On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 02:45:34PM +0200, Lindy Mayfield wrote:

> Sage advice.  And, sorry, I mislead you.  My RA4 problem was on the 16f877,
> but the DS temp sensor was on the 16f88.

The 16F88 is one nice part. I wish (I mean really wish!) that there was a 28
and 40 pin version of it loaded with everything (including self
programmability) and nanowatt too. The 16F87X parts aren't nanowatt, and the
16F77X parts aren't self programmable.

Like I said, the 16F88 is one nice part. My favorite for starting quick
project stuff.

>
> And how's this for an excuse for wanting to rewrite the code:  I didn't
> have a test wire lead soldered to RA4 on the PICDem4 so I thought it was
> easier to change the software than the hardware.  (-:

That's an insufficient resource problem. And sometimes when you can't change
the hardware, you'll have to change the software. So you may have been on the
right track.

BAJ

>
> >
> > I was going to rewrite the code to use only one i/o pin, but I noticed it
> > wasn't so easy and that I needed to learn more stuff before continuing.  This
> > thread falls right in with that.  Thanks for the great explanation!
>
> Let me give you a piece of safe advise: Get it to work... THEN LEAVE IT ALONE!
> There's only two reasons to rewrite: insufficient resources, or excessive cost.
>
> [SNIP]

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