Complete Intro To PIC's - Make an LED Flash

As the title suggests, this guide is targeted for those who are new to the world of PIC microcontrollers. I cover the basics from hardware to software along with programming the device and a few hints along the way.

I do assume a little bit of electronics knowledge - eg, reading circuit diagrams - I'm guessing if someone has the knowledge to Google "Intro To PIC's" then they know something about basic electronics...

This video was originally designed in 2007 and was lost for a LONG TIME due to a server migration. A BIG THANKYOU to AndyO from http://digital-diy.com for randomly finding the video on his hard drive. Might have taken 2 years to find a copy, although we got there in the end :)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• pic microcontroller
• programming
• electronics

[maqsoodu23]

lol..earth wire..hahaha .. its ground... there is a difference between the two!!! read up on it

[W4llyB4nger]

Nice vid, I enjoyed it.  Thank you!

[colin55111]

A couple of points:

1. The Memory Clear pin (on the programmer), is really Vpp. This pin supplies the 13.5v needed to open up the PIC chip to get it into programming mode.

2. The circuit diagram is missing the 5v to the chip.

Colin Mitchell