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Hops - 31 May 2006 16:35 GMT

I'm trying out how to make my project work, and it is really simple: An
IR emitter/reciever will control an electric motor's on and off. So
what I'd like to know is:

1) What kind of microcontroller should I use? I've played around with a
BS2 stamp, but frankly the price is too high for this project, and I've
no experience with the more generic PICs out there. It needs to be able
to send IR, tell whether or not we are recieving IR, and tell a servo
to turn when it isn't.

2) What will I need to program the PIC?

3) What other hardware will I need? I know that I need a power adapter,
microcontroller, IR pair, and continuous rotational servo... but would
there be anything else? Something a neophyte wouldn't think of?

4) What are considered your top bookmarks for PIC/small electronic
projects?

Thank you very much,

Hops

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Eric Wong - 31 May 2006 17:08 GMT

> I'm trying out how to make my project work, and it is really simple: An
> IR emitter/reciever will control an electric motor's on and off. So
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>
> Hops

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Rich Grise - 31 May 2006 18:43 GMT

> I'm trying out how to make my project work, and it is really simple: An
> IR emitter/reciever will control an electric motor's on and off. So
> what I'd like to know is:
>
> 1) What kind of microcontroller should I use?

Wait a minute. In your subject line, you say, "PIC Project". Doesn't that
mean that the teacher told you to use a PIC?

Otherwise, what could possess you to use a whole micro for so simple
a function? If all you want is on/off, you can do that with a few
transistors.

Please advise.

Thanks!
Rich

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Grey - 31 May 2006 22:23 GMT

> I'm trying out how to make my project work, and it is really simple: An
> IR emitter/reciever will control an electric motor's on and off. So
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> to send IR, tell whether or not we are recieving IR, and tell a servo
> to turn when it isn't.

You can buy dedicated matched IR reciever IC's and LED's. A few tranny's a
few resistors will do the same job for a fraction of the grief and aggro.

> 2) What will I need to program the PIC?

A PIC programmer. (!)

> 3) What other hardware will I need? I know that I need a power adapter,
> microcontroller, IR pair, and continuous rotational servo... but would
> there be anything else? Something a neophyte wouldn't think of?

I got into PIC'ing using a old UV erasable one. I bought a PIC-Basic
complier to make programming a snap and to teach myself how to use one and
I'm muddling though using the native PIC language. I brought a few PIC
project books and one of them PIC project test boards.

Graham

> 4) What are considered your top bookmarks for PIC/small electronic
> projects?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Hops

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petrus bitbyter - 31 May 2006 23:49 GMT

> I'm trying out how to make my project work, and it is really simple: An
> IR emitter/reciever will control an electric motor's on and off. So
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>
> Hops

Well... You need to know something about PICS if you want to use them. I
consider

http://www.voti.nl/swp/n_index.html

a usefull starting point but you can find countless others. As from your
questions I guess you will need more to know about electronics as well. Hope
you have good textbooks overthere.

petrus biybyter

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