Programming PICs in C: Resource Guide

[Jammin_James]

Hey all!

So I recently purchased a PIC16F690 for a project and I've been trying to learn the assembly language for it and it's turning into a somewhat daunting task. I've programmed in assembly before but it was with an ATMEL chip. This was about two years ago, so everything is kinda fuzzy. I've decided to try to apply what I've learned in C to this project now, since I assume it's a more general language I can use in any microcontroller project.

Is there a good, free resource I can look at to get started programming PICs in C? Maybe even a good resource of programming PICs in their assembly language.

Thanks guys!

 

[Averagesupernova]

Go to the Microchip web-site and download everything you need. You will need to purchase a programmer. A PicKit isn't too expensive.

 

[schip666!]

I don't remember why but I settled on CC5X http://www.bknd.com/cc5x/ for the PIC 16F's.
Free for the basic version and seems to work fine. Microchip may have something better for the 16's -- I use their free 18F compiler -- but I ignored it.

If you are doing in-circuit programming see Microchip's PICkit's or look at sparkfun.com for some other options ICSP and not.

 

[SUDHEER87]

Hi all.
Iam trying to write extended kalman filter algorithm in microC (dspic) software.
My question is how to invert a matrix in that software? I have read the manual but could'nt find any command for matrix inversion.pls check out the attachment.
can anyone help me out...!
thanks in advance.

 

[Skrew]

Hmm this is vaguely on topic but I remember the Atmel chips were easier to program in asm because of the number of registers which were freely usable.

Do the PIC 16 series only have 1 general purpose register?