[Swansea Hackspace] Re: Hackspace Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1

[Tim Moore]

Thoroughly enjoy the meeting and new Venue was fine.

Now the technical bit:-

The use of the USB to get hex files loaded into a Pic is a major advance !

However having proved my Programmer worked OK and the bootloader settles
into my 16F1455, I missed out on some other vital details.

I thought I'd use a 64 bit PC running Ubuntu 13.4 Linux as the main
computer for down loading hex files into the 16F1455.

The file I'm trying to get work is 'boot_linux.x_64'  :  Now here comes a
string of questions:-

The suggestion is to start with:-   boot -v  myproject.hex

1_      is best in a folder called 'bin' ?  in the root directory ? or in
the 'home' directory ?

2_      does 'boot_linux.x_64' need renaming 'boot' for ease of use ?

3_      using bash with sudo invoked , is it best to be in the 'bin' folder
?

4_      does its properties need changing for it to execute ?  If so what
is the command and syntax ?

( I'm used to getting shell scripts working and excecuting, but am a blank
slate on getting this working)   (Maybe there is a paragraph of
instructions I've missed somewhere)

So far I've not met with 'boot' waking up when invoked just error
messages...   giving me the feeling I've missed something 'noddy' along the
way.

Any thoughts very welcomw !

:  )))

Tim_1



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> 7pm Monday 4th November 2013
> Volcano Theatre, 229 High Street, Swansea.
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> A hands on workshop teaching the basics of using small, cheap computing
> devices to build circuits that can automate and interact with the
> physical world. This session will be covering the Getting Started
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> Participants will need to bring their Starter Kit and a suitable laptop,
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