Recent content by Andy1967

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    Using solar garden lights

    Hi has anyone got schematics and or photos showing how to use standard solar garden lights to power a PICAXE? Cheers
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    RFID connection

    Hi all, I'm hoping you can help with some info on RFID. I have picked up a sensor unit labelled "ID-12 Innovations 05110030" and a small key fob unit. The sensor is already attached to a small PCB with clearly labelled connections for 0V, +V and Output. The unit has 10 connections but only 5...
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    PICAXE download socket

    Hi, just thought I'd share this with you. I had training from Andrew here in NZ quite some time back and have been using PICAXE more and more but found the download connection part with students a bit of a pain when using the 'homemade' leads. We bought lots of the standard leads with the jack...
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    Aaarrrgghh USB + MacAxe driving me mental!

    Hi all, so I couldn't get MacAxe to work with my work MacBook so I tried on my iBook G4 at home. Accidentally installed the Intel USB driver and when I connected got the message about not being able to access the USB even though it shows up in network preferences and appears to be installed...
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    Detecting that 433mhz transmitter is out of range

    Hi again all, I would like to use a radio transmitter/receiver setup to detect whether a bike or other object has been moved out of range. At the moment I am just sending a single bit of data from the transmitter every 100ms which keeps an LED lit but when I take the trnsmitter out of range I...
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    Simple (really simple!) data logging help needed

    Hi all, I have been using PICAXE for a while but have not done any data logging. I have looked through the manuals, books and forum but all of it assumes much more understanding than I have! I want to start with some simple data logging of an LDR. I am able to send the data with the program...
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