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Header file for the 16F628A? |
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:46 pm |
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Hi
I have quite an old version of the PICC compiler.
I need to program the 16F628A.
Could someone please tell me how to obtain the header files for this chip (which is not in my library)?
Thank you
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Ttelmah Guest
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Re: Header file for the 16F628A? |
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:54 am |
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arrow wrote: | Hi
I have quite an old version of the PICC compiler.
I need to program the 16F628A.
Could someone please tell me how to obtain the header files for this chip (which is not in my library)?
Thank you
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This type of question has been answered many times. The problem is that just having the 'header file', _won't_ make the compiler handle a chip it does not know about. If the chip is a 'derivative version' of one that your compiler can handle (so for instance, has all the I/O and registers, exactly matching an existing chip, but just has a different amount of RAM/ROM), then the device editor may allow you to achieve compatibility, but in general, the only way to add a chip that is different, is to buy a compiler upgrade...
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arrow Guest
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 12:02 am |
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Hi Ttelmah
Thank you for your reply.
I have one more question, before I have to decide: so the only compatability issue with the new header file is that the pins should match another (older) chip?
Should I worry about anything else besides the pin compatability?
All the best
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Ttelmah Guest
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 3:01 am |
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arrow wrote: | Hi Ttelmah
Thank you for your reply.
I have one more question, before I have to decide: so the only compatability issue with the new header file is that the pins should match another (older) chip?
Should I worry about anything else besides the pin compatability?
All the best
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No.
The 'pins' have practically nothing to do with it. It is the peripheral 'set' that matters. If (for instance), you had a compiler that understood the 16F877, but did not handle the 873 (not likely, but just and example), then you could write code for the 877, and either manually restrict yourself to avoid the extra pins, and the extra ROM/RAM space, or with the device editor, turn these features 'off'. However, if instead you had the 16F84, and the 16F628, which are basically 'pin compatible', the problem is that the latter has a whole crop of different internal peripherals, and the compiler would not know about these...
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Humberto
Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 1215 Location: Buenos Aires, La Reina del Plata
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 6:35 am |
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The 16F628 and 16F628A have both ICSP (In Circuit Serial Programming) capabilities but only the 16F628A support debug mode for debugging with ICD´s.
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