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Title: Connecting PIC microcontroller to flash?
Post by: Dudekiller on January 11, 2009, 09:24:24 PM

Is it possible to connect a PIC microcontroller to Flash? If so, then how?

Title: Re: Connecting PIC microcontroller to flash?
Post by: jka on January 12, 2009, 03:18:49 AM

What do you mean by flash? A USB flashdisk or SD card or just an I2C flash ram? I think Microchip has some application notes on this. Go to http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=2048 and start digging.

Title: Re: Connecting PIC microcontroller to flash?
Post by: Dudekiller on January 12, 2009, 12:41:57 PM

No. I meant Flash the program.How do you connect it to Flash 8 or Flash CS3?

Title: Re: Connecting PIC microcontroller to flash?
Post by: izua on January 12, 2009, 05:35:49 PM

Well, a first step is connecting your PIC to a computer. As long as the PIC can pump data in your box, you can make (or maybe use) a secondary program to capture that data and send it to a flash app.

Title: Re: Connecting PIC microcontroller to flash?
Post by: jka on January 13, 2009, 03:34:56 AM

Quote from: Dudekiller on January 12, 2009, 12:41:57 PM

No. I meant Flash the program.How do you connect it to Flash 8 or Flash CS3?

What is Flash 8 and Flash CS3?

Title: Re: Connecting PIC microcontroller to flash?
Post by: paulstreats on January 13, 2009, 08:03:22 AM

Its a way of making flash animations for websites. It does include a command interpreter now so there are a few flash based games coming into the market.

But why would anybody ever want to use a PIC through it?

Title: Re: Connecting PIC microcontroller to flash?
Post by: cosminprund on January 13, 2009, 01:04:48 PM

Because it provides a easy way to implement a GUI that the OP might have mastered.

Title: Re: Connecting PIC microcontroller to flash?
Post by: Dudekiller on January 13, 2009, 05:45:39 PM

Is there a command in c which I can send data through serial? I've done this before using Arduino.

Title: Re: Connecting PIC microcontroller to flash?
Post by: izua on January 13, 2009, 06:22:31 PM

Nope. C is a language, you need libraries for it to do anything. Look around, I had posted a serial class last year somewhere. Look for those keywords.