Private bot - which PIC microcontroller?

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Originally Posted by 3dude_2231

so, I got my hand on a cheap Microchip PICKIT2.
+ a bunch of 16f690s.

played a lot with it, and currently learning the basics of PWM signals.

If you can give us an update, how do you like the HitecC compiler for the 16 series parts? Better/Worse than MCC for 18 series?

<picrant>Its good you chose a PIC microcontroller over an AVR or Freescale etc. If you want to drive a victor from the PIC you can run your signal STRAIGHT OUT OF THE MICRO thanks to the high drive currents from PICs... AVRs n such need emitter/follower amplifiers to drive victors.</picrant>

Another question, these motors your driving, Are you using your own PWM board? or are you using a drive of some sort? ?

Are you using the onboard ECCPs in hardware PWM mode or are you doing it in software?

Thanks,

-q

[JesseK]

I got to play with a PIC18F452 in an embedded controller class in college -- we built everything from a TRIAC circuit to an alarm clock to a Ford Escort ECU manipulator.

I've also read specs that on of the 16-series PICS is used in the original XBOX as an encrypter/decrypter.

Lots of fun stuff to do with a PIC, though the external platform interfaces are becoming outdated.