Setup and code editing

A project log for Universal Glucometer

Did your test strips just get more expensive? Has the drug store run out of strips for YOUR meter? Like to be able to use any test strip?

Tom Meehan • 04/30/2016 at 03:04•1 Comment

I received my parts order, including a PIkit3 (to program and debug the PIC microcontroller).

Did forget a few capacitors, which I can get locally.
Ordering a new LCD - since I dropped the current one.
Using the regular 16F1786 (instead of the 16LF1786 - which seems to be unavailable anymore).

Downloaded and Installed MPLAB X IDE

Downloaded and Installed C-compiler for 8 bit PICS – XC8

As expected, had a few minor problems in setting up MPLAB X IDE but I got it figured out. Imported Reference Design Code into MPLAB X IDE. So far I've fixed a few errors that prevented the code from compiling - currently getting error that it doesn't recognize VREGCONbits.

Beginning a strip dissection to map it's pinout. I'll post up pictures as soon as I'm done.