ZX Dandanator Mini

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ZX Dandanator Mini

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Hi All,

Does anyone have any experience with these devices? In particular the programming of the PIC chip and the bits that need to be set when you program it. I have the .Hex file and when I open it in my programmer with the correct chip selected the bit flags are already populated but I’m not sure they are right as the device doesn’t work currently so I am double checking everything, I need to check my GAL as well but I’m confident that is okay.
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Re: ZX Dandanator Mini

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Have you compared the configuration bits to what they do in the data sheet? Are they sensible settings?

Data sheets for all PIC microcontrollers are available from the Microchip web site.

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Re: ZX Dandanator Mini

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Found the select bits buried in the source file and none of them match to what was programmed by default so that probably explains why it didn't work.
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