Thanks for your help... At 04:48 p.m. 10/10/2003, you wrote: >You can look at multi-tasking in many different ways, what if for example > >Let's say that we have a recently renovated a doughnut factory with a=20 >production line that performs many processes before a frosted doughnut=20 >reaches the end of the production line. The entire production line is run= =20 >by machines and each machine is controlled by a PIC that makes the machine= =20 >perform automated process. > >When the factory was renovated they also replaced ten big old control=20 >panels with a single Master Control Panel that contains a PIC. This new=20 >Master Control Panel, that can now be controlled by one person, can also=20 >monitor and control all of the machines that perform different processes=20 >along the assembly line. > >This Master Control Panel displays requested data, acceps user input and=20 >sends commands to the machines on the entire production line. > >Each machine knows how to perform it's process and the Master Control=20 >Panel trigers the equipment to perfor >The Master Control Panel tells the machines when to do a process and the=20 >equipment knows how to do the process. > >The Master Control Panel can direct multiple processes to be performed at= =20 >the same time and also monitors all of the machines to verify that their=20 >status is ok. > >The PIC in the Master Control Panes shares a common data bus with all of=20 >the PIC's inside of each piece machine. Each machine is given a different= =20 >address and each machine monitors the data bus for a command to perform a= =20 >task or sent status info back to the Master Control Panel. > > > >I hope this helps. > >Tim > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gonzalo Jim=E9nez [mailto:gonzalo.jimenez@ENCODE-SOLUTIONS.COM] >Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:59 AM >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: [PIC]: Multitasking > > >Good day to all: > >I'm planing to work with multitasking on a PIC 16F877A, I found a lot of >useful help in PICLIST site, I'm a attaching a code I found there, it works >really well for two task, does anybody know how to expand it to more >tasks??? I was trying, but I can't figure it out how... any help will be >apreciate!!! > >Thanks in advance, > >Gonzalo > > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics >(like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics >(like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.