This isn’t a magical cut and paste example. YOU need to do some work.  Why? There are a number of Vishay thermistors, all with different properties and I don’t know which one you have. The values included here are for …

Using Vishay NTCASCWE3102J or NTCASWE3xx NTC Thermistors with the PIC18F2550 Read more »

So, you’re missing a few 32 bit libraries on your 64 bit Fedora install. Note, I DID NOT need to install 32-bit java. # java -version openjdk version “1.8.0_111” OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_111-b16) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.111-b16, …

Install MPLABX 3.45 on Fedora 24 x64 SOLVED Read more »

This example demonstrates a high priority interrupt on the PIC18F2550 and MPLABX 3.40 IDE with the XC 1.38 compiler. Make sure YOU remove the spaces WordPress throws in, if not your compiler will whine. Sorry, I can’t assist if you …

High Priority Timer on a PIC18F2550, XC8 Read more »

Lets make this easy and switch up to root: $ su – Password: Install the following files: dnf install samba samba-common samba-client system-config-samba dnf install policycoreutils-python-utils Configure SELinux to enable read/write access to shared dirs: semanage fcontext -a -t samba_share_t …

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Below is a 16-bit Timer0 example for the PIC18F2550 using the XC8 1.38 compiler. I’ve included two examples: INITCONbits and straight up INTCON. Why? Well, In one project, the XC8 compiler bitched with: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microchip\xc8\v1.38\include\pic18f2550.h:8051: error: (1098) conflicting declarations …

Microchip MPLABX XC8 PIC18F2550 Timer0 example Read more »

Eagle CAD complains of missing libraries > sh eagle-lin64* Ensure the following libraries are available: libssl.so.1.0.0 => not found libcrypto.so.1.0.0 => not found The fix: # cd /usr/lib64 # ln -s libssl.so.10 libssl.so.1.0.0 # ln -s libcrypto.so.10 libcrypto.so.1.0.0

The problem: An Orico OEM 3559SUSJ3 (Vidabox / JMicron / Orico) drive enclosure fails to recognize more than one drive. By recognize,  the individual drive light was not remaining illuminated after the enclosure was powered on and it’s POST complete. …

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