Recent content by geezer88

For some simple projects, I solder all the components to each other, then, when it works the way I want, I squirt hot melt glue all over to seal it from the environment. Looks like crap, but outdoor stuff seems to hold up just fine. tom

This will definitely be a power management exercise. One thought regarding battery and solar array sizing is that you might want the Picaxe to shut down the lighting after a chosen hour, and then back on early AM. tom

When I find I can't run win7 for what I need, I will migrate to Linux. My two computers were bought as surplus from the the local university. I detest the obsolescence model of so many consumer goods. I continue to use my computers for the same activities I used my first computer: readin'...

Wow, thanks for the reply! Lots of neat stuff to learn about. Now I know how I will be spending my evenings for awhile. tom

This thread is 10 years old from it's start, and 8 years from last post. But with 2G and 3G cell service coming to an end, I would think there will be a bunch of smart phones being taken from service. So, that makes me wonder if there have been any new developments in Android VT-100 emulation...

I am late to the party, so this comment may be too late. But it may give you a head start on another project some day. One of the useful features of the picaxe is the ability to control an RC servo. It would be very quick and easy to mount the servo on your board, and make a simple fixture...

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/9513/21977/ Saw this and figured it might lighten your day, tom

Years ago I got a few temperature buttons and placed then in the chicken nests. I charted the data to see how much time each hen spent on her nest as she laid her eggs, incubated them, and then brooded her chicks. Fun project, but data is long gone. I got them out a year ago and they were...

This has been a good discussion, and got me to thinking about larger displays for some Picaxe projects. Our local thrift shop always has old PC displays of various sizes for $15 to $30. These typically are older, and come equipped with VGA ports. I would love to find a VT100 to VGA converter...

If you look on the popular online seller sites you can find tiny boards about the size of a postage stamp that provide a micro usb charging port and a cutoff to protect the lion cell. I've used these on several projects, and they are usually priced around $2. tom

Wow, that's about half the price for the big Nextion I've seen. It isn't the advanced version, but even so, that cools my jets for trying to make an adapter for amazon screen. I used a nextion on one project, and it has been fine. I'm no wizard, but it would have the advantage of familiarity...

Well, 2020 is nearly over, and I just got an idea from an Amazon sale. They have an 8" screened device called Echo Show 8 on sale for $70. That sounds like a bargain for a fairly large touch screen. I have zero interest in Amazon spying on me, but if this device could be hacked to use the...

For my projects, the picaxe mpu has plenty of power. What I would like to see more development on is a wider range of functions. If the editor was able to load extra precompiled functions as needed, it would be great to have floating point math, better trig functions, etc. Tom

Back in 2011 I build an accelerometer for my home built aircraft. I don't have the plane anymore, but I still have the accelerometer and it still works. It uses an 18M and a two line LCD to implement a digital and analog reading. Calibration is done use good old natural gravity. A single...

Time for a quick update. The signal strength, RSSI, has been increasing for the last week or so. I think the newly opened leaves and the rain blocked the signal more effectively than when dry. That seems intuitively right, as more water content the blocking effect would be increased. In his...