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HELP. GETTING STARTED. NEWBIE.

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[C.ORIGIN: UNITED KINGDOM].

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PLEASE ADVISE:

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1.	SIMPLEST        +          CHEAPEST       PROGRAMMER LANGUAGE +
COMPILER. IE. SOME EXPERIENCE WITH BASIC + PASCAL [1992]
2.	"           "           +          "           "           HARDWARE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMER KIT
3.	APPROPIATE PIC[S] WITH INTERNAL OSCILLATOR + TIMERS TO ACHIEVE
FOLLOWING CRITERIA:=20

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*	SLAVE PIC:      ROUTINE A:      READ 24 CYCLE SIMPLE ROTARY ENCODER
+ AUTO UP/DOWN COUNT: 0 TO 999 THEN 0 TO 999 FOREVER CYCLING

ROUTINE B:      DISPLAY COUNT TO 3 x 7 SEGMENT DISPLAY SYNCHRONOUSLY

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*	MASTER PIC:   ROUTINE A:      READ 24 CYCLE SIMPLE ROTARY ENCODER +
AUTO UP/DOWN COUNT: 0 TO 999 THEN 0 TO 999 FOREVER CYCLING

ROUTINE B:      DISPLAY COUNT TO 3 x 7 SEGMENT DISPLAY SYNCHRONOUSLY

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ROUTINE C:      10 BIT DIGITAL [BINARY] MAGNITUDE COMPARATOR BETWEEN SLAVE
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ROUTINE D:      PROVIDE TRUE MASTER SINGLE O/P TO EXTERNAL? MULTIVIBRATOR
TIMER WHILE SAME IS DETECTED UNTIL FALSE: THEN THIS O/P GOES LOW AGAIN
[RESETS].

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4.	SHOULD FETS BE EMPLOYED ON PIC I/PS + O/P/S AS PRIMARY BUFFERS TO
SOURCE + SINK SIGNALS? ALTERNATIVELY, WOULD THESE TIE DIRECTLY [EXCLUDING
THOSE UNEMPLOYED, WHICH SHOULD TIE TO Vdd + Vss AS REQUIRED]?

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I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO STRAIGHT FORWARD ADVICE ON THESE 4 POINTS!!
MANY THANKS.

MEANWHILE, REGARDS.

MIKE CARNEY.

WEST YORKSHIRE.

UNITED KINGDOM.

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