9th Day - 17 July Tuesday

INSTALLING PIC C COMPILER & PROTEUS SOFTWARE

Today we need to install two most of important software in order to design the circuit using PIC. So, we got the installer of these software from our partners which were BENE students course because they already learned in their syllabus and also expert with these software. We started to learned how to install these software from them. After the installation complete, now we can start exploring these software.

PIC C COMPILER V4.038

We need to built the coding for the keypad, before we go further, we need to learn how to build the command to execute to the pic microcontroller. This software contain standard C operators and Built-in Function libraries that are specific to PIC register, providing us tool for accessing device hardware features from the C language level.

PROTEUS 7.8 SP2

Proteus 7.8  is a Virtual System Modelling (VSM) that combines circuit simulation, animated components and microprocessor models to co-simulate the complete microcontroller based designs. This is the perfect tool for engineers to test their microcontroller designs before constructing a physical prototype in real time. This program allows users to interact with the design using on-screen indicators and/or LED and LCD displays and, if attached to the PC, switches and buttons.

One of the main components of Proteus 7.8 is the Circuit Simulation a product that uses a SPICE3f5 analogue simulator kernel combined with an event-driven digital simulator that allow users to utilize any SPICE model by any manufacturer. Proteus VSM comes with extensive debugging features, including breakpoints, single stepping and variable display for a neat design prior to hardware prototyping.

In summary, Proteus 7.0 is the program to use when you want to simulate the interaction between software running on a microcontroller and any analog or digital electronic. Proteus PCB design combines the ISIS schematic capture and ARES PCB layout programs to provide a powerful, integrated and easy to use suite of tools for professional.