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Hello, I am designing a system that needs each PIC to have unique codes (32 bits). Is there a way to generate one source code to do this? I will be using one of the 8 pin PIC. Since there will be several thousand of these guys, burning each one with different code is not an option. Also, this is an open loop system (the PIC can send its ID, but not receive any data). Any help is greatly appreciated. - ============================================================ ||| Who am I? Mik Kim -O-O- Where am I? spam_OUTmikkimTakeThisOuTbigfoot.com ! How am I? Learning in progress \_/ What am I? Perpetual engineering student

Mik Juneau Kim <.....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > I am designing a system that needs each PIC to have unique codes > (32 bits). .... Since there will be several thousand of these guys, > burning each one with different code is not an option. Of course it's an option. Microchip's PROMATE programmer (and maybe their PICSTART Plus, as well) can be configured to do exactly what you want; all you have to do is put a 4-byte lookup table in your source code and tell the programmer where it is... Each PIC will be programmed with a unique set of values in that lookup table. -Andy === Andrew Warren - fastfwdKILLspamix.netcom.com === Fast Forward Engineering - Vista, California === http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499

>Hello, > >I am designing a system that needs each PIC to have unique codes (32 bits). >Is there a way to generate one source code to do this? I will be using one >of the 8 pin PIC. Since there will be several thousand of these guys, >burning each one with different code is not an option. Also, this is an >open loop system (the PIC can send its ID, but not receive any data). Any >help is greatly appreciated. To be *sure* it has an unique code you (or a computer managing all the codes) have to tell it. Maybe use the version with EEPROM and it make it learn from outer source. A hardware solution is to use those little neat 3-pin devices from Dallas that include a unique 64-bit word. Another way is to write your own program that modifies the hex file to program the pic before each programming. Even better: Ask some of the guys that write programming programs to include that special code change facility for you. Probably a lot of other users will like a unique code or automatic serial number updating function. If theu read thit message maybe someone will answer to that. /Morgan Morgan Olsson, MORGANS REGLERTEKNIK, Sweden .....mrtKILLspam.....iname.com, ph: +46 (0)414 70741; fax 70331 -

If you are going for large quantities (it looks like if you are using 32 bit) Microchip can do it for you at production level. Why don't you contact them about their SQTP (Serialized Quick-Turnaround-Production) service. Jorge At 00:30 98.02.03 -0800, you wrote: {Quote hidden}>Hello, > >I am designing a system that needs each PIC to have unique codes (32 bits). >Is there a way to generate one source code to do this? I will be using one >of the 8 pin PIC. Since there will be several thousand of these guys, >burning each one with different code is not an option. Also, this is an >open loop system (the PIC can send its ID, but not receive any data). Any >help is greatly appreciated. >- >============================================================ > ||| Who am I? Mik Kim > -O-O- Where am I? EraseMEmikkimspam_OUTTakeThisOuTbigfoot.com > ! How am I? Learning in progress > \_/ What am I? Perpetual engineering student > =============================================================== cumprimentos / best regards Jorge Ferreira //jorgegfspam_OUTmail.telepac.pt ------ Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth ------- ===============================================================