ME Labs, Inc. | 1-719-520-5323 | Example Program - DACXU.pbp

' Name        : DACXU.pbp
' Compiler    : PICBASIC PRO Compiler 2.6
' Assembler   : MPASM
' Target PIC  : PIC18F4550 or similar type
' Hardware    : LAB-XUSB Experimenter Board
' Oscillator  : 20MHz external
' Keywords    : SHIFTOUT
' Description : PICBASIC PRO program to demonstrate the use of the
' MAX549A Digital to Analog Converter.  This program causes the DAC
' to output a sawtooth wave on channel A and a sinewave on channel B.
'

' Define LOADER_USED to allow use of the boot loader.
' This will not affect normal program operation.
Define LOADER_USED 1

' RESET_ORG can be set to move the BASIC program out of the way
' of any boot loader running from location 0, such as the
' Microchip USB boot loader
'Define RESET_ORG 800h

Define OSC 48           ' Core is running at 48MHz

CS      Var PORTC.0     ' Alias DAC chip select pin
Sclk    Var PORTC.1     ' Alias DAC serial clock pin
Din     Var PORTC.2     ' Alias DAC     serial data pin
Achout  Var Byte        ' stores value for DAC A channel
Bchout  Var Byte        ' stores value for DAC B channel
updateA Con %00001001   ' DAC instruction: update channel A
updateB Con %00001010   ' DAC instruction: update channel B

   TRISC = %11111000    ' Set DAC control pins to output
   CS = 1               ' Set chip select high (not selected)
   Sclk = 0             ' Set clock low (idle state)

' Loop counts 0 to 255 repeatedly and sends this value to channel A on
' the DAC.  The SIN of the channel A value is sent to channel B. 
mainloop:
   Achout = Achout + 1  ' Increment channel A value
   Bchout = (SIN Achout) + 127 ' Calculate SIN, offset by 127 to avoid negative values
   Gosub dacout         ' Update DAC
   Goto mainloop        ' Do it  forever

' Routine to update DAC outputs
dacout:
   CS = 0               ' Chip select low to activate serial communication
   Shiftout Din, Sclk, 1, [updateA\8, Achout\8] ' send instruction and value in 16 bits (channel A)
   CS = 1               ' Chip select high tells DAC to update output
   CS = 0               ' Chip select low to activate serial communication
   Shiftout Din, Sclk, 1, [updateB\8, Bchout\8] ' send instruction and value in 16 bits (channel B)
   CS = 1               ' Chip select high tells DAC to update output
   Return

   End

           

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