On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 1:17 AM, PicDude<picdude2@avn-tech.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> What would be really nice right now for debugging a program in progress is
> if I had an easy way to dump a bunch data from a PIC to a display. =A0The
> serial port on the PIC is in use, but the MSSP is unused, so first thought
> is to make a small circuit that would accept I2C or SPI data and put it o=
n a
> large (40x4 or 80x4) LCD display. =A0But on second thought, seeing as I d=
on't
> have an LCD handy, =A0it would be nice to just send the output to
> hyperterminal. =A0Plus it would be so nice and portable as I travel a lot=
 and
> get most of my coding done when I'm out.
>
> The circuit should be very simple, but before I go out and re-create the
> wheel here, anyone have code for this they're willing to share?
>
> Yes, I guess I could bit-bang serial through the spare pins, but I'd like=
 to
> use the MSSP to impact the PIC application as little as possible.
>

do you have a PICkit 2?

http://vivara.net/blog/?p=3D55

Regards,
Mark
markrages@gmail
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Mark Rages, Engineer
Midwest Telecine LLC
markrages@midwesttelecine.com

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