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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Mulvey
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 14:51
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [PIC:] How to make pin RA4 on 16F877 I/O?

>
> Sage advice.  And, sorry, I mislead you.  My RA4 problem was on the =
=3D
> 16f877, but the DS temp sensor was on the 16f88.
>
> And how's this for an excuse for wanting to rewrite the code:  I =
didn't =3D
> have a test wire lead soldered to RA4 on the PICDem4 so I thought it =
was =3D
> easier to change the software than the hardware.  (-:
>
> >
> > I was going to rewrite the code to use only one i/o pin, but I =
noticed =3D
> it
> > wasn't so easy and that I needed to learn more stuff before =3D
> 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 =3D
> ALONE!
> There's only two reasons to rewrite: insufficient resources, or =3D
> excessive cost.
> Since you're using a 16F877, you have resources galore, and since it's =
=3D
> clear
> that you're a novice hobbyist, cost shouldn't be an issue. So again =
once =3D
> it
> works, leave it alone and move on. There's a whole bunch to more to =
=3D
> learn and
> do.
>
>
> [SNIP]
>
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