Articles
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- Introduction into the Firewing Color TFT Display Library. Written by Gavin Wiggett. This article is an introduction into the Firewing Color TFT Display Library.
- Firewing GPS Shield. Written by David Barker. An article on using the Firewing GPS Shield.
- Wireless Bootloading using XBEE. Written by David Barker. An article on wireless bootloading using the Firewing XBEE Shield.
- UART 1 and Peripheral Pin Select (PPS). Written by David Barker. This article shows you how to configure UART 1 TX and RX pins, if targeting devices that do not have the Firewing loader installed. Sample code is also included which shows how to completely disable Uart1 on pins D0 and D1.
- Main board 18F14K50 USB Interface Firmware. Written by Gavin Wiggett. This is my Ported version of the USB Interface firmware - Ported to Swordfish Basic.
- DigiPixel - Firewing Firmware. Written by Gavin Wiggett. This is my Ported version of the DigiPixel Library firmware and ported Games.
Adding More Devices to Firewing
- Installing the Swordfish Toolsuite. Written by David Barker. This article shows you how to install the Swordfish toolsuite. This will enable you to target multiple PIC18 devices.
- Installing the PICBasic PRO Toolsuite. Written by David Barker. This article shows you how to install the PICBasic PRO toolsuite. This will enable you to target multiple PIC18 devices.
- Installing the XC16 Toolsuite. Written by David Barker. This article shows you how to download and install the XC16 toolsuite. This will enable you to target multiple 16 bit PIC devices.
- Installing the XC32 Toolsuite. Written by David Barker. This article shows you how to download and install the XC32 toolsuite. This will enable you to target multiple 32 bit PIC devices.
- Creating Device Files for Firewing. Written by David Barker. This article shows you how to download and use software that will automatically create device files for Firewing.
MPLAB
- Using Firewing with MPLAB. Written by David Barker. This article shows you how to install the Firewing compiler into MPLAB.
chipKIT
- Using Firewing with the chipKIT UNO. Written by David Barker.
FTDI Eve Graphics Controller - FT800
- FT800 programs. Written by David Barker. A mixture of programs that will work with the Gameduino 2 shield and the M800B43A module from FTDI.
- Custom Widgets. Written by David Barker. Some code showing how to create custom widgets.
- Calibrating for Touch. Written by David Barker. Some code showing how to calibrate your display for touch.
- Using Touch. Written by David Barker. Some code showing how to mark objects for touch.
- Using Tag and TagMask. Written by Coccoliso. A simple keypad from Gameduino datasheet which has as its purpose the correct use of tags.


