Another CODAN 9369 experience...

CODAN 9360

Today I get my Codan 9360...
I dreamed a lot at this radio, for the last 3 years, seems to be impossible to get one!
So, this is my X-Mas gift from my wife :-) Nice!

This unit is full 2-30 MHz TX capable, with front keypad programming mode.
This is somehow complicated because there are only 12 controls (10 keys and two opto) and the menu is very, very complicated!
Not only this, but the engineering is weird for a ham!
I think I will need the programming software to put the frequencies into the Eprom and also make ALE to work with HF-ALE ham radio network.

This is a small video I made when I was in QSO with YO2LGX and YO2LEO.
73 d YO3HJV

My "HELLO WORLD"

In these days seems that you cannot light a simple LED without a very complicated electronic hardware (microcontroller with some Quartz Crystal around it etc).

So, I started to become interested in these "chips" becuse I do not want to be so "obsolete"...
First, I started by searching a development board...
I soon received from a fellow ham a EasyPIC 2 Development Board fitted with everything you want.
After that, I stated to search for a suitable PIC to start with. A 16F877A seems to be the best for a beginner because has A/D converters and a lot of I/O ports.
The interest in PIC was determined by the need for some repeater automation, including battery management.
After a lot of struggling, I manage to read and write the PIC using the onboard USB programmer. This was by far the most time consuming phase (a few weekes of study). Don't laugh! I have no one to help me but some internet related posts!
To make the long short, after a successfull R/W operation, I manage to blink a LED but this don't count as a "Hellor World" project because was made with a downloaded .hex file!
I read (and trying to understand) various things about uC.
I soon found that I need a Programming tool and a compiler.
Everyone pointed me to MikroE solutions: MikroBasic and MikroC. Also I read Mr's Surducan book about microcontrollers and JAL (Just Another Language) as reccomended by some uC specialist.
After a lot of reading (and sometime "lot-of-no-understandings") I stayed on BASIC.
This is my first, true, "Hello World" project:

;Chip Settings
#chip 16F877A,10
#config OSC=HS

;Defines (Constants)
#define DISP_COUNT 4
#define DISP_SEG_A PORTB.0
#define DISP_SEG_B PORTB.1
#define DISP_SEG_C PORTB.2
#define DISP_SEG_D PORTB.3
#define DISP_SEG_E PORTB.4
#define DISP_SEG_F PORTB.5
#define DISP_SEG_G PORTB.6
#define DISP_SEG_DOT PORTB.7
#define DISP_SEL_1 PORTA.0
#define DISP_SEL_2 PORTA.1
#define DISP_SEL_3 PORTA.2
#define DISP_SEL_4 PORTA.3

afis:
DisplayValue 1, 0
Wait 1 s
DisplayValue 2, 1
Wait 1 s
DisplayValue 3, 2
Wait 1 s
DisplayValue 4, 3
Wait 1 s
DisplayValue 1, 4
Wait 1 s
DisplayValue 2, 5
Wait 1 s
DisplayValue 3, 6
Wait 1 s
DisplayValue 4, 7
Wait 1 s
DisplayValue 1, 8
Wait 1 s
DisplayValue 2, 9
Wait 1 s
Goto afis



This program is intended to be used with a 16F877A Microchip PIC,
a 10 MHz crystal and a 4 digit, 7 segment LED display.
It count from 0 to 9 but the number is displayd alternatively from left to right.
As I cannot attach the .hex file, use Copy/Paste and a txt editor to make your own hex file
to upload into the uC:

:020000040000FA
:020000000528D1
:100008000900B0209F200130A100A0015920013033
:10001800F40097200230A1000130A00059200130DF
:10002800F40097200330A1000230A00059200130CD
:10003800F40097200430A1000330A00059200130BB
:10004800F40097200130A1000430A00059200130AD
:10005800F40097200230A1000530A000592001309B
:10006800F40097200330A1000630A0005920013089
:10007800F40097200430A1000730A0005920013077
:10008800F40097200130A1000830A0005920013069
:10009800F40097200230A1000930A0005920013057
:1000A800F4009720072863005828200AA300C220DC
:1000B800A200061086100611861106128612061373
:1000C80086130510851005118511210303190514E0
:1000D8000230210203198514033021020319051582
:1000E800043021020319851522180614A218861453
:1000F80022190615A2198615221A0616A21A86169C
:10010800221B0617A21B86170800F30AC030F1004D
:100118000330F000F00B8E28F10B8C28F20B8A28A4
:10012800F30B8A280800E830F2000330F300892036
:10013800F40B97280800831603130610861006117F
:1001480086110612861206138613051085100511EE
:1001580085118312031308001F10831603139F13BE
:100168009F111F159F141F1007309C008312031343
:100178008501860187018801890108000B30230267
:10018800031800342308013E0310D03EA3000030BA
:100198000318013E8A00230882000A343F340634DB
:1001A8005B344F3466346D347D3407347F346F34B8
:02400E007A3FF7
:00000001FF