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ok how do you use index page I have just worked through a articular using PiShrink got to where it is ment to work and it shutdown saying the .img was all ready as small as it could be at 8.1G ( pishrink.sh: ERROR occurred in line 327: Image already shrunk to smallest size) where to from...

Hi has any one able to help I have learnt how to make a .img file using terminal and have tried to use pishrink It requires a person who is used to using terminal I got around the problem by downloading and installing an old raspberry op system on a 8g card the new system needs...

Hi Alan we should have some 08m2 by the end of the week total cost 35.76 for 5 with freight the freight would be 7D I have a saying (what are you going to use it for ) only when you get something that requires a item do we learn May be If I life long enough we may meet I just had the...

Hi to all to conclude I cut the track on c.0 and made the output c.1 in the past we have all ways used c.0 but have never used a switch on just one input On testing several times it is now executing the program 1HR OK 2HR ok So using the IF command with a switch must use c.1 as out...

Hi Alan Yesterday I went back to square one and used a bread board that has 3 1.5v cells watching the simulator made the decision to cut the pcb track and make output on c.1 I got a result and the short burst of volts to the motor cleared up the set up is now sitting on the...

Hi Alan lunch has been and gone rain is coming Hi I put the 27k on c.5 and a .1cap from +V to 8oV on running a test this has made things worse. I'm running xp and 5.1.5 I do have 6 on another computer but it is harder to program from (not 6 just the set up ) so the serial out to a home...

13 June 2021 Hi Alan you have moved past mine and my friends understanding of programing I tried running your sample with the simulator but no luck as at this stage with only 1 picaxe I 'm trying not to write to it to many times The ones if they come will be the 80m2 type Now i'm sure I...

Hi Alan Thanks for the reply I got on to a company in nz that says they will have 08m this week $6.95 plus most likely $7 post from the South Island the guy said it can take them 6 to 8 weeks now to get container of assorted stuff from over seas My friend has let the smoke out of his only...

Hi Alan. Im Keith ? Im in new zealand and the shops are no longer stocking picaxe overseas seem very expensive for the freight as well as cost of chips ? OK the motor is used to press a button I have a clear click box that lets you record programs to usb drive or sd card I record train...

2) the motor is connected via a mosfet we built our own push bike motor controller using mosfets so have some knowledge 1) yes there are 10k pull down resistors and the 1k between that and pin 3 early in the day I went back to bread board with the ov and output (pin7 normal ) connected from...

hi I have been writing a program to push a button using the if pin to get the program to switch between a 1+15minutes (hour time )and a 2hour time the problem is that it works fine on the simulator but when transferred to 08m picaxe it does not run on the two hour section ? Another problem...

Hi to night I have been trying to find out about (sudo udevcontrol reload_rules has any one used this with mint 18.1 the person who wrote the notes says that (none of the three distributions knew what udevcontrol is ? all so any notes on using (nano ) saving etc etc Thanks jcat