Simple question - Custom variables from PC software

[Zoltarc]

Not quite sure how to phrase this as I am not a programmer

I have a project that I would like users to be able to customize. For example the user can specify the label of a sensor in a software program, click "Upload to PIC" and that label will then be used by the PIC.

Is this sort of thing possible with the PIC? Would the software program have to write the variables to the EEPROM of the PIC and then the PIC read the values back out (so they stay static).

Is the only way to achieve this through boot loading new firmware?

It would be much appreciated if I could be pointed in the correct direction Just a keyword so I can go off and research would be great!

[Guest]

Hi,

This would be fairly easy actually. You could code the PIC to receive commands from the PC containing the label data that you want. The PIC would store this data to the internal EEPROM so that it would be available on powerup also. The PC could send something like this:

$LAB1 Voltage<CR>

The PIC would interpret this as a command to make 'Label1' show the text 'Voltage'.

Does that help?

Tim

[Zoltarc]

Great thanks!