[sdiy] PIC's, UARTS, & MIDI

[Matt Simpson]

Try using John Peatman's amazing trove of PIC-related info.
www.picbook.com

his textbook is a bit pricey for the avg. consumer (>$100), but it is
absolutely the definitive book on programming w/PICs.  it covers
the flagship PIC, the 18F452, but every other PIC is a sub-version
of that one (which is - the 18F452 has the whole PIC instruction set,
and everything else [besides the new dsPICs] is a subset of that set).

check it out.  invaluable tool.

matt simpson


On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:56:28 -0500, D A F <polaris30 at ncx.com> wrote:
>  
> I'm just in the process of teaching myself assembler language, specifically
> as it pertains to the Microchip PIC microcontrollers, in the hopes of being
> able to do something synth-related with it.  One of the first things I would
> like to tackle would be a simple MIDI to CV converter.  The PIC I am using
> is a 16F877A.  It has a built-in UART.  I have seen some programs designed
> around other (simpler, UART-less) PICS for taking in MIDI data, but none for
> the 16F877A.  Since I tend to be more of an analog person and am new to
> microcontrollers in general, this is turning out to be a steep learning
> curve.  I bought the Myke Predko book, but sometimes it overwhelms me.. and
> I have the pdf files from the Microchip web site, but I am still not sure
> how to implement the UART - perhaps I missed something?  In any case, if
> anyone here knows of good resources of MIDI/UART/PIC related information or
> even examples of related assembler code, they could pass it along?  
>   
> thanks, 
>   
> Dave 


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