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Hi guys,
I'm new to programming and for my final year project at university I am having to program a PIC 18F2420 using C to water plants when a soil moisture sensor has an digital output of 0. I would like it to only measure every 10 minutes and sleep the rest of the time to conserve energy. I have literally no idea how to do this any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. I have many books but I still don't seem to understand it.
Thanks :D
"I'm new to programming..."Quote:
Originally Posted by georginamc
Have you at least taken a intro course in C? If not, you would need to at least work through a good book on C first, programming all the exercises first, before attacking this application, plus studying the documentation for the microprocessor.
Sorry, but I think you are not ready.
Two good books I recommend:
C Programming, A Modern Approach
Author: K. N. King
or
C Primer Plus, 6th Edition
Stephen Prata
Choose one only.
I don't think so that you can programming a Microcontroller with normal C. Here is an online tutorial for programming the PIC Mics:
https://de.scribd.com/doc/886920/PICmicro-MCU-C-An-Introduction-to-Programming-the-Microchip-PIC-in-CCS-C#fullscreen
For download:
https://de.scribd.com/doc/886920/PICmicro-MCU-C-An-Introduction-to-Programming-the-Microchip-PIC-in-CCS-C
Here is a tutorial too, in German, but there are certainly enough in English.
pic: C für PICs
And this is an IDE for programming PICs:
Download and Install MPLAB X IDE - Developer Help
My point was that I don't think @georginamc is ready to program any "final year project" C program on a Linux or other hosted system, let alone, a microcontroller.
Yeah, it's not rare: A-last-minute-panic-call for an University Year Project.Quote:
Originally Posted by rstanley