Need a bit of PIC programming

Next time your boat sails thru Phoenix, drop me a line ;>

'Bout as close as I can get with a 7' draft is Houston. Will that do? :-)

PIC assembler really isn't that hard. Just with any assembler, it can be tedious. If you're using a PIC16F877 or other midrange PIC, it only has about 35 mnemonics. They can be learned in a day if diligent, because they are all straightforward such as BTFSC - Bit Test File register (ram) and Skip [next instruction] if Clear.

If you don't want to code in assembler, may I suggest JAL. It's like pascal or basic, very easy to use and free of course. Here's a sample of JAL code:

-- name : e0001.jal

-- author : Wouter van Ooijen

-- date : 21-Sep-1998

-- purpose : jal example

-- This program flashes a LED on pin A0

include 16f84_10 ; target configuration: 16F84 with 10 Mhz Xtal include jlib ; standard library

pin_a0_direction = output ; configure pin A0 as output

forever loop ; endless loop pin_a0 = on ; LED on delay_1s ; wait a second pin_a0 = off ; LED off delay_1s ; wait 1 second again end loop ; repeat ad infinitum

JAL binary:

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