Review

Rapid Prototyping Tools or experimentation for Microchip PIC / dsPIC microcontroller

Tools

Quantiphi

product from SimuQuest companie sell a Matlab toolbox for Microchip PIC18Fx480/x580 (9000$ for a single licence including the UniPhi product)

Scicos-Scilab

Evidence Companie built a Scilab/Scicos Code Generator for the FLEX board which is based on a microchip microcontroller

Embedded Target for dsPIC

(Matlab Blockset from this website)

Supported chip :

See Release Notes and known bug for details PIC 24F ' PIC 32F** ' PIC 30F ' PIC 30F ' PIC 33FJ GP ' PIC 33FJ MC ' PIC 33FJ GP ' PIC 33FJ MC* 24fJ128GA006 32MX360F256L 30f2010 30f5011 33fJ128GP206 33fJ256MC510 33fj128GP202 33fj128MC202 24fJ128GA008 32MX360F512L 30f2011 30f5013 33fJ128GP306 33fJ256MC710 33fj128GP204 33fj128MC204 24fJ128GA010 32MX460F256L 30f2012 30f5015 33fJ128GP310 33fJ64MC506 33fj128GP802 33fj128MC802 24fJ64GA006 32MX460F512L 30f3010 30f5016 33fJ128GP706 33fJ64MC508 33fj128GP804 33fj128MC804 24fJ64GA008 32MX775F256L 30f3011 30f6010 33fJ128GP708 33fJ64MC510 33fj32GP302 33fj32MC302 24fJ64GA010 32MX775F256L 30f3012 30f6011 33fJ128GP710 33fJ64MC706 33fj32GP304 33fj32MC304 24fJ96GA006 32MX795F512L 30f3013 30f6012 33fJ256GP506 33fJ64MC710 33fj64GP202 33fj64MC202 24fJ96GA008 32MX320 30f3014 30f6013 33fJ256GP510 33fJ128MC506 33fj64GP204 33fj64MC204 24fJ96GA010 32MX340 30f4011 30f6014 33fJ256GP710 33fJ128MC510 33fj64GP802 33fj64MC802 24fJ16GA002 30f4012 30f6015 33fJ64GP206 33fJ128MC706 33fj64GP804 33fj64MC804 24fJ32GA002 30f4013 33fJ64GP306 33fJ128MC708 24fJ48GA002 33fJ64GP310 33fJ128MC710 24fJ64GA002 33fJ64GP706 24fJ16GA004 33fJ64GP708 24fJ32GA002 33fJ64GP710 24fJ48GA002 24fJ64GA002 Newly added chip  64MC204, 128MC204, 128GP202, 32MC202, 32MC204, 16MC304 , 33FJ256GP710A * PIC 32F SPI function not suported yet; * Compiler known and fixed bugs  * Check your compiler installation and version  at the matlab prompt ==> !pic30-gcc -v for pic30 and !pic32-gcc -v for pic32. **Check pic32 compiler v 1.04 Workaround **Check pic30 compiler PWM 2 Workaround from version v 3.12 to current version (3.25)...

Experimentation

The Autonomous Unmanned Systems (USL)

This team at the University or South Florida works of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). In a step by stem approach, they validate the simulink generated code by compiling it and connecting the "Autopilote PC-software" to a plane simulation software (X-Plane). Then, they compile the code to implement it into a PIC18f 4620. They deal with timing and PIC peripheral by integrating "hand coding functions" into the code generated by Matlab.

Two refferences: ( PDF available on http://splatsosoft.com:81/site/jeff/vitae.html )

D. Ernst, K. Valavanis, J. Craighead, “Unmanned Vehicle Controller Design, Evaluation and Implementation: From MATLAB to Printed Circuit Board”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (In print)

D. Ernst, K. Valavanis, J. Craighead, Automated Process for Unmanned Systems Controller Implementation Using MATLAB, CD-ROM Proceedings, 14th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Ancona, Italy, June 2006.