general MIOS programming info

[ma3a.au]

hey everybody. i'm sorry if this should be easy to find, or has been covered before, but i have looked ???. i've experience with assembly, but only with 6502 assembly; none with PIC assembly. as such, i'd like to check out a tutorial or book or something that's relevant to programming the PIC18F452, though none seem to deal with it specifically (except for that embedded designs book, though i'd like to go for something a little more freely available at the moment, as i'm rather short on money :-\). tutorials regarding the PIC16F84 seem to be quite common - how relevant is it? i shall also, of course, check out the PIC18F452's datasheets.

i'm also after some basic information on programming over MIOS (does it have routines to simplify interfacing to MIDI? is it an abstraction layer?), and also some information on how things like the DINX4 and DOUTX4 modules interface with the core module. is there documentation for this available at the ucapps site?

thanks everybody :)

-duncan

PS - i spose i should ask, though i'd really rather go the assembly-route: there seems to be a bit more info regarding programming through MIOS in C - would this be a better option? i don't know C, but i've been interested in learning for a long time now. would programming for MIOS be a bad primer? :P

[moebius]

Hi.

i shall also, of course, check out the PIC18F452's datasheets.

It might be a good thing to do - You might even find instruction set from there ;D

i'm also after some basic information on programming over MIOS (does it have routines to simplify interfacing to MIDI? is it an abstraction layer?)

It handles the low level hardware/midi I/O for you. A good place to start would probably be MIOS function reference: http://www.ucapps.de/mios_fun.html along with some sample applications from the download page: http://www.ucapps.de/mios_download.html

and also some information on how things like the DINX4 and DOUTX4 modules interface with the core module. is there documentation for this available at the ucapps site?

It's all there. Just browse it and have fun.

Bye, Moebius

thanks everybody :)

-duncan

PS - i spose i should ask, though i'd really rather go the assembly-route: there seems to be a bit more info regarding programming through MIOS in C - would this be a better option? i don't know C, but i've been interested in learning for a long time now. would programming for MIOS be a bad primer? :P

[ma3a.au]

thanks, mobius :). yeh yeh i know what a reference is!  i understand that's a good place to find the instruction set etc, *but* i was just wondering about a tutorial to see how program flow etc differs, as i only have experience with one brand of assembly, so i don't know how my current knowledge carries over. all the same, i'll take a look at those examples you linked to. thanks again :)!

-duncan