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Hi Guys, Using ECIO40P and FC v6.0.3.0 I have a need to use a Look Up Table, My understanding is 8 Bit PICs (18F4455 in this case) allow you to store a max of 256, 8 bit integer values in a single LUT. What seemed odd, is the LUT component calls for a UInt index value and will return a ULong ? Can I...

Hi Guy, I was finding it hard to be convinced during the trial period but I none the less I see a few new features to justify the fairly small cost of upgrading to FC6. FC5 has served me very well. I am certainly not out to criticise an excellent product, just voice a level of concern for great soft...

Thanks for the clarification Ben.
Good stuff.
Coming from a non-cody back ground, its always tricky working out whats ugly but works VS a neat little program!

Thanks Ben,
I'll use that for now, I thought Logical operators were best avoided or is that not always the case? As i see your example uses 3 different types.
J.

Hi guys, Previously Jonny has suggested avoiding using too many Logical Operators as they could potentially cause lots of branches and unpredictable behavior during compiling. What is a good practice method of returning 1, when both source variables are 0? Although the variables will be whole bytes,...

OK, Played a bit more, if you have the previous item selected/highlighted, then you can right click and PASTE. But if your not anywhere below (without it selected/highlighted) I guess the setfocus is not in the right area even with the little insertion arrow being shown..so its no biggie to work aro...

HI Guys, Have been playing around with V6 and getting used to the new layout... change is always tough but the future looks interesting. :) I often copy/paste sections of flowcode I can right click and select COPY from the contect menu, however when you move to a new location and get the arrow point...

Thanks guys...did tech support myself back in the day and know is no easy solution..thanks for looking at it.
appreciate that you need to segregate access...was just a bit confusing I guess
J.

Hi Dazz, Yeah I pretty sure I did that correctly, since it took me to the 'Matrix Internal Area' where I downloaded the V6 Beta. I use the same username/password throughout the matrix website so I'm not sure how I could be entering the wrong info..unless I entered a bum keystroke during registering ...

Hi Guys...and sorry, I did not think i was this dumb but activation is being a real pain. I clicked to download V6, my old matrix sign in password did not work (as far as i could tell) so renewed password. - All good. Downloaded and installed V6. - all good. On first running V6 is need activation co...

Hi, Connecting an ECIO 40P to GSM board ver 2 I've been reading through other posts and have a handle on most bits but.... I've got SIMs for T-Mobile, Vodaphone and O2, will be testing with the T-Mobile but we're in a weak signal area so also have a quad band antenna arriving. just to make sure I'm ...

Hi Guys, Just running the test files with the GSM board, my board is marked as an EB066-00-2 2013 vintage, as such will this now work with the 900MHz providers or do I still need to Pick up an Orange/T-Mobile pay as you go? We are in a kind of weak mobile area and have yet been able to purchase a su...

Ahhh :oops: Well, no bug but something I just learnt... If you have the CAN initialize macro AFTER the SPI initialize macro, the SPI settings are set to the default CAN values, this includes my troublesome SPI idlie bit. Obviously if you are using the internal CAN this may not be applicable. So solu...

Hi guys, before we drop into the weekend, could anyone give the C code to.
A) read a specific registers value back into a flowcode variable
B) write to a register
Cheers,
J.

Hi, This could be a bug or I've done something dumb but i cant change the SPI clock polarity. (not sure on the edge setting either) To simplify things and remove other possible issues, like a pull up somewhere else, this testing was done with a stand alone ECIO 40P (18F4455) and running FC 5.5.2.1 I...

Hi, I think I remember hearing of the SPI component was getting an overhaul at some point...if not I would love to see in a future release. Ability to enter strings of bytes to be sent sequentially over the SPI, ability to send this data formated as Dec, Bin or Hex. i.e. SPI_Send_MultipleBytes 0xFF0...

Hmm, Yep..I had a play with the simulation and got that result.
Then played with using the SPI_Send_String but not sure I can convert the Hex values to a string easily...so it might just be a case of sending each byte in turn. Shame as i need to send 32 bytes.

Hi guys, I have a peripheral SPI IC and need to set the control registers bits There are 3 control registers, each 32 bits in length. Using the legacy SPI component can i simply send the string of bits in one go or do I have to send a single byte at a time? would the following work using SPI_Send_Ch...

DOH!! Yep thanks Ben, absolutely right. I was in another project and fiddling with the settings. busy time of year and rushing to much, starting to make some silly mistakes! Thanks for prompt response.
J.

Thanks guys, thats cleared quite a bit up...however :D when I go <Compiler Options> < Programmer> The top two sections are greyed out and i cannot find a way to set the programmer location. The tick box and lower two sections can be edited. hmmm. :? any ideas how to un-grey the top boxes? I've twidd...

Hi, I'm using a PICKIT 3 to program a chip, how do I set the required CONFIG bits? I do not see an option menu as I get with PPP. Do I need to create a C code block at the very start of my FC and list the required Config bits? If so, what is the correct format to put this information in ? I guess I ...

Hi, Bit of an update and info for others who get caught in this corner. New PIC18F25K80 fitted to board. EB006 programmer would not program this chip so purchased a PICKIT3 as suggested. I did not want to install all of the Microchip MPLAB IDE so went for the standalone program. "PICkit 3 GUI and Sc...

Hi, From a relative noob like myself, it looks do able and without a load of pin sharing. (which would be a more pretty solution) 16F88 = 18pins take away the power pins, and two pins for a crystal, you have 14 left and need 13. The LCD and Keypad both need to have some of their pins grouped and on ...

Hi Ben,
OK will try again using a PICKIT3 and a spare chip
Assuming I use the standalone PICKIT3 programmer. Do I need to do anything special when compiling to a Hex so that the PICKIT3 will accept and send the hex?
regards,
J.

Hi,
Has anyone Programmed a PIC 18F25K80 using the EB006 ?
Is there any reason the programmer wont program this type of Chip?
Regards,
J.