Raynerd.co.uk

A very simple project but it makes a nice introduction to coding! It is actually just two pins at logic 1 independently and then together so on the development board it is simply two leds flashing but if you put it with a bi-colour led (maplin sell these as tri-colour but they are actually only two colours R&G, true tri-colour is RGB) it looks quite nice.

I`m sure you`ll get the idea after a few seconds!

Simple flashing:


#define red GPIO.b0
#define green GPIO.b1
int i=500;
char cnt;
void init()
{
ANSEL = 0; // Configure AN pins as digital
CMCON = 7; // Turn off the comparators
TRISIO = 0; // configure pins of GPIO as output
GPIO = 0x00;
}

while (1)
{
red = 1;
green=0;
delay_ms(200);
red = 0;
green = 1;
delay_ms(200);
red = 1;
delay_ms(200);
}
}
Alternative shown in the video with a nice looking delay that speeds up:


#define red GPIO.b0
#define green GPIO.b1
int i=500;
char cnt;
void init()
{
ANSEL = 0; // Configure AN pins as digital
CMCON = 7; // Turn off the comparators
TRISIO = 0; // configure pins of GPIO as output
GPIO = 0x00;
}

while (1)
{
i = i-40;
if (i <= 0)
i = 500;
else
{
red = 1;
green=0;
Vdelay_ms(i);
red = 0;
green = 1;
Vdelay_ms(i);
red = 1;
Vdelay_ms(i);
if (i <200)
{
red = 1;
green=0;
Vdelay_ms(i);
red = 0;
green = 1;
Vdelay_ms(i);
red = 1;
Vdelay_ms(i);
}
if (i<100)
{
for (cnt=0; cnt<80; cnt++)
{
red = 1;
green=0;
Vdelay_ms(i);
red = 0;
green = 1;
Vdelay_ms(i);
red = 1;
Vdelay_ms(i);
}
}
}
}
}