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6.4 EPIC programming screen
Step 3: Programming the PIC chip

Connect the EPIC programming board to the computer’s printer
port using a DB25 cable. Start the DOS programming software. At
106 a DOS command prompt, enter

EPIC
Figure 6.4 is a picture of the programming screen. Use the Open File
option and select wink.hex from the files displayed in the dialog
box. The file will load, and numbers will be displayed in the window
on the left. Insert the 16F84 into the socket, and then press the pro-
gram button. The PIC microcontroller is programmed and ready to
go to work.

First BASIC program
We are ready to write our first program. Enter this program in your
word processor exactly as it is written:
‘First BASIC program to wink two LEDs connected to port B.
Loop: High 0 ‘ Turn on LED connected to pin RB0
Low 1 ‘ Turn off LED connected to pin RB1
Pause 500 ‘ Delay for 0.5 seconds
Low 0 ‘ Turn off LED connected to pin RB0
High 1 ‘ Turn on LED connected to pin RB1
Pause 500 ‘ Delay for 0.5 seconds
Goto loop ‘ Go back to loop and blink and wink LEDs
End
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