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Hi all! I need some guidence here, I want to build the following system: A digital thermostat that displays its information (current temp, hi/lo etc) on a 4x40 lcd (scott edwards), be able to send this info via serial (low baud rate okay), be able to receive "hi/lo" alarm info (if the temp goes above or below make a buzz..) from serial. Now I was looking at the CCS C compiler, and they do support serial support. So, what pic(s) do you recommend? What verison of the CCS compiler do I need (i guess it's based on the pic selection), and finally, I currently own a Parallax Pic Burner, so can it be burned using this hardware or do I need other hardware? Any advice would be greatly appriciated! -Kam (^8* =============== Kam Bansal (^8* spam_OUTkambTakeThisOuTjps.net "Save this email in a smaller font to save on disk space"

Microchip is actually recommending the Hi Tech C compilier for use with there mid range parts. You could probably meet your requirements with a PIC17C73A or (74A if you need more pins). I'm not sure about the Parallax Pic Burner, I know that you can burn chips with the Microchip programmer with Parallax Object code, but I've never tried it the other way. > {Original Message removed}

In message <34e095d5.4030125@204.94.175.5> .....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU writes: > Hi all! > > I need some guidence here, I want to build the following system: > > A digital thermostat that displays its information (current temp, hi/lo > etc) on > a 4x40 lcd (scott edwards), be able to send this info via serial (low > baud rate > okay), be able to receive "hi/lo" alarm info (if the temp goes above or > below > make a buzz..) from serial. > > Now I was looking at the CCS C compiler, and they do support serial > support. > So, what pic(s) do you recommend? What verison of the CCS compiler do I > need (i > guess it's based on the pic selection), and finally, I currently own a > Parallax > Pic Burner, so can it be burned using this hardware or do I need other > hardware? > > > Any advice would be greatly appriciated! > Hi, RS232 transmission is not hard with PICs. If you are doing the rest in assembler I wouldn't bother with a C compiler. Regards, Mike Watson -- Denison Mayes Group