This doesn't answer your question, but might make the code a little easier for you to debug. The case statements are really long and may not be the best way to explain what you are doing with your outputs. I make no guarantees that the code is operational (I have not run it at all), but this should get you thinking about file size and readability.
Your singleminutes case statement has a truth table like this:
// | out
// in| 0 1 2 3 4
// ---------------
// 0 | 0 0 0 0 0
// 1 | 0 1 0 0 0
// 2 | 0 1 1 0 0
// 3 | 0 1 1 1 0
// 4 | 0 1 1 1 1
which might be better represented with output-centric code like this:
if (singleminutes >= 1)
PPEins = 1;
else
PPEins = 0;
if (singleminutes >= 2)
PPZwei = 1;
else
PPZwei = 0;
if (singleminutes >= 3)
PPDrei = 1;
else
PPDrei = 0;
if (singleminutes >= 4)
PPVier = 1;
else
PPVier = 0;
The nfminutes is a little more complicated, but here is the Truth Table:
// | MHUhr PMFuenf PMZehn PMViertel PMZwanzig PMVor PMNach PMHalb | |
// --|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----
// 0 | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1000 0 | 000
// 1 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 0100 0 | 010
// 2 | 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 | 0010 0 | 010
// 3 | 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 | 0001 0 | 010
// 4 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 | 0000 1 | 010
// 5 | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 | 0000 0 | 101
// 6 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0000 0 | 001
// 7 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 0100 0 | 011
// 8 | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 0000 1 | 100
// 9 | 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 | 0001 0 | 100
//10 | 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 0010 0 | 100
//11 | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 0100 0 | 100
and again some output-centric code:
// MHUhr PMFuenf PMZehn PMViertel PMZwanzig
if( nfminutes == 0 )
MHUhr = 1;
else
MHUhr = 0;
if(( nfminutes == 1 ) || (nfminutes == 5) || (nfminutes == 7) || (nfminutes == 11))
PMFuenf = 1;
else
PMFuenf = 0;
if(( nfminutes == 2 ) || (nfminutes == 10) )
PMZehn = 1;
else
PMZehn = 0;
if(( nfminutes == 3 ) || (nfminutes == 9) )
PMViertel = 1;
else
PMViertel = 0;
if(( nfminutes == 4 ) || (nfminutes == 8) )
PMZwanzig = 1;
else
PMZwanzig = 0;
// PMVor PMNach PMHalb
if( ((nfminutes >= 1 ) && (nfminutes <= 4 )) || (nfminutes == 7))
PMNach = 1;
else
PMNach = 0;
if( (nfminutes >= 5) && (nfminutes <= 7 )
PMHalb = 1;
else
PMHalb = 0;
if(nfminutes >=8)
PMVor = 1;
else
PMVor = 0;
The code above might do well with some #defines too
#define UHR 0
#define PHUENF_NACH 1
#define ZEHN_NACH 2
...
if(nfminutes == UHR)
Again for hours. Truth Table:
| 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
//----|------------------------------------
// 0 | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
// 1 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
// 2 | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
// 3 | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
// 4 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
// 5 | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
// 6 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
// 7 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
// 8 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
// 9 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
// 10 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
// 11 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
and code. Slightly different structure with all outputs being cleared, then only the correct output turned on.
// one-hot, clear all will not cause a glitch
PHZwoelf = 0;
PHEins = 0;
PHZwei = 0;
PHDrei = 0;
PHVier = 0;
PHFuenf = 0;
PHSechs = 0;
PHSieben = 0;
PHAcht = 0;
PHNeun = 0;
PHZehn = 0;
PHElf = 0;
if( hours == 0 )
PHZwoelf = 1;
if( hours == 1 )
PHEins = 1;
if( hours == 2 )
PHZwei = 1;
if( hours == 3 )
PHDrei = 1;
if( hours == 4 )
PHVier = 1;
if( hours == 5 )
PHFuenf = 1;
if( hours == 6 )
PHSechs = 1;
if( hours == 7 )
PHSieben = 1;
if( hours == 8 )
PHAcht = 1;
if( hours == 9 )
PHNeun = 1;
if( hours == 10 )
PHZehn = 1;
if( hours == 11 )
PHElf = 1;
All this also allows you to do your input calculations together before your case statements.
// update single minutes
int singleminutes = (int) (unbcd(tm.min)%5); // 1, 2, 3, 4
// update 5 minutes
int nfminutes = (int) (unbcd(tm.min)/5); // Fuenf Nach, Zehn Nach, ...
// update hours
int hours = (int) (unbcd(tm.hour)%12); // 12, 1, 2, 3, 4...
if(nfminutes>=5) hours++; // 7:25 = Fuenf Vor Halb Acht (8)
In C it is best practice to use prototypes. Generally, you want to declare your function prototypes in a header file. For your code perhaps call the header file BCD.h and create it in the 'Header Files' section of MPLAB. The header file code should look something like the following:
#ifndef BCD_H
#define BCD_H
uint8_t updateBCD(uint8_t);
#endif
then add the following line to main.c
#include "BCD.h"
Explanation: In your code when the compiler encounters the line "digit = updateBCD(digit)" the compiler does not yet know about the function updateBCD. This is the implicit declaration. Moving the declaration of updateBCD to before main helps in that the complier knows about updateBCD before it encounters "digit = updateBCD".
From a programming stand point this is still somewhat undesirable because then you have to worry about in which order to declare your functions. Aside from being annoying to the coder, it can also make the code more difficult for others to read and interpret. Using functions prototypes in header files alleviates these issues.
Best Answer
Personally I prefer never to use the "simplified" macros provided by Microchip. They hide just what is going on from you and you never learn what you're really doing with the hardware.
I notice you aren't actually turning on interrupts in your code. You have to do that manually yourself.
This is a snippet of code I use, directly manipulating the registers instead of using the macros, which enables timer 0 for 1ms ticks on a PIC18:
And then my ISR looks like:
One reason I prefer to do manual register manipulation is that you get to decide exactly what order things are done in. You notice I do all the setting up first - configuring the timer, the interrupts, everything - and only once all that is done do I actually turn on the timer.