[rcpilot-support] the RCAP

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<P><BR><BR></P>SIR, </DIV>I was really delighted to come&nbsp;&nbsp;across&nbsp;&nbsp;your ( RCAP)&nbsp;&nbsp;design so I decided&nbsp;&nbsp;to make it
<DIV></DIV>After assembling it&nbsp;&nbsp;was disappointed&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;&nbsp;it does not work at all so here what I did
<DIV></DIV>1- I made the PCB&nbsp;&nbsp;as in the project
<DIV></DIV>2- Then&nbsp;&nbsp;I&nbsp;&nbsp;programmed the&nbsp;&nbsp;PIC&nbsp;&nbsp; using&nbsp;&nbsp;MPLAB IDE&nbsp;&nbsp;v7.20
<DIV></DIV>3- I hooked up everything&nbsp;&nbsp;( GPS-SERVO -¡K)&nbsp;&nbsp;but&nbsp;&nbsp;no response
<DIV></DIV>4- I trouble shoot every step I made and the component on the PCB as followed :
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a- I looked up the schematic diagram&nbsp;&nbsp;and I found that&nbsp;&nbsp;(R5) in deferent place other&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;than in the illustrated&nbsp;&nbsp;picture&nbsp;&nbsp;in the project&nbsp;&nbsp;&gt;&gt; anyway&nbsp;&nbsp;it was not big deal to
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;notice&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;&lt;
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b- after I programmed the&nbsp;&nbsp;PIC&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;&nbsp;there were no response , so I tracked the signal&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that should coming out from PIC pins&nbsp;&nbsp;with the oscilloscope&nbsp;&nbsp;to make sure that the
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PIC working and it was good as&nbsp;&nbsp;a signal
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<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So&nbsp;&nbsp;I tested the HEX file with the PIC IDE simulator&nbsp;&nbsp; and the result was&nbsp;&nbsp;repeating&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; forever some certain loop&nbsp;&nbsp;and the LED&nbsp;&nbsp;that should response on the simulator does
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not show any thing&nbsp;&nbsp;even with or with out&nbsp;&nbsp;the on /off trigger on( pin 25 or the pass
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; thru pin 24 )&gt;&gt; does it wait for some certain command&nbsp;&nbsp;or something like that ???&lt;&lt;
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; c- I used the debug&nbsp;&nbsp;hex file to see if there is any deference&nbsp;&nbsp;but no response again
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; after all I think I came to dead end with your project&nbsp;&nbsp;especially after I burn almost all
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; my brain cells&nbsp;&nbsp;&gt;hopefully not all of it &lt; I decided to send you a message&nbsp;&nbsp;to help me
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not burning the rest&nbsp;&nbsp;of my brain so if you please can&nbsp;&nbsp;you point out&nbsp;&nbsp;what I did wrong&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and which&nbsp;&nbsp;interface do I have to use in the GPS ( GARMIN/GARMIN or NMEA /
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NMEA)&nbsp;&nbsp;???
<DIV></DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BLUETHUNDE8000 &gt; right now its just&nbsp;&nbsp;BLUE&nbsp;&nbsp;¼ &lt;
<DIV></DIV>Best regards
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