0sc settings 18F4553

[Mince-n-Tatties]

Hi mE team,

i have to confess that i have not read through all previous posts etc prior to posting the following... feel free to bash me if this is already covered

using VGLCD 1.80.0.0, i generated the very basic EasyPIC6_Screens.vglcd example using 18F4553 with 20Mhz xtal

When i then loaded up the project with mikroC and performed a blind build (i.e. made no checks etc) + program, of course the project failed to run on the hardware. The answer as to why it failed is easy enough for me to find (OSC settings where not adjusted) and fix, however i fear that a newbie may find it a struggle to get going while expecting that having set the xtal speed in VGLCD they would be good to go.

mikroC had the correct 20Mhz xtal setting, but all other values had to be set... divider, source etc

bad settings

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good settings

good_osc_settings.jpg (79.36 KiB) Viewed 2683 times

BTW i selected not to use TP.

[janko.kaljevic]

Hello Mince,

I apologize for the late reply.

Thanks for your contribution and effort.
You are right about this. But this actually happens, because we have provided proper settings only for default chips on each development system (chips from examples). So user should obtain set up for the chips that they choose from drop down menu.

I agree with you that newbie may be confused with this, and we will find proper solution for this, so user will be informed what steps are necessary for proper set up.

Best regards.