Arduino or Pickit2 using pic16f84

[KatanaBoy]

Hi guys i have a project and im confused if i can use pic16f84 to manipulate gsm/gprs shield to send sms message. my project is that when the power is cut off due to brownout this will trigger the pic to tell the gsm/gprs shield to send a brownout message to the owner and when the power is back also it will send an sms to the owner. i dont know how to code the program and what would be the best to use. Thanks to those who will answer. P.S im a newbie 

[AJISH ALFRED]

Hi,

You can use the PIC16f84, there won’t be any issue. If you are using the brown out to detect the power failure, then my doubt is how could you send a message when the microcontroller is not getting the power?

[KatanaBoy]

Thank you for your answer then i can use assembly language  , for the power source of the microcontroller i will use a battery from the likes of emergency lights.

[Ashutosh Bhatt]

yes surely you can do this using any micro controller. it will be much more easier on ardino because you will get readymade C functions to interface  GSM modem. to use PIC you can take help of how to interface GSM modem with PIC tutorial given on

EG labs / micro controller / PIC

[KatanaBoy]

I found the eg labs tut. Thank you very much i’ll study this.

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