Desperate need of help

[MrExploiter]

Thanks for the timely response, I'll try it out. I'm not even a programmer, but I have got to do all I can for my team. While, I test this out, anyone else know of any other programs?

[Loubear]

Just to put my 2 cents in, all you really need is mplab and possibly labview for testing. Labvew is included with the kit of parts, and since you already know Java, just imagine C as Java w/o access levels, classes, and all that object oriented stuff... and has pointers. Java was made so that C/C++ programmers could pick up on it easily, so it works both ways.

[tdlrali]

MPLab as well as the C18 Compiler (Student Edition) are available for free from Microchip. Those two together, with Kevin's Framework, and the fix-it windows should be enough to program your robot.

[MrExploiter]

Originally Posted by tdlrali

MPLab as well as the C18 Compiler (Student Edition) are available for free from Microchip. Those two together, with Kevin's Framework, and the fix-it windows should be enough to program your robot.

Do you think you can give me a link to that please? I can't seem to find it on their webpage. Thanks in advance.

[tdlrali]

MPLab: http://microchip.com/stellent/idcplg...&part=SW007002
C18: http://microchip.com/stellent/idcplg...&part=SW006011
Kevin's Code: http://www.kevin.org/frc/

[usbcd36]

Originally Posted by Loubear

Just to put my 2 cents in, all you really need is mplab and possibly labview for testing. Labvew is included with the kit of parts, and since you already know Java, just imagine C as Java w/o access levels, classes, and all that object oriented stuff... and has pointers. Java was made so that C/C++ programmers could pick up on it easily, so it works both ways.

Definitely watch your variable types, though. I'm a Java programmer, and the most confusing thing about C for me was when I found out that you need to cast unsigned variables to signed types before making them negative. I could never figure out why the computer would do these crazy things until I added a printf and found that the variables were wrapping around to the highest value.