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by gramo
Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:43 am
Forum: IDE
Topic: Lame Dongle
Replies: 13
Views: 8353

Sure security dongles take a little getting use to if you work in a multi PC environment, though a small price to pay for what is arguably the best compiler on the market. Don't forget, a dual license is $199 (comes with 2 security dongles) - still cheaper then single licenses from most other compet...
by gramo
Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:36 pm
Forum: Compiler
Topic: help! :)
Replies: 7
Views: 4498

You could make a pretty simple program in Excel - drag and drop a hex file into excel and the contents will be shown down column 1

With a macro, parse row by row into the desired file name and makes changes where desired.

Might be an easier way - I'm just thinking out loud
by gramo
Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:01 am
Forum: Compiler
Topic: Newbies: think twice about using Swordfish for new projects.
Replies: 21
Views: 15588

Thanks Steve - that's comforting to know
He is busy with work at the moment, but expects to be back in action before long. Do not worry that things have been quiet.
Understandably so. I think that's all I needed :wink:
by gramo
Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:42 pm
Forum: Compiler
Topic: Newbies: think twice about using Swordfish for new projects.
Replies: 21
Views: 15588

SF is a brilliantly designed product on the market, and has been adopted accordingly by the tech community. If it's the ridiculously low pricing of SF that is holding things back, I for one would be more than happy to provide support. I really hope that this lull has been the result of a Swordfish P...
by gramo
Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:21 am
Forum: User Modules
Topic: sd.write problem
Replies: 3
Views: 3394

Why use # as in #58? Although not required, it is a prefix for decimal numbers. The only info I can find on it is in the Swordfish - Variable help topic; An alternative way to assign a single character to a string element or char variable is by using the # notation. For example, the underscore char...
by gramo
Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: VB.net UART/USART/RS232 Tool and Source Code
Replies: 0
Views: 4882

VB.net UART/USART/RS232 Tool and Source Code

I use the PICKit 2 UART Tool all the time, though wanted to develop some working code with VB.net to handle the serial port interfacing. Needless to say that the PK2 software was the basis of my design approach, though there are several new little features thrown in there that I would use. The only ...
by gramo
Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: VB.net USB HID Program
Replies: 13
Views: 12581

Updated the source code with a few more comments should you find your self wondering what's going on
by gramo
Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:19 am
Forum: General
Topic: VB.net USB HID Program
Replies: 13
Views: 12581

Not sure what happened there Steve, I've updated the file just in case.

Is it accessible now?
by gramo
Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: Visual Studio 2010 Free Beta Download
Replies: 0
Views: 3053

Visual Studio 2010 Free Beta Download

The beta license is free for 250 odd days, so there's plenty of programming time! Visual Studio 2010 uses the .net 4.0 Framework

Download it here
by gramo
Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: VB.net USB HID Program
Replies: 13
Views: 12581

VB.net USB HID Program

I made a program that uses the mcHID.dll library (similar to the VB5 code produced by SF), though it works with VB.net (framework 4, can be rolled back if need be) http://digital-diy.com/images/stories/authors/graham/iHID.gif As it stands now, iHID is a USB HID report manager. Allows you to connect ...
by gramo
Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:31 am
Forum: Compiler
Topic: Bootload from SD reader
Replies: 9
Views: 4637

Code: Select all

// Code to flash firmware goes here
' 1. write bootloader jump address bytes (which was $AA, $EF, $7E, $F0 in my case)
' 2. read in new program and write it
' 3. write user program jump address bytes 
Could you post a program example for the above comments?

Cheers
by gramo
Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:35 am
Forum: Compiler
Topic: Trying code out in Proteus
Replies: 5
Views: 3571

I gave it a whirl and it woks fine?

Image

I do have slightly different versions though;
Windows Vista 32Bit
SF Vr 2.1.0.2
Proteus Design Suite 7.6
by gramo
Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:05 pm
Forum: Compiler
Topic: Two interrupts question
Replies: 1
Views: 2025

by gramo
Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:27 am
Forum: Compiler
Topic: movlw 4294967295 compiler bug
Replies: 59
Views: 33381

"Large projects" Sounds like a bank switching error. It can't be an issue with bank switching as 18F PIC's do not use bank switching; one of the many advancements over the 16F range. It's got to be annoying that no solution has been made yet for this problem. There are some rather small known issue...
by gramo
Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:38 am
Forum: Modules
Topic: SD Bootloader - Development???
Replies: 7
Views: 5387

Roshan wrote:Hi All !

pls. look here.

http://digital-diy.com/phpbb3/viewtopic ... 1209#p1209

Regards
Cheers Roshan, although the link refers to bootloaders; I was kindof hoping that someone had created a bootloader specifically for SD Cards :wink: