To
create a new project with wizard is easy, just follow these three
simple steps. Although it may seem a bit confusing if you are only
playing with the program. It is highly advisable to plan your project,
what components you need and how the should be connected, before
trying to set up a project.
If
you only want to simulate your PIC 16F84 microcontroller program,
set up a simple project only consisting of the PIC 16F84 and no connections
are needed.

In the example
above, a project called MyProject is created
Create
a project - Step 1/3
The first step only consist of the specifying the project name. Enter
the project name and click next.

In the example
above two components have been added,
Push buttons and a LED array
Adding components
- Step 2/3
In the second part of wizard you have to add components needed in
your project.
-
Choose
the compontent you want to add from the pull down box (combo box)
-
Press
Add when correct compontent is selected
-
When
all needed components are added, click Next
To remove an undesired
compontent, select it in the list and click Remove.
Note
When adding the PIC 16F84 Microcontroller component, a choose file dialog
appears. Depending on your system it sometimes takes a few seconds before
the dialog appear. Select the PIC16F84 source code file you want to
use in your project. If you are starting from scratch, selected the
directory where you want the source file and specify the filename.


Above have two connections
been made. The first connection goes
from the first button to PIC 16F84's RA0 pin. The second connection
is from the PIC 16F84's RB0 pin to the first LED in the LED Array.
Connecting
components - Step 3/3
The last part of wizard consist of making connections between components.
Now it comes handy if you have made drawing how compontents should
be connected.
-
Selected
the component that sends out the signal
- Selected the
desired pin on the sending component.
-
Selected
the component that receives the signal
-
Selected
the pin on receiving component.
To remove an undesired
connection, select it in the list and click Remove.
When all connections
are made, click Finish. A Save Project as dialog will
appear. It it suggested that you save your project in the projects folder,
otherwhise it will not appear in the opening dialog list. If you of
some reason (e.g. write permissions) want to save it elsewhere, specify
desired path and filename.

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