Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

Notes for PIC32 Experts

Posted on 28. April 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

A rainy Sunday afternoon  gave me the perfect motivation to begin re-testing the projects and code examples of the “Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB” book with a PIC32 Mikromedia board to verify the claimed portability of the whole experience across … Continue reading →

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Progress on PIC32MX Video Player Performance

Posted on 6. April 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

I recently got a few inquiries regarding an old project about a AVI Video Player for the PIC32. I had done the initial work in 2009 on one of the earliest prototypes of the PIC32 Multimedia board and later updated … Continue reading →

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Generating Map files with MPLAB X

Posted on 15. January 2013 by Lucio Di Jasio

I started using MPLAB X since the very first betas were made available so I have eventually acquired a little confidence with the tool. Occasionally though I can still find myself hunting around for a feature/configuration parameter that is not … Continue reading →

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Designing a good API

Posted on 28. September 2012 by Lucio Di Jasio

I have recently re-discovered Youtube. In a sense I have been on a learning path for several years now and I have changed my perspective on this “tool” multiple times. In the beginning there was the enthusiasm about the new … Continue reading →

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Dmitry Grinberg

Posted on 30. March 2012 by Lucio Di Jasio

  There are rare times when you realize unmistakably that you are in the presence of true genius. Visiting Dmitry’s web site today was one of them! Check out this project and you will get the picture! Now genius and … Continue reading →

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PIC32MX7 PIM, RB5 pin conflict (solved)

Posted on 4. January 2012 by Lucio Di Jasio

I need to thank Martin K. for bringing to my attention an issue that appears to be affecting quite a few of the readers of my PIC32 book when they attempt to use one of the new MX7 PIMs on … Continue reading →

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Good old printf() (continued)

Posted on 30. September 2009 by Lucio Di Jasio

Continuing on the subject of using printf() as the most basic debugging tool, if you are using the MPLAB SIM software simulator to test portions of your code, you might be aware that the PIC simulator offers the possibility to … Continue reading →

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Where is my RAM?

Posted on 24. July 2009 by Lucio Di Jasio

I know there are gobbles of RAM in a PIC32 (more than the entire FLASH bank in most other PIC16/18… ) but RAM is one of those things in life you can never have enough of! Plus, I am an … Continue reading →

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Reporting Memory Usage

Posted on 16. April 2009 by Lucio Di Jasio

I think I can say we all love the little Memory Usage gauges introduced in MPLAB a couple of years ago.. or was it more? When working in assembly with an 8-bit microcontroller and a couple of Kbytes of FLASH … Continue reading →

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Good Old printf()

Posted on 13. April 2009 by Lucio Di Jasio

Good old printf() is probably the oldest debugging tool ever used, I mean beside a light bulb (nowadays replaced by an LED) … yet it represents a pretty sophisticated one when working in a deeply embedded control project. If you … Continue reading →

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