > > >The code for all this is going to be large, no doubt. A PIC expert could > >optimise it to fit in the 8K ROM of the PIC, but as I'm a novice I'm not > >sure I'll be able to do so. In any case, since I'll either use JAL or a > >C-compiler, the code will be more than 8K. So now my question is: > > > >Can we interface an EEPROM [specifically: 24LC256, 32Kbyte Flash EEPROM > >(I2C)] to the PIC in such a way that the firmware code can be written in > the > >EEPROM, from where the PIC can fetch it in packets and run it? > > > >It doesn't matter to my application if the effective operating speed > >decreases, because I'll be controlling pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen > >(all these take few minutes to adjust). > > > >If no, and the firmware is greater than 8K, then what should I do? Is there > >anything available with Microchip that has a larger (flash) ROM and as many > >I/O as the PIC 16F877? I've read about PIC18F242, but it still isn't out in > >the market. > > > >Peace, > >Mohit Mahajan. > > > > > >_________________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >-- > >http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > >ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.