Docking windows in MPLAB

To dock the windows in MPLAB, left click at the corner of the seperate windows in MPLAB. Click on dockable or undockable to dock and undock the windows. The first photo shows the placement of the windows which are about to be docked.



Here, is the look of docked windows for Untitled workspace and output.

Generating Eagle PCB in 3D

POVRay 3D can be used in cooperate with Eagle PCB to generate a 3D view of the PCB that we have designed. This will give us a better look on the PCB and component layout before we finalized the PCB for fabrication.

To use POV-ray:

1. Click Tools -> Edit master POVRAY.INI


2. A notepad file should load up. At the very bottom of it, add this line:


3. Library_Path="C:\Program Files\Eagle3D\povray" (depending on where you install the file)


4. Press on Render button in POV-ray


5. You should get the 3D view of your PCB. Cheers ~~

Digital Logics

Potyo v2

potyo2

External Triggering Using ICD 2

Based on some experiments from NIEDZIELSKI.COM, it is said that external triggering can be archived by simply sending a pulse to PGC and PGD simultaneously as shown in the diagram.

Here is the sample code provided:

/*******************************************************************************
PIC18F4550 infinite breakpoints C example.
Created:  Wednesday, October 3, 2007 [Stephen Niedzielski]
Modified: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 [Stephen Niedzielski]
*******************************************************************************/

/****************** Includes. ******************/
#include <p18f4550.h> /* PIC18F4550 symbolics. */

/****************** Configuration bits. ******************/
/* Watch dog timer disabled. */
#pragma config WDT    = OFF
/* PORTB 4:0 digital IO. */
#pragma config PBADEN = OFF

/****************** Macros. ******************/
/* Breakpoint. */
#define Break(); \
PORTBbits.RB0 = 1; \
PORTBbits.RB0 = 0; \
Nop(); \
Nop();

void main(void)
{
/****************** Watch dog timer setup. ******************/
/* Disable the watch dog timer. */
WDTCONbits.SWDTEN = 0;

/****************** Breakpoint setup. ******************/
/* Turn off RB0 and RB1. */
PORTBbits.RB0 = 0;
PORTBbits.RB1 = 0;
/* PORTB digital IO on all channels. */
ADCON1 = 0x0F;
/* RB0 to output, RB1 to input. */
TRISBbits.TRISB0 = 0;
TRISBbits.TRISB1 = 1;

/* Wait for input on RB1. */
while( !PORTBbits.RB1 )
{
}

Break();
Nop(); /* Pop out of breakpoint here. */
Nop();
Nop();

}

*try it at your own risk :)

Pickit 2 Clone

   PICKIT 2 CLONE

   

Pickit 2 clone is a low cost homemade pickit 2 that has similar microcontroller support: baseline (PIC10F, PIC12F5xx, PIC16F5xx), midrange (PIC12F6xx, PIC16F), PIC18F, PIC24, dsPIC30, dsPIC33, and PIC32 families of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, and many Microchip Serial EEPROM products. T