DC motor speed control using PIC16F84A and CCS PIC C

Interfacing DC motor with PIC16F84A

DC motor speed can be easily controlled if the microcontroller has CCP module to generate PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) signal, the speed is controlled when the PWM signal duty cycle is varied and if the duty cycle is changed the power delivered to the motor will be changed also. The microcontroller PIC16F84A is a very old chip but it is good for beginners to start PIC programming and electronics, it doesn't have CCP module and it has only 1 timer which is Timer0, this timer is an 8-bit timer. Using this timer we are going to see how to make a software PWM in order to control the DC motor.
DC motor speed control using PIC16F84A circuit schematic:

The nominal voltage of the DC motor is 12V.
In the circuit there are two buttons to increase and decrease the speed of the motor, these buttons are connected to RB0 and RB1 respectively.

There is an LED connected to RB2 used to indicate that the motor is at full speed.

The crystal frequency is 8MHz and the transistor is N-type mosfet.
DC motor speed control using PIC16F84A CCS C code:

The following CCS C command line is used to generate a software PWM frequency using Timer0 with 500Hz frequency on RA0 pin:
#use pwm(output = pin_a0, timer = 0, frequency= 500Hz, duty = 0)
And the following command is used to to set the duty cycle:
pwm_set_duty_percent( duty );                   // In tenths %
The complete CCS C code is as the following below:

// DC motor speed control using PIC16F84A CCS C code
// http://ccspicc.blogspot.com/
// electronnote@gmail.com


#include <16F84A.h>
#fuses HS,NOWDT,PUT,NOPROTECT
#use delay(clock = 8000000)
#use fast_io(B)
#use pwm(output = pin_a0, timer = 0, frequency= 500Hz, duty = 0)

unsigned int8 i;
void main() {
  port_b_pullups(TRUE);                // Enable PORTB pull-ups
  output_b(0);                         // PORTB initial state
  set_tris_b(3);                       // Configure RB0 & RB1 as inputs
  while(TRUE) {
    if(input(PIN_B0) == 0){            // If RB0 button pressed
      i++;                             // Increment i by 1 (i = i + 1)
      if(i > 100){
        i = 100;
        output_high(PIN_B2);}          // Turn RB2 LED ON
      pwm_set_duty_percent(i * 10UL);  // Duty cycle change in tenths %
      delay_ms(100);      }            // Wait 100ms
    if(input(PIN_B1) == 0){            // If RB1 button pressed
      output_low(PIN_B2);              // Turn RB2 LED OFF
      i--;                             // Decrement i by 1 (i = i - 1)
      if(i < 1)
        i = 1;
      pwm_set_duty_percent(i * 10UL);  // Duty cycle change in tenths %
      delay_ms(100);      }            // Wait 100ms
    }
}

DC motor speed control using PIC16F84A video:
The following video shows the project using a hardware circuit.