PROGRAMMING THE PICDEM 2 PLUS DEVELOPMENT BOARD

摘要

I received a message from a person who had purchased a Microchip PICDEM™ 2 Plus Development Board (see Figure 1) from www.microchip direct.com but was confused on how to get started. The person thought this would be a great board to start with because of ail the features it offers, including an LCD, EEPROM, piezo buzzer, LEDs, switches, potentiometer, and serial port. The board also has a voltage regulator and nine volt battery clap. I have to agree, it's a great board to start with. However, it was the "getting started" part that he was seeking help with. He wanted to program using the PICBASIC PRO™ compiler because he read about it here, but he couldn't find any PICBAS5C PRO example code or documentation included with the board. I helped him with some sample code, but had to admit that it wasn't written specifically for the PICDEM 2 Plus board. He was happy with the help and is busy programming his board.