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My father brought me a MC68HC908GP32 microcontroller so that I can spend my Easter holidays with something "productive", and today, with help from my brother and father, we did this:

We lit a led and then added another one!
Pics:
http://mike.thedt.net/images/temp/DSC00275.JPG -- One led only
http://mike.thedt.net/images/temp/DSC00277.JPG -- Two leds

I know, lighting leds isn't such a hard thing to do, (even with a microcontroller), but for me it's a begging.

I used to do this last summer, but didn't got far away. I was still doing various things with leds.
Now, I have forgotten almost everything from what I knew (that little knowledge anyway... ).

I still don't understand most of the things, but let's hope that I will in the near future...

so now you can start making your own "someone messaged you" led blinker

(assuming you can control the PIC via the RS232 port? otherwise you could output a signal to the RS232 port or even centronics (parallel) port (but be very carefull with that since you could blow up your parallel port and PIC with that if done wrong) and wire that to one of the input legs of the PIC...

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
so now you can start making your own "someone messaged you" led blinker (Smilie)

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Good idea
But I still don't know how to send data to it.
I can currently only light a led

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

(assuming you can control the PIC via the RS232 port? otherwise you could output a signal to the RS232 port or even centronics (parallel) port (but be very carefull with that since you could blow up your parallel port and PIC with that if done wrong) and wire that to one of the input legs of the PIC...

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Yes, it is controlled via RS232 (you can see this on the pictures), but it's not "pure" RS232 since it is connected to a USB-to-RS232 converter.

I made the leds blink
Check out the (poor quality) video! : http://mike.thedt.net/temp/MOV00280.3GP

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Originally posted by Mike

I made the leds blink (Smilie)
Check out the (poor quality) video! : http://mike.thedt.net/temp/MOV00280.3GP

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Lol, cool
*duck wishes he could do that

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Originally posted by CookieRevised


so now you can start making your own "someone messaged you" led blinker

(assuming you can control the PIC via the RS232 port? otherwise you could output a signal to the RS232 port or even centronics (parallel) port (but be very carefull with that since you could blow up your parallel port and PIC with that if done wrong) and wire that to one of the input legs of the PIC...

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aka

Mike thats cool

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Originally posted by SonicSam

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Originally posted by CookieRevised


so now you can start making your own "someone messaged you" led blinker

(assuming you can control the PIC via the RS232 port? otherwise you could output a signal to the RS232 port or even centronics (parallel) port (but be very carefull with that since you could blow up your parallel port and PIC with that if done wrong) and wire that to one of the input legs of the PIC...

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Mike thats cool

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Sam, refund your pre-order for the LED thingy!!

New program: http://mike.thedt.net/temp/MOV00303.3GP

Nothing really new...

It is supposed to be one of those which are in the streets that tell you to stop or go (don't know the English name for it )

Traffic lights?

And nice - i've got 2 of these things around the house but I've never used them
* Nathan goes to find them

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Originally posted by Nathan
Traffic lights?

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Doh, of course, silly me...