Since Dave's latest Video was all about pic micros, I though I'd share with everyone a utility I wrote for the pic.
I'd like to keep it simple, but I am looking for good suggestions to improve it. I've been experimenting with pic micros myself recently, And I had a desire to program songs or melodies into the pic and drive a tiny radioshack speaker.
I couldn't find anything on the internet directly, so I came up with a utility that allows you to compose your song or melody, and convert those notes and durations into syntax compilers can understand.
This utility has a quick keyboard that allows you to directly input the notes, and when your done composing, just click 'Generate Syntax' and your off! I tried to make the notes entry as painless as possible. You are limited to one sound channel currently and probably want to keep it one channel for simplicity.
I'm thinking of a midi import routine next.
If anyone would be kind enough to donate sound generation syntax for their favorite compiler, I would be more than happy to include in the next release. Particularly a good 'C' routine as that is not my first language. All variants are welcome as it will make it easy for everyone.
I dubbed it 'Picano' (Piano + Pic) Dave can make fun of me even more than the 'Arduino' brand, I'm ready for it
Software is FREE and you can make it better by checking it out and "Takin it Apaaaaaaght!"
Here is the link:
http://acstech.serveftp.com/PicanoSetup.exeOh yea, I included a sample file created using picano called "Waltzing Matilda" lol. Its a real hacked (bad) version so dont expect too much. Share your own creations back to EEVBlog.