Re: [Usbpicprog-technical] adding PIC projects as examples ?

[Francesco <f18...@ya...>]

Hi Frans,
    as you may have noticed I've added a small test PIC project to the
usbpicprog folder as previously discussed... I noticed only after that
there is now a specific page for the projects on the usbpicprog.org
website :)

However I think it would be nice to have the projects installed
together with the upp software and have a dedicated "File -> Open
example" command just below "File -> Open"... what do you think?

Should we add the dice project to the SVN too and update the installers?

Francesco



2010/3/25 Francesco <f18...@ya...>:
> Hi Frans,
>
> 2010/3/25 Frans Schreuder <fra...@gm...>:
>> I this is a very good idea, but maybe also a community thing to do. I
>> think I can make a few examples with different compilers, but shall I
>> make a page on the website with a submit form or something like that in
>> order to be able to have contributions from the community?
> well, I was proposing to add just a couple examples very very simple
> (and thus portable among many PICs and easy to realize on e.g.
> breadboards for quick tests)... community inputs may be useful to
> build something different like a collection of hobbyst PIC projects. I
> think that it could be a good start to add a few small examples and
> add a notice on the website that user projects (of limited complexity)
> are welcome and can be posted on this mailing list (I don't think
> forms are well-suited for posting multiple files / code).
> Then we'll see how many users propose their projects and eventually
> develop more appropriate features for sharing user pic projects ;)
>
> One thing to consider however is that the more code we add to the repo
> the more code we have to maintain, comment, fix, etc. So simply adding
> everything we can add may not be the best choice.
>
>> I think it would be good to also deliver some example schematics.
> yes, good idea, although what I had in mind was to require as less hw
> as possible (e.g. an R+C for the PIC oscillator and a R+LED for
> blinking) and thus a schematic maybe not be so much necessary. But
> adding it would of course be a plus.
>
>> For
>> that we will need a standard tool - shall we suggest KiCad for that?
> Personally I always use Cadsoft EAGLE for schematics and layouts and
> MicroCap for simulations (yes I know: neither of them is open-source
> :/ but free student/limited versions are available for both) . I used
> Kicad only for opening usbpicprog schematics but I've found it a bit
> messy (icons not clear, menus partially translated and partially not,
> and often translated wrong, commands uncomfortable to use, redrawing
> not always working, etc).
> Nonetheless given that the schematics should be very simple I think it
> would be ok to go with KiCad...
>
>> I will give it a shot!
> great!
>
> Francesco
>
> PS: I can provide the MPLAB versions of the projects if you need.
>