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Thank you Ben - Very much appreciated. Following your message I noted that the confirmed directry under root was hidden, so I un-hid it and unzipped the provided files to the directed folder - noting that the same number of files existed (and usb_serial_config.h was in there) but I over-wrote them a...

Thanks for getting back so quickly Ben - Entirely appreciated. Interestingly, when I try this with the full database option enabled, I get this... FC8_No_Updates.png I'm guessing I'm being blocked by system policies or something? Ideally, if you have some other means by which I can install the neces...

...Incidentally, it's a Windows 10 64-bit version.

Hi Guys. I had occasion to reinstall Flowcode 8 on a new work machine (Windows 10). All went well and everything appeared to work, until I tried to use the USB Serial component when programming ECIO40P16. In short, build termination due to the following error report: Device: PIC16.33E.ECIO40P16 Gene...

That's fantastic - Thanks Ben

I'm currently between working from home and supporting contractors identifying/fixing an underground water leak, so may take a while but will certainly post back with results from boards fitted with PICs exibiting this issue.

Best regards,
Brendan

Thank you Ben - Entirely appreciated. Aware of three 'A' silicon versions and one 'B' version, I can confirm from what I'm coding that this particular issue manifests with ver. A3 silicon (assuming all A3 is equal!). The trouble is that when designing MCUs into products you really don't want to be r...

I'm coding embedded test code for a PIC32MZ2048EFG144 and have discovered that the Baud setting in the UART component must be set to precisely double the required Baud rate for comms to work, otherwise the usual garbled chars. In a C block I've attempted to force changes to PBCLK2 prescaler ( PB2DIV...

Thanks Stefan regarding the BOOTISA register. Once set I was seeing comms, but garbled random characters. After disabling all the C blocks I'd created in my frustrations to manually set registers, and after further experimentation, I discovered that the actual comms Baud rate was precisely half of t...

Hi Stefan. Many thanks for the pointer regarding MIPS32, which wasn't set as prescribed. That's one positive step forward for sure :) Unfortunately, the PIC32MZ has all the hallmarks of poor silicon rushed to market, particularly as... The primary and secondary crystal oscillators don't work in Ver ...

As I use CRCs with Flowcode a lot (particularly Maxim 1-wire, etc), and assuming you've got 256 Bytes of program memory to spare for an 8-bit CRC, I'd like to chip in with a popular alternative of pasting a 256-byte table (relevant to your CRC polynomial) to the Flowcode LUT component. Such CRC tabl...

Hello All. I'm wondering if seasoned experts amongst us could shed any light... I've been pulling my hair out trying to get a single basic UART channel working on the PIC32MZ2048EFG144. 100MHz system clock settings suitably confirmed as UART Tx/Rx works perfectly fine in software mode at 115.2kbps, ...

Thanks Ben - Much appreciated

I'm presently doing something similar, with untested and problem macros preceded by underscore, so it shoves them to the bottom and avoids visual clutter.

Still loving FC8 by-the-way

All the very best,
Brendan

I'm presently working on a project that has over 60 custom macros for a multi-function test platform - and growing. A huge part of this exercise in the development phase is to test and debug the various macros, and would therefore be great to be able to custom-colour the individual macro icons in th...

First, thank you for your excellent work under the hood in Flowcode 8, and great to see a number of component bug fixes evident in panel properties, etc. Also loving the many new features during edits. From initial use I have a few early suggestions however... Copying over the template schemes from ...

Spot-on, Thanks Steve.

I can confirm this works for us

Best regards,
Brendan

Having just purchased and installed it, and starting to use it in anger, I would also like to chip in with my 2Cents... When you use an application so much in your daily life, you become accustomed to things having a certain appearance with the monitors you use and your eyes adapt. With each new upg...

Hi team. I often use the great convenience of eBlocks in professional projects, though on this occasion I'm looking for a board with a good/fast 16-bit or 32-bit PIC with as much I/O on offer, that offers industrial temperature tolerance and on-board 3V3 regulation. I suspect that the majority (if n...

Thanks Ben (sorry I've taken a while to reply). Understood and duly noted. Certainly no hardship to process incoming data Byte-wise and build a string in the loop, and I like to avoid all unnecessary complications. Understanding the issue better, we'll just stick with that approach for all USB232 Rx...

Hello all - Long time no speak (FC7 serving us well :) ) I haven't filed this under a bug report, though an observation perhaps worthy of consideration... Using an ECIO40P module, I configure the USB port for USB Serial (VCOM). Serial data originates from a 2D barcode reader, natively at 9.6kbps, se...

UPDATE:

I've since managed to find and switch to suitable SPI devices, so much easier to control logical CSBs and not have to deal with potential I2C bus hangs and power-cycling.

An interesting question though, for possible future reference.

Many thanks,
Brendan

Good day gentlemen. In dealing with 36 simple I2C devices with conflicting base addresses, I need to assign each to a dedicated I2C port. I can do this in software mode, though unsure of any gotcha's if configuring a PIC33EP512MU814 running full-smoke, to serve 36 separate ports/devices? Incidentall...

Hi Ben.

Our HUGE thanks for the quick turnaround and updated file - Entirely appreciated, as always

All the best,
Brendan

We're attempting to code a test fixture around dsPIC33EP512MU814, but device definitions is clearly incorrect. For example, Flowcode7 affords selection of Port 'I' but no such port exists on the chip, and port K doesn't show up but does exist. Recalling that we had similar previous issues with a 32-...

Thank you Ben - that's great news. Yes, they are cool - very cool indeed 8) These 16-bit ECIO boards have to-date found ready application in a variety of internal applications - and now for training projects. Small and discreet; powerful MCU; USB Vbus regulated on-board with 3V3 out; readily-configu...

Good thought !
Thank you.

Best regards,
Brendan