INTRC PIC16f88

[merco]

Hi i'm using INTRC with 16F88 @ 8 MHz.

Is there a way to check (in the pic program) that internal clock is
really at 8MHz ?

I have some problems with usart at 38400 and I think is due to wrong
data rate clock.

Thank you

 

[Tom2000]

Hi i'm using INTRC with 16F88 @ 8 MHz.

Is there a way to check (in the pic program) that internal clock is
really at 8MHz ?

I have some problems with usart at 38400 and I think is due to wrong
data rate clock.

Thank you

Look at page 35 of the 16F88 data sheet. If you set your oscillator
configuration to INTIO1, the clock/4 will appear on RA6.

In addition to setting the oscillator configuration, you need to set
the OSCCON register to 0x72. (See p. 40 of the data sheet.)

Good luck!

Tom

 

[James Beck]

Hi i'm using INTRC with 16F88 @ 8 MHz.

Is there a way to check (in the pic program) that internal clock is
really at 8MHz ?

I have some problems with usart at 38400 and I think is due to wrong
data rate clock.

Thank you

I didn't think using the internal RC oscillator to run the UART was an
accepted practice. I would expect to see exactly what you are seeing,
bad timings at the higher data rates. I would think even a cheap
ceramic resonator would be more stable than an RC oscillator.

Jim

 

[Roger Hamlett]

I didn't think using the internal RC oscillator to run the UART was an
accepted practice. I would expect to see exactly what you are seeing,
bad timings at the higher data rates. I would think even a cheap
ceramic resonator would be more stable than an RC oscillator.

It depends on the chip.
The older RC oscillators, were far too inaccurate for async serial.
Current ones on some chips have accuracies warranted to a couple of
percent, and better than this over 'typical' temperature ranges. The
16F88, _should_ be good enough, provided the supply is within the range
2.7 to 3.3v, and you are in a normal 'room temperature' enviroment.
Outside this, it is not accurate enough.

Best Wishes

 

[merco]

thanks to all...
The same programs runs always OK with a 8Mhz Xtal....

 

[Anthony Fremont]

thanks to all...
The same programs runs always OK with a 8Mhz Xtal....

You have this in there, right?

bsf STATUS, RP0 ;Switch to Bank 1
movlw b'01110000' ;Set internal osc to 8Mhz
movwf OSCCON
bcf STATUS, RP0 ;Switch back to Bank 0

 

[Tom2000]

fOn Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:46:01 -0500, "Anthony Fremont"

You have this in there, right?

bsf STATUS, RP0 ;Switch to Bank 1
movlw b'01110000' ;Set internal osc to 8Mhz
movwf OSCCON
bcf STATUS, RP0 ;Switch back to Bank 0

I think you just turned off the internal oscillator. Try b'01110010'
instead.

Tom

 

[Anthony Fremont]

fOn Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:46:01 -0500, "Anthony Fremont"


I think you just turned off the internal oscillator. Try b'01110010'
instead.

No, I didn't turn it off. When the bottom two LSBs are zero, the _CONFIG
word determines the type of oscillator. So as long as the _CONFIG word is
properly set, then 0x70 is the proper value to put into OSCCON. The code I
provided was snipped from a working program.

 

[Tom2000]

No, I didn't turn it off. When the bottom two LSBs are zero, the _CONFIG
word determines the type of oscillator. So as long as the _CONFIG word is
properly set, then 0x70 is the proper value to put into OSCCON. The code I
provided was snipped from a working program.

Thanks - good to know!

I've always used 0x72 when I run the internal oscillator. It never
occurred to me to try anything else.

Tom