Yes, I know I am top-posting, but it was that or snip the entire original
post (a good idea, to some, I am sure).

Mike,=20

I can hear the flame engines from here. Please, please, please, release the
caps lock. You may be a newbie to the list, but you must be aware that
posting in all caps is nearly always both rude and hard to read.

Item #3 indicates you want to limit this to PICs. I suggest you go the
Microchip site and download MPLAB as your development environment and spend
some time learning about PICs in general terms. One good source for both
assembly language and C for PICs is Gooligum Electronics.=20

Once you've figured out the basics, you'll likely be able to answer all you=
r
other questions, or at least be able to formulate a question describing wha=
t
you are trying to accomplish, what you have done so far, and what part you
don't understand. Also, knowing a little about PICs will help you chose the
right PIC for each task. Right now, it looks like you want someone to do al=
l
the leg work for you. That will likely result in some people not responding
at all and others responding with flames. One or two may even be nice about
it.

Good luck in your search.

Richard


-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Michael Carney
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:34 PM
To: piclist@mit.edu
Subject: [PIC] MASTER + SLAVE - 3 x 7 SEGMENT DISPLAY COUNTER

HI ALL.=20

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
O/PS + MASTER.=20

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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