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[hemmerling] Microchip PIC Microcontrollers & dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers
Microchip Technology Inc.
Events
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- European Masters Berlin, 2016-09-19 - 2016-09-21 - I participated
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Company
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- The online shop microchipDIRECT.
- The inofficial advisor Microchip Deals - “Microchip Coupon Codes & Discounts”.
- Microchip Deals "50% Off Online Training from Microchip" ( - 2012-03-31 ).
Competitions
- Microchip open source USB/TCPIP stack competition, 2011.
Hardware
Evaluation Kits
- chipKIT Boards.
- Digilent, Inc. "32-bit MCU Power for the Arduino™ Community" - “chipKIT Boards”, “Pin-out compatibility with many existing Arduino shields that can operate at 3.3V”.
- Franzis Verlag GmbH: "Lernpaket PIC-Mikrocontroller with PIC18F23K22 ( 8 Kbytes Flash, 512 Bytes SRAM, 256 Bytes EEPROM ).
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- Microchip Technology Inc. "Explorer 16 Development Board" → “Explorer 16 100-pin”. But is the “Explorer 16 Starter Kit (with MPLAB ICD 3)” shipped with a “Explorer 16 100-pin” or with a “Explorer 16 44-pin” ?.
- Microchip Technology Inc. "Development Tools - General" - “Microstick for 5V PIC24F K-Series”,...
Programmer & Hardware Debugger
- Microchip Technology Inc. "MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger". “ICD 3” is more advanced and preferable than “PICkit 3”.
- MikroElektronika "mikroProg" - Programmer and In-Circuit Debugger for Microchip PIC10, PIC12, PIC16, PIC18, dsPIC30/33, PIC24 and PIC32.
PIC32
- Microchip's 32-bit PIC32 CPUs are currently based on the “MIPS microAptiv” or “M4K core”.
- Microchip might decide, in 2015 or later to offer Linux-enabled PIC32 CPUs, based on the “MIPS32 M14Kc core”.
PIC32MZ
- A useful starter kit:
- Microchip:
- The DM320006 can be used with PIC32 Expansion Board by a Microchip Technology Inc. "PIC32MZ EC Adaptor Board", AC320006.
PIC32MX
- PIC32MX1 and PIC32MX2, with up to 50 Mhz CPU clockspeed, 3.3 Volts technology ( with some input ports which are “5 Volts tolerant”, but no 5 Volts output ports ), are the most powerful ( Microchip ) CPUs available in DIL package.
RN131 - rfPIC
GestIC
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- Microchip Technology Inc. "Touch & Input Sensing - Getting Started" - Download of the free gestic visualisation application “MGC3130 - Software Package - Aurea GUI and GestIC Library” for Windows.
- The Microchip GestIC devices are shipped with a 32-bit PIC32 and a 8-bit PIC18 CPU. While you can develop and upload firmware for the PIC18 CPU, the PIC32 has its own proprietary firmware for gestic recognition which you can´t access.
Software
Software Frameworks and Operating Systems
Operating Systems
- FreeRTOS, RetroBSD,... → See Realtime Operating Systems, Operating Systems for Embedded Systems, Distributed Operating Systems.
MPLAB Harmony Integrated Software Framework
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- To keep the code size small, the “MPLAB Harmony Integrated Software Framework” makes use of “inline code”.
- “MPLAB Harmony Integrated Software Framework” is thread-safe and may be used with integrated ( FreeRTOS, uCOS-III → see Realtime Operating Systems, Operating Systems for Embedded Systems, Distributed Operating Systems ) or external realtime operating systems.
- You may use PIC32MX with either with “MPLAB Harmony Integrated Software Framework” or “Microchip Library for Applications”, for PIC32MZ, “MPLAB Harmony Integrated Software Framework” is the only officially supported framework available.
Microchip Library for Applications
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- “MLA v2013-12-20” - Latest edition for “MPLAB X IDE”.
- “MLA v2013-06-15” - Latest edition for “MLAP 8”.
- Support:
- “Support for PIC16, PIC18, PIC24 and dsPIC33”.
- PIC32MX is supported by the “Microchip Library for Applications” - a library is shipped with the compiler. PIC32MZ is unsupported.
- “Starting with the 2013-12-20 release, the MLA will only include pre-built projects for MPLAB X IDE. Not all demos have been ported to the new version of the MLA. Please see the Legacy MLA tab below if you need: Pre-built projects for MPLAB 8”.
- The problems and drawbacks of “Microchip Library for Applications” arise, if you try to combine different code examples. In opposite, with “MPLAB Harmony Integrated Software Framework”, such problems are avoided the design.
MPLAB Code Configurator
- For 8-bit PIC CPUs, Microchip doesn't supply a library or framework, but the code configuration tool Microchip Technology Inc. "MPLAB Code Configurator".
Some other Software Libraries for Microchip MCUs
Free Development Tools
- The free IDE Microchip Technology Inc "MPLAB X" for Linux and Windows, based on NetBeans.
- The Netbeans configuration file is at “C:\MPLABX\mplab-ide\mplabide.conf”.
- The most important plugin for 8-bit PIC CPUs is the Microchip Technology Inc. "MPLAB Code Configurator", see “Tools / Plugin / Available Plugins”.
- The installer of “MPLAB X” 2.20 aborts on my Athon XP2400 computer by the error message “APPCRASH”
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- The latest free legacy IDE “MPLAB Integrated Development Environment 8.92” is still available for download at
- Microchip Technology Inc "Dev Tools Parts" - “MPLAB IDE Archives”.
- Compilers.
- The free “Gnu C/C++ 4.5.2” based compiler MPLAB XC Compilers for Linux and Windows.
- “MPLAB XC Free Edition: Supports all the devices and commands of the Standard and PRO Editions. No time or memory restrictions. Limited code optimizations. Unrestricted use—ideal for a low-cost academic or commercial solution. Allows for all the code optimization and commands of the PRO Edition for 60 days – you decide when to turn it on. An option to activate the use of the PRO Edition features and optimizations is included. After 60 days, the compiler will revert back to the levels of the Free Edition”.
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- Get the Media Access Control (MAC) address of your computer.
- Execute the command “xclm –hostinfo” from a command window on the computer on which you installed the MPLAB XC32 compiler, to get your MAC address.
- Alternatively, during compiler installation, the MAC address is detected by the installer and displayed as “Host ID” and can be copyied+pasted to the website.
- Enter the MAC address into the field, select your operating system and click on “Get free XC32++ License”.
- MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 and dsPIC DSCs.
- Microchip Technology Inc "Dev Tools Parts" - “MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 and dsPIC DSCs”, “MPLAB ASM30 Assembler”.
- The free “C” compiler Microchip Technology Inc. "MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 MCUs" Lite Edition” for Windows. No C/C++ compiler! “The Compiler Evaluation Version is free! It is full-featured for the first 60 days. After 60 days only optimization level 1 can be enabled in the compiler. The compiler will continue to function after 60 days, but code size may increase. There are no restrictions on the use of this C compiler”.
- MPLAB C Compiler for PIC18.
- The free “C” compiler Microchip Technology Inc "MPLAB C Compiler for PIC18 MCUs (C18)" for Windows - No C/C++ compiler! “The Standard-Eval Version is free! It has all the features of the full compiler and libraries. After 60 days, the optimizations related to procedural abstraction and to the extended instruction set of the newer PIC18XXXX devices will be disabled. Code compiled after the expiration date will function but may occupy more memory space”.
- MPLAB Code Configurator for 8-bit PIC CPUs.
- MPIDE is a modified version of the Arduino programming tool that works with the ChipKIT boards as well.
- The free IDE github "chipKIT32 / chipKIT32-MAX".
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- The commercial simulator Labcenter Electronics Ltd. "Proteus VSM for PIC 24".
- The free Proteus VSM MPLAB Viewer. The Integrated Solution for PICMicro Development, provided by Microchip Inc for its classical “MPLAB” IDE ( but not yet for the “MPLAB X” IDE, integration is announced / expected for Autumn 2012 . Microchip is going to release a mplabX plugin to intergrate the proteus VSM in MPLAB ). It is based on the free demonstration edition of “Proteus VSM”. “You can write your own software programs to run on the existing sample design suite
for evaluation”, using the virtual hardware “Explorer 16 Virtual Evaluation Board”.
Commercial Development Tools
- The commercial HI-Tech C Compilers by Microchip Technology for Windows.
- Index of ftp://Compilers-RO@ftp.microchip.com/ - Free “HI-TECH PIC-Lite C Compiler” compilers for Windows.
- Ing.Büro Lehmann - The commercial PIC-BASIC compiler “iL_BAS16SEV” for Windows.
- The commercial Ralf Pagel "PIC-BASIC-II" for Windows.
- The commercial microEngineering Labs, Inc. "PICBASIC PRO Compiler 3.0" ( PBP3 ) for Windows.
- The commercial MikroElektronika "mikroC PRO for PIC" - “C compiler for PC microcontroller device development”, including PC18 ( not C/C++ ! ).
- There is a free edition with codesize limited to 2 KBytes.
- On Windows Vista and newer, the installation setup wants to install the software by default at “C:\Users\Public\Documents\Mikroelektronika\mikroC PRO for PIC”.
- The IDE:
- All derived files are always in the same directory as the source files, you can not select another directory.
- The menu function “Project / Clean Project folder” lets you delete ( generated ) project files. The default setting of “Clean Project Folder” does however not remove the following file types: *.mcl, *.ini, *.brk, *.bmk, *.dic, *.hex, *.log. You should check these project files if you want to delete them. Leave other files alone, they are really project files.
- So my suggestion: To clean all targets, execute the menu item “Project / Clean Project Folder”. Let the IDE delete the following filetypes: *.asm, *.asm.ini, *.brk, *.c.ini, *.cfg, *.cp, *.dbg, *.dct, *.dlt, *.hex, *.log, *.lst, *.mcl, *.mcppi_callertable.txt, *.user.dic.
- Even then, just the calling the IDE and the (automatic) loading a project, causes the generation of files of filetypes *.bmk, *.brk, *.c.ini, *.cfg, *.dct, which must be deleted manually or better by a batch file.
- The commandline compiler has the commandline option switches:
- - N : “Output files generated to file path specified by filename”. Indeed, ”-N” defines the name of the project file, e.g. -N”C:\users\pic18project\pic18project.mcppi”.
- - B : Save compiled binary files (*.mcl) to 'directory'.
Books
German Books
- Anne König, Manfred König.
- Dieter Kohtz.
- Michael Rose.
English Books
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- Book “Peter Anderson: 'PIC C Routines'” ( TIB “T 04 B 4203” ).
- Accompanying website Peter Anderson "PIC C Routines".
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- Chuck Hellebuyck.
- Dogan Ibrahim.
- Lucio Di Jasio.
- Book Lucio Di Jasio: "Programming 16-Bit PIC Microcontrollers in C: Learning to Fly the PIC24 with CDROM".
- Accompanying website Learning to <del>Program</del> Fly the PIC24.
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- Accompanying website Exploring the PIC32.
- Sid Katzen.
- Book Myke Predko: "Programming robot controllers" - “CD-ROM with PICmicro development tools, MCU data sheets, links, source code, and more!”.
- Robert B. Reese.
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- Accompanying website Reese Micro "Microcontrollers: From Assembly Language to C Using the PIC24 Family".
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- Accompanying website Reese Micro "Microprocessors: From Assembly To C with the PIC18FXX2".
- Accompanying website for a university course Mississippi State University "ECE 3724 - Microprocessors is an undergraduate course in Electrical and Computer Engineering".
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- Harprit Singh Sandhu.
PIC Experts
- Benjamin Abramov "Digital Hardware Design. Training, Design & Support with VHDL/Verilog" - At least he read some PDF books about Microchip PIC.
- reefcafe.lt- PIC expert - At least he read many PDF books about Microchip PIC.
Training
Commercial Courses
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- Reallife seminars: ”Locate / Search By Country” → Germany.
- Microchip Technology Inc. "Classes in: Central Europe" - Training in Düsseldorf,Germany and Munich, Germany.
- Microchip Regional Training Center - Search engine for courses - Trainings might also be in Hamburg, Germany and Dortmund, Germany.
- Getting Started Checklist for Microchip Live Online Classes.
- Step 1: Install the Microchip development tools offered for download.
- Step 2: Install Microsoft’s Live Meeting 2007 client.
- Step 3: Download and install the Microchip auto-install .zip file for each class you are taking,
- Step 4: Open, build, and run the “Getting Started” project found at C:\MTT\<classname>. Correctly running this lab verifies the setup of the tools needed for your class. It will also provide the password that may be needed to log in to your class.
Free Webinars
Suggested On-Site Training Calendar 2012, for Germany
- At all on-site courses, real embedded hardware boards are provided.
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- 2011-03-20 - 2011-03-22 in Pforzheim.
- TLS 0101.
- TLS 0101: Einführung in die integrierte Entwicklungsumgebung MPLAB-IDE, 2012-03-20, 60 EUR.
- Alternative commercial online training “TLS 0101: Getting Started with Microchip Development Tools”.
- Hardware: ICDEM 2 Plus with PIC18F4520 and Microchip Technology Inc. "MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger", MPLAB Simulator simulator.
- MCU 3101.
- MCU 3101: Einführung in die 16 -Bit MCU Architektur (PIC24 & dsPIC), 2012-03-20, 60 EUR.
- Alternative commercial online training “MCU 3101: Getting Started with 16 bit Microcontroller Architecture and Instruction Set” ( 2011-03-13 ).
- Hardware which can be purchased at time of registration for the online training: Microchip Technology Inc. "Explorer 16 Development Board" and Microchip Technology Inc. "MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger", Microchip Technology Inc. "AC162039 - 9V Power Supply".
- Software which can be purchased at time of registration for the online training: Microchip Technology Inc. "MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 MCUs" for Windows.
- MCU 3201.
- MCU 3201: Einsatz der DSP-Funktionalität des dsPIC, 2011-03-21, 60 EUR.
- Requirements: TLS0101 =√, MCU3101 =√, Kenntnisse in der Programmiersprache 'C' =√.
- Software:
- The free dsPICworks Data Analysis for Windows.
- Alternative commercial online training “DSP 0201: Using DSP Features of the dsPIC DSC Architecture” ( “This class is identical to MCU3201” ).
- DSP 0202.
- DSP 0201: Entwicklung mit DSP-Bibliotheken und -Tools, 2012-03-21, 60 EUR.
- Requirements: MCU3201 =√, TLS0101 =√.
- MCT 3101: BLDC Motor Control mit dem dsPIC, 2011-03-22, 150.00 EUR.
- Requirements: TLS0101 =√, MCU3101 =√, Kenntnisse in der Programmiersprache 'C' =√.
- Additional commercial online training “MCT 0101: Overview of Intelligent Motor Control Solutions”.
- 2012-04-25- 2012-04-26 in Haan.
- PWR 3101: Digital Power Converter Basics using dsPIC33 Digital Signal Controllers (DSC), 2012-04-25, 70 EUR → just lecture.
- PWR 3201: Implementation of Digital Control Techniques for Power Converters using dsPIC SMPS Family, 2012-04-26, 150 EUR.
- Requirements: Attendees should be familiar with power conversion basic concepts and the basic of architecture of Microchip dsPIC MCUs. Suggested classes: PWR3101 =√ + TLS0101 =√ + MCU3101 =√ + MCU3201 =√
- 2012-07-25 - 2012-07-26 in Haan.
- TLS 2130.
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- Requirements: TLS0101 =√, 'C'-Programmierkenntnisse (z.B. TLS2101 ) =√.
- Alternative commercial online training “LS 2130: Getting Started with MPLAB C for dsPIC DSCs and PIC24 MCUs”.
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- MCU 3121 √.
- MCU 3121: PIC24 und dsPIC30/33 Standard Peripheriemodule und deren Konfiguration in der Programmiersprache C, 2012-07-26, 120 EUR.
- Requirements: TLS0101=√, MCU3101=√, TLS2130=√.
- Alternative commercial online training “MCU 3121: Standard PIC24/dsPIC Peripheral Configuration and Usage Using the C30 C Compiler”.
- Additional commercial online training “MCU 3122: Extended PIC24/dsPIC Peripheral Configuration and Usage Using the C30 C Compiler” √.
- 2012-08-22 - 2012-08-23 in Ismaning.
- COM 4201: Entwicklung eines Embedded Webservers auf Basis von PIC18, PIC24 oder PIC32 Microcontrollern, 2012-08-22, 150.00 EUR.
- Requirements: TLS0101 =√
oder TLS0103,MCU2101oder MCU3101 =√. - According to a Microchip staff member in 2012-01, the COM 4xxx Ethernet seminars might be available as online seminars, in Summer 2012.
- COM 3202: Entwicklung einer USB embedded Host Applikation, 2012-08-23, 150.00 EUR.
- Requirements: TLS0101 =√
oder TLS0103, Kenntnisse der Programmiersprache C (TLS2101) =√, COM3101 = just as commercial online training, no course offer in 2012.
Suggested Online Training Calendar 2012-01 - 2012-03
- All online courses use the virtual hardware “Explorer 16 Virtual Evaluation Board”, if not otherwise mentioned !
- Microchip Technology Inc. "Classes in: Central Europe". Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) + 6 hours = CET. Check for eventually different start and end of “daylight savings” periods!
- TLS 0000 √.
- Free online training “TLS 0000: Getting Started with Microchip Live Online” ( 2012-01-09 =√, 2012-01-18, 2012-01-23, 2012-01-30, 2012-02-06, 2012-02-13, 2012-02-20, 2012-02-27, 2012-03-05, 2012-03-12, 2012-03-26 ), 16.30 - 18:00 CET.
- TLS 0101.
- Alternative commercial online training “TLS 0101: Getting Started with Microchip Development Tools” ( 2012-01-09, 2012-01-16, 2012-01-23, 2012-01-30, 2012-02-06, 2012-06-13, 2012-02-20, 2012-02-27, 2012-03-05, 2012-03-12, 2012-03-26 ).
TLS 2101.- Commercial online training
“TLS 2101: Introduction to the C Programming Language for Embedded Control Engineers”( 2012-02-01, 2012-02-29 ).
- TLS 2130 √.
- Alternative commercial online training “LS 2130: Getting Started with MPLAB C for dsPIC DSCs and PIC24 MCUs” ( 2012-02-03, 2012-03-02 ).
- MCU 3101 √.
- Alternative commercial online training “MCU 3101: Getting Started with 16 bit Microcontroller Architecture and Instruction Set” ( just on 2011-03-13 ).
- MCU 3121 √.
- Alternative commercial online training “MCU 3121: Standard PIC24/dsPIC Peripheral Configuration and Usage Using the C30 C Compiler” ( 2012-01-18, 2012-02-15, 2012-03-14 ).
MCU 4101.- Commercial online training
“MCU 4101: Introduction to PIC32”( 2012-01-19, 2012-02-16, 2012-03-15 ).- “The hands-on exercises will use the Explorer16 board (DM240001) with the 32MX360 PIM ( MA320001 ) OR the PIC32 Starter Kit (DM320001) and ownership for the tools must be confirmed before the class start”.
- Hardware which can be purchased at time of registration for the online training: Microchip Technology Inc. "DM320001 - PIC32 STARTER KIT".
- MCU 3122 √.
- Additional commercial online training “MCU 3122: Extended PIC24/dsPIC Peripheral Configuration and Usage Using the C30 C Compiler” ( 2012-01-20, 2012-02-17, 2012-03-16 ).
- MCU 3201.
- Alternative commercial online training “DSP 0201: Using DSP Features of the dsPIC DSC Architecture” ( 2012-01-24, 2012-02-21, 2012-03-20 ).
- COM 3101.
- Additional commercial online training “COM 3101: Introduction to Full-Speed USB”, a mandatory prerequisite for COM 3202 ( 2012-01-27, 2012-02-24, 2012-03-23 ).
- “This classs requires the additional purchase or previous ownership of the following development tools for use in the hands-on section of the class: PICDDEM FS USB board, PICKit 3 debugger and adapter”.
- Hardware which can be purchased at time of registration for the online training: Microchip Technology Inc. "PICDEM Full Speed USB", Microchip Technology Inc. "PICKit 3 In-Circuit Debugger", Microchip Technology Inc. "AC164110 - RJ-11 to ICSP Adapter".
Resources
- Wiki chipKIT Wiki.
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- Microchip Interrupts.
- Especially with PIC microcontrollers, it is important to implement the “general exception handlers”.
Communities, Forums, Newsgroups
- chipKIT Forum - “Antispam: You can't have a profile yet. You need to post a few times first”.
Appropriate OpenDirectory Directory Pages
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