Gustaf J. Barkstrom wrote:

>Hello PICList,
>
>I am new to PIC programming.  I have dabbled in electronics
>since I was about 12 years old, I work with computers professionally,
>and I studied mechanical engineering at university.
>
>Recently, I decided I would build a robot to load tapes, and
>another to load CDs, into some different devices.  I needed to
>control some stepper motors and read the state of home switches,
>and all that rudimentary robotics sort of stuff.  I came across
>some PIC applications for stepper control, and I was hooked.
>
>I have purchased a small JDM compatible programmer and have programmed
>2 16F84A PICs successfully.  Made a little PCB, and had fun moving
>the motors by PCM with commands from my computer's parallel port to the
>PICs.
>
>I am looking forward to the discussions and reading more of the list
>archives.  PICs are quite neat.  I want to learn more about them
>and use them for other applications than my robot projects.
>
>I purchased a MAX232 RS-232 controller/driver chip,
>
Max 232 is just driver chip. It converts rc-232 signals to ttl logic
levels, and vice versa. Get your hands on datasheet of this chip and read.
You still need to write software uart to handle the transmitting and
receiving as needed.

Jurva-Markus Vehasmaa

>Anyway, this looks like a very active group, and I'm glad to be with others
>interested (and moreover knowledgable) in the electronics world.
>
>Gustaf
>
>
>
Just subscribed my self again to this list for bean away from it for two
years.

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