Category Archives: PIC24

X Files

I have just received from a friend a link to a piece of the history of the first “singe chip calculator”:  http://www.spingal.plus.com/micro/ The web  page is titled “Microprocessor History” and tells the story of what was research and development work … Continue reading

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Playing MP3 and Wav files on the uMedia boards

I have received a couple of requests recently for support interfacing a PIC32 or a PIC24 to some popular MP3 decoders/codecs from VLSI technology. Since I had a PIC24 MicroMedia board on my desk that begged to be used, I … Continue reading

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Generating Map files with MPLAB X

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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More tools from Mikroe

Every now and then I get a chance to talk to the guys at Mikroe and they never fail to surprise me, both for the amount of work they get done in a short time and most importantly the quality … Continue reading

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SDHC and SDXC

A couple of readers have warned me recently that SDHC and SDXC cards are becoming the norm and that spells troubles for the unaware. In fact, both in the PIC24 (both editions) and the PIC32 book, I spent a couple … Continue reading

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Donate to Wikipedia

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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Graphics Library 3.02

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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Yoda Conditions, Egyptian brackets and more…

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More Multimedia Boards

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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Searching for a Pin in a Haystack

There is one problem I have with the current style used in the PIC24 and PIC32 datasheets, it has to do with the way the pin out of the device is presented. Since so many functions are multiplexed on each … Continue reading

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