Recent content by cactusface

Hi All, Not been here for sometime! Most of my project seem to be things? that move, etc. I have for years always used rechargeable cells usually in the form of AA's. I have some old Nicads on their last leg and some new NimH! I think 2700mA being the highest I have. But I have been...

@Rick, Thanks for the link, useful. Yes I do in fact have 2 of these while different in pcb layput, they both work at 0x27, but they do vary as you say! They also seem to use 2 very simular Philips chip as the I/O expanders. @Westaust The Arduino library deals with it like this...

Hi All, Sorry but I've been playing with the Arduino for a time... And find this very useful, it's a tiny PCB containing a chip to control and LCD module via i2c so only 4 wires and 2 of them are power, what a saving on I/O Pins. It just solders in place on the LCD header/strip, they...

Hi All, Thanks for your feedback! The only things I changed was to make the font 2 points larger for my poor eyes and the simulator background colour. I've now tried a PCIe graphics card which did'ent help at all, done another clean install, but now at least it's useable. The main...

Hi Techo, I get a few problems regardless of what .BAS file I'm working on, so I don't think any perticular file is at fault. So I have uninstalled the editor and made a good clear install again, but with the same results.. 1) I create a new wookspace and name it. 2) I add one...

Hi, Just installed the new Editor-6! Yes I like it very much but it don't like my Windows 7, 64bit. I can only run it for a couple of minutes and it hangs, to the point the even the Task manager can't fix it and I finish up hitting the reset button on the PC. Some times it will open the...

Hi Paix, Sorry I don't do politics or football! Hi Rick100, Yes and I mostly use Arduino now! but I have a friend who is still strong on the Picaxe, but not too good with the basic, so I wondered how picaxe would deal with the problem. On the Arduino forum as...

Hi All, I just got one of these from China, it a i2c backpack that fits on to an LCD (the usual HD477*** type), Great I now only need to pins and not 7 or 8, but How would you program it?? The only other i2c I have used it the DS1307RTC? It says the address is 0x27 would I still use...

Hi, For those of you who might have taken an interest in my Simpler 20M2 shield project, here's my Propagator controller, a bit more then just a thermostat. Depending on the current light levels it sets a target temprature, There's no point in having too much heat if you have little or no...

Hi All, This LCD Keypad looks quite good, especially at £4.55 post free. It says it's designed for the Arduino but looks like it would fit the PicAxe shield!! Has anyone tried it? There don't seem to be any instructions or data as to weather! it's 8 or 4 bits i/f or what pins are use...

Hi All, Not been here for a while! a few months ago I build myself a new PC, I even went legal with a good copy of Win 7 Pro. It works fine, sadly the 3.5GHz i7 Processor still don't seem that fast, even with 8Gb of ram. The problem I have is that if I create a new .BAS file or modify...

Hi, When I first saw the AXE401 shield I got the kit and quickly put it together. But then was'ent sure what I was going to do with it! I would'ent be buying any of those fancy add on shields, but it was the idea of modular units that plug together that I liked. Do I really need two voltsage...

Hi All, Just a bit of fun really. This little game uses an 08M2 Picaxe and a cmos CD4017 which is a decade counter. The 08m2 pulses the 4017's count input and in turn each of it's 10 outputs go high (only one at any time), lighting the connected LED, the Piezo sounder provides the...

Hi All, I have just got myself a couple of nice 200 step stepper motors and want to put them to use. I also have a couple of the old Philips SAA1027 drivers, whcih as some of the older members may recall makes the job fairly easy, in that there are only 2 inputs Step-in and...

Hi, I've been playing with the idea of building a Capacity (and inductance ) Meter, it seems that the maths will be the difficult bit, and perhaps we could do with 32bits.. to do something like 1/(PI*r*c). I know the Picaxe will only do integer, but there are ways around it. So I am...