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RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Surge - 06-25-2015

http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/3awndk/wp_an_unnamed_henchmen_has_the_audacity_to_murder/
heeeeeheheh

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Jim_Clonk - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 05:37 AM)Reks Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 05:05 AM)Marxon Wrote: DIBS ON VAMPIRE KNIVES!

Dunno why you're calling dibs.

Someone can just get a key from Plantera, farm for a mould, and just...

Go create a small world, murder Skeletron, and just open the chest there?

You don't HAVE to be the first one to snatch something if a server is made.






I personally would be far more interested in just building, preferrably with free reign.

After all, I'd do stuff like this:

[+]Not finished yet but have a looksie anyway

Looks nice. You can be our architect then? Just please not taskbar next time xd

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - SCN-3_NULL - 06-25-2015

and I really dont want my code looking from this
Code:
CLRF PORTB
MOVLW B'01000000'
MOVWF PORTB
<delay code> ;0.5second delay
CLRF PORTB
MOVLWB B'10000000'
MOVWF PORTB
<delay code> ;0.5second delay
goto FwC

to something this magnitude of mess
Code:
CLRF PORTB
MOVLW B'01000000'
MOVWF PORTB
cblock
d1
d2
d3
endc

;499994 cycles
movlw 0x03
movwf d1
movlw 0x18
movwf d2
movlw 0x02
movwf d3
Delay_0
decfsz d1, f
goto $+2
decfsz d2, f
goto $+2
decfsz d3, f
goto Delay_0

;6 cycles
goto $+1
goto $+1
goto $+1 ;0.5second delay
CLRF PORTB
MOVLWB B'10000000'
MOVWF PORTB
cblock
d1
d2
d3
endc

;499994 cycles
movlw 0x03
movwf d1
movlw 0x18
movwf d2
movlw 0x02
movwf d3
Delay_0
decfsz d1, f
goto $+2
decfsz d2, f
goto $+2
decfsz d3, f
goto Delay_0

;6 cycles
goto $+1
goto $+1
goto $+1 ;0.5second delay
goto FwC
also I'm having a hard time editing my text on the rich texteditor blinking out randomly even on my laptop and those are copied from a code generated result

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Battle Bee - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 06:05 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 05:37 AM)Reks Wrote: Dunno why you're calling dibs.

Someone can just get a key from Plantera, farm for a mould, and just...

Go create a small world, murder Skeletron, and just open the chest there?

You don't HAVE to be the first one to snatch something if a server is made.






I personally would be far more interested in just building, preferrably with free reign.

After all, I'd do stuff like this:

[+]Not finished yet but have a looksie anyway

Looks nice. You can be our architect then? Just please not taskbar next time xd

Everyone should be able to build.
Not just one person.

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - SCN-3_NULL - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 06:06 AM)Battle Bee Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 06:05 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: Looks nice. You can be our architect then? Just please not taskbar next time xd

Everyone should be able to build.
Not just one person.

but everything I've build looks like a simpleton's apartment

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Segolia - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 05:56 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 05:51 AM)Segolia Wrote: It's just a convenience function. You gotta do it yourself in assembly which means busy-waiting (throw the processor into a fixed length loop). To work out the time you need to bust out the data sheet and find out the clock speed, work out the number of cycles your loop takes and do some magic (my minds a bit hazy on the specifics atm).

As for sending things serially? Does your device have something like UART? You should use that.
no...it's a PIC16F877a on a SK40C board with a 4MHz clock, I'm trying to have 5 LED light up in one direction and when a switch is pressed the LED lights up in the opposite direction,
so everything should be in he assembly code, which I have trouble with

Using a clock of some kind is probably preferable to busy-waiting. Is there a configurable clock (like, with a register?). I'd do it something like this:
-Configure clock to desired delay (eg. 500ms)
-Store LED bitmask in some byte in memory or use a register (like "2_00000" where each digit corresponds to an LED in the sequence)
-Initialise the bitmask with some value (eg. "2_00001")
-On clock interrupt, circular shift right, use bitmask to determine which LED to light up and send a signal to the corresponding pin (alternatively you could save some hassle, say if your device has ports  with multiple pins which share a single data register, just store the LED bitmask in the data register and shift that, then just hook LEDs up to appropriate pins)
-Write an interrupt handler for the button press, simply make it toggle the direction of the shift which happens on the clock interrupt.

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Jim_Clonk - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 06:06 AM)Battle Bee Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 06:05 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: Looks nice. You can be our architect then? Just please not taskbar next time xd

Everyone should be able to build.
Not just one person.

I'm pretty sure everyone will be able to build. but if someone how doesn't know what they are doing tries to build something onto the really fancy building someone made, that's probably not going to look very good.
So what I meant was: the people who can make things look good, should be the ones to do so.

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Reks - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 06:06 AM)Battle Bee Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 06:05 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: Looks nice. You can be our architect then? Just please not taskbar next time xd

Everyone should be able to build.
Not just one person.

(06-25-2015, 06:14 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 06:06 AM)Battle Bee Wrote: Everyone should be able to build.
Not just one person.

I'm pretty sure everyone will be able to build. but if someone how doesn't know what they are doing tries to build something onto the really fancy building someone made, that's probably not going to look very good.
So what I meant was: the people who can make things look good, should be the ones to do so.

Ahh, I don't wanna be the ONLY builder. It's just my primary focus.

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - SCN-3_NULL - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 06:08 AM)Segolia Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 05:56 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: no...it's a PIC16F877a on a SK40C board with a 4MHz clock, I'm trying to have 5 LED light up in one direction and when a switch is pressed the LED lights up in the opposite direction,
so everything should be in he assembly code, which I have trouble with

Using a clock of some kind is probably preferable to busy-waiting. Is there a configurable clock (like, with a register?). I'd do it something like this:
-Configure clock to desired delay (eg. 500ms)
-Store LED bitmask in some byte in memory or use a register (like "2_00000" where each digit corresponds to an LED in the sequence)
-Initialise the bitmask with some value (eg. "2_00001")
-On clock interrupt, circular shift right, use bitmask to determine which LED to light up and send a signal to the corresponding pin (alternatively you could save some hassle, say if your device has ports  with multiple pins which share a single data register, just store the LED bitmask in the data register and shift that, then just hook LEDs up to appropriate pins)
-Write an interrupt handler for the button press, simply make it toggle the direction of the shift which happens on the clock interrupt.
I'm not sure about the configurable clock but I do finf TMR1,TMR2 and a few TRM in the special registers, are those what I'm looking for?
and yes the device has ports, I'm planning on assembling them like this, but with 5LEDs and 4MHz clock
[Image: Blinking-LED-using-PIC-Microcontroller-C...iagram.jpg]
And a code example would be really useful, dont see these in my slides, will put those in the comments just for reminder.

and this is the SK40C board
[Image: Capture.PNG]
all I have to do is to pin in the leds on the ports on the sides where the chip is installed

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Jim_Clonk - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 06:18 AM)Reks Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 06:06 AM)Battle Bee Wrote: Everyone should be able to build.
Not just one person.

(06-25-2015, 06:14 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: I'm pretty sure everyone will be able to build. but if someone how doesn't know what they are doing tries to build something onto the really fancy building someone made, that's probably not going to look very good.
So what I meant was: the people who can make things look good, should be the ones to do so.

Ahh, I don't wanna be the ONLY builder. It's just my primary focus.
I might take architect as a secondary focus. I can build kind of nice looking things.

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Segolia - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 06:24 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 06:08 AM)Segolia Wrote: Using a clock of some kind is probably preferable to busy-waiting. Is there a configurable clock (like, with a register?). I'd do it something like this:
-Configure clock to desired delay (eg. 500ms)
-Store LED bitmask in some byte in memory or use a register (like "2_00000" where each digit corresponds to an LED in the sequence)
-Initialise the bitmask with some value (eg. "2_00001")
-On clock interrupt, circular shift right, use bitmask to determine which LED to light up and send a signal to the corresponding pin (alternatively you could save some hassle, say if your device has ports  with multiple pins which share a single data register, just store the LED bitmask in the data register and shift that, then just hook LEDs up to appropriate pins)
-Write an interrupt handler for the button press, simply make it toggle the direction of the shift which happens on the clock interrupt.
I'm not sure about the configurable clock but I do finf TMR1,TMR2 and a few TRM in the special registers, are those what I'm looking for?
and yes the device has ports, I'm planning on assembling them like this, but with 5LEDs and 4MHz clock
Snip
And a code example would be really useful, dont see these in my slides, will put those in the comments just for reminder.

I can't give you a code example easily. I'd have to read through the datasheet for your device to even work out pinouts and registers properly. Not to mention I'm a bit rusty  and I've never worked with PIC (I learned assembly with an ARM architecture).

It should be pretty straightforward, you know how to write interrupt handlers right? psuedocode would look something like


Quote:Main:
-configure clock registers (for desired delay)
-configure GPIO pins/ports/whatever for LED
-Store LED bitmask (0x01) in memory or register
-Store Direction flag/bit (0x0) in memory or register
-enable port/pins
-enable clock

Clock interrupt handler:
-read LED bitmask into register
-Clear all current LED pins
-Perform some logic to write to appropriate pin (eg. write value of LED bitmask AND 2_00000001 to LED 1, bitmask AND 2_00000010 to LED 2 etc.)
-read direction flag/bit
-Circular shift (aka rotate no carry) either left or right based on value of direction bit (eg. left if 0, right if 1)
-store new LED bitmask in memory

Button interrupt handler:
-read direction flag/bit
-XOR 0x1 to toggle
-store updated direction flag/bit

And remember if you're using registers to store those values to push them onto the stack before running your interrupt handler.

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - SCN-3_NULL - 06-25-2015

Currently in me head




RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Reks - 06-25-2015

Okay, my eyes hurt a bit now so probably the last screenshot for the night, but

[+]STILL not finished


RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Surge - 06-25-2015

"nah surge you should totally check out From the Depths, it so much smoother and better than those other sandbox builders"
"I dunno"
"totally man"
"ehhh lemme look it up on youtube"

verdict: I HAVE BEEN LIEEEEEED TOOOOO.

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - roguephoenix64 - 06-25-2015

*shimmers into existence*
I heard something about Terraria?

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Battle Bee - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 07:04 AM)Reks Wrote: Okay, my eyes hurt a bit now so probably the last screenshot for the night, but

[+]STILL not finished

You should use more sloped blocks.

And place some stone and ore within the dirt, to make it seem a bit more natural.

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - SilverOtter - 06-25-2015

So at first I was reading Explain xkcd, and next thing I knew I had just stopped browsing Wikipedia and installed a Usenet client on my computer and was googling for a server that carried the newsgroups I was looking for.

I don't even.

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Reks - 06-25-2015

(06-25-2015, 07:08 AM)Battle Bee Wrote:
(06-25-2015, 07:04 AM)Reks Wrote: Okay, my eyes hurt a bit now so probably the last screenshot for the night, but

[+]STILL not finished

You should use more sloped blocks.

And place some stone and ore within the dirt, to make it seem a bit more natural.

Those finishing touches come soon

But not quiiiite yet. Which is why, aside from placing enough in some of the homes to get NPCs in there, they're entirely unfurnished. I'm mostly walking into it a bit at a time, and I'm close to being finished with the framework. Then comes the small things that make it look extra nice, such as slopes, halfblocks, and more than just dirt

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - Surge - 06-25-2015

>made a comment on /r/writingprompts, got downvoted.

Yeah well fuck you guys too! I'll go start my own writing based subreddit!

RE: Avali Nexus Forum 1: A Cold Phoenix - SCN-3_NULL - 06-25-2015




okay, Ithink I got a working code
Code:
        LIST        p=16F877a,
        #include    <p16f877a.inc>
        __CONFIG    0x3d72
        
BANK_0    EQU            0x00
BANK_1    EQU            0x80
BANK_2    EQU            0x100
BANK_3    EQU            0x180
PortB    EQU            0x06
STATUS    EQU            0x03
CBLOCK                0x20
        Count1
        Count2
        Count3                            ;delay count for subroutine
ENDC
        ORG            0
Init    MOVLW        B'00000111'            ;Pin 3 to pin 7 are output pins
        BANKSEL        BANK_1
        MOVWF        TRISB
        BANKSEL        BANK_0
Start    CLRF        PORTB
FwC        BTFSC        PORTB, 0
        goto        BwC
Fw        CLRF        PORTB
        MOVLW        B'00001000'
        MOVWF        PORTB
        Call        Delay500ms            ;0.5second delay
        CLRF        PORTB
        MOVLW        B'00010000'
        MOVWF        PORTB    
        Call        Delay500ms            ;0.5second delay
        CLRF        PORTB
        MOVLW        B'00100000'
        MOVWF        PORTB    
        Call        Delay500ms            ;0.5second delay
        CLRF        PORTB            
        MOVLW        B'01000000'
        MOVWF        PORTB        
        Call        Delay500ms            ;0.5second delay        
        CLRF        PORTB
        MOVLW        B'10000000'
        MOVWF        PORTB
        Call        Delay500ms            ;0.5second delay
        goto        FwC

BwC        BTFSC        PORTB,1
        goto        EndTest
Bw        CLRF        PORTB
        MOVLW        B'10000000'
        MOVWF        PORTB
        Call        Delay500ms            ;0.5second delay
        CLRF        PORTB
        MOVLW        B'01000000'
        MOVWF        PORTB    
        Call        Delay500ms            ;0.5second delay
        CLRF        PORTB
        MOVLW        B'00100000'
        MOVWF        PORTB    
        Call        Delay500ms            ;0.5second delay
        CLRF        PORTB            
        MOVLW        B'00010000'
        MOVWF        PORTB        
        Call        Delay500ms            ;0.5second delay        
        CLRF        PORTB
        MOVLW        B'00001000'
        MOVWF        PORTB
        Call        Delay500ms            ;0.5second delay
        goto        BwC

EndTest    goto        FwC
        
;Delay subroutines
Delay500ms
        MOVLW        0x03                ;499994 cycles on 4Mhz
        MOVWF        Count1
        MOVLW        0x18
        MOVWF        Count2
        MOVLW        0x02
        MOVWF        Count3
Delay_0
        DECFSZ        Count1, F
        goto         $+2
        DECFSZ        Count2, F
        goto         $+2
        DECFSZ        Count3, F
        goto        Delay_0
                                            ;6 cycles
        goto        $+1
        goto        $+1
        goto        $+1
        return
END
I'm not sure will it work as intended in the SK40C board and I'm kinda late now the lab is closed,
so far I think it'll go one way as intended but I'm unsure will it go the other wat when a switch is pressed.
and for the last time is anyone going to fix the code box!