After our last couple of meetings, we have managed to correctly create a program to make an LED blink using our pic. This is important because it has accomplished three tasks. First, it has proven to us that the pic actually does work, and that we are able to program it and change the program at will. Second, being able to output voltage through the pins of the pic is extremely similar to what our pic will be doing in its final stage -- the only difference being that it will have to output at a certain time instead of turning on and off at a regular interval. Lastly, thanks to this experiment we were able to finalize the language of choice to use for the pic's program: C (as opposed to Assembly).
We are now trying to create an interface between a USB port and the pic itself. We have done a good amount of research on it, and are beginning to use some sample code online and integrate it with our pic. Our next goal is to use the USB interface to allow a computer to dictate when the LED will light up. If we can accomplish this little task, then we will be able to fully connect our image processing program with the pic.
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