Author Archives: Lucio Di Jasio

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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MikroE Mini-32 Board

Posted on 30. December 2011 by Lucio Di Jasio

The guys at MikroElektronika have done it again! Here is another brilliant new development board for the PIC32: the Mini-32 This board makes a PIC32MX5 fit in the exact form factor of a standard PIC16 or PIC18 40-pin DIP with … Continue reading →

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Donate to Wikipedia

Posted on 29. December 2011 by Lucio Di Jasio

I am not ashamed to admit that I love and use a lot Wikipedia. It is fast, convenient and gets most of the technical stuff I typically look up right to the level I can understand and use it. But … Continue reading →

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PIC32 Interrupt Nesting (update)

Posted on 28. December 2011 by Lucio Di Jasio

The more recent versions of the MPLAB C32 compiler (v1.6 and later) have changed the way interrupt nesting is defined by default by making it automatically Enabled! The effect of this change is that of making part of the “nesting.c” … Continue reading →

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Graphics Library 3.02

Posted on 20. December 2011 by Lucio Di Jasio

After more than a year of inactivity,  I have only recently checked the version number of the latest Microchip Graphic Library release and to my horror discovered that I was far behind. The major revision number had jumped (from 2 … Continue reading →

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Home Brewed IDE for PIC32 assembly development

Posted on 2. December 2011 by Lucio Di Jasio

I just received a link from Cosimo Zizza pointing to his new “home brewed” Integrated Development Environmentfor the PIC32, called “Idd”. In the author intentions, it is designed specifically to assist in the development of assembly programs for the PIC32. … Continue reading →

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Yoda Conditions, Egyptian brackets and more…

Posted on 30. November 2011 by Lucio Di Jasio

  I just stumbled upon this excellent blog post. Enjoy…

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AVI Player Project (for the uMMB)

Posted on 9. November 2011 by Lucio Di Jasio

I have finally cleaned up and posted the code for the Audio and Video player for the PIC32 uMMB board. It is perhaps the shortest code example among the many I have developed for the Mikroe boards, yet so many … Continue reading →

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More Multimedia Boards

Posted on 21. March 2011 by Lucio Di Jasio

It’s about time for an update on the latest and greatest demo boards for the PIC24 and PIC32. MikroElektronika has been busy in the last year cranking out new demo boards almost every quarter. While I was happily playing with … Continue reading →

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Real World Instrumentation with Python

Posted on 1. March 2011 by Lucio Di Jasio

There is a new book on my nightstand, and it is one of the best I have read in years: it is called “Real World Instrumentation with Python” by J.M. Hughes, published by O’Reilly!Less than a month ago I was … Continue reading →

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