Recent content by MikeGyver

Making progress... Added a quantity option to the menu. You can see the feed motor reversing for an inch between cuts so the limit switch senses the tip of the wire for more accurate multi-quantity cuts. This is running at 2 ft/sec (12v). The servo winch is now running on the full 9v. The new...

Making wire length cutting machine, need coding help *COMPLETED* I'm making a machine that will quickly cut wire to length for me. I'm basically done with the mechanical stuff now I need to start figuring out the and control software. I'm using a 28X2. Feed speed is quite fast, 2-4 feet per...

I've been searching and I'm still having a hard time figuring this out. I'm using a multiplexed triple 7 segment display and I'm trying to settle it down some from alternating between 2 adjacent values by adding some hysterisis. How can I readacd like 5 times, and set my word value (w0) to the...

I'm trying to learn about 4511 multiplexing with picaxe for a 3 digit project I'm wanting to design/build. I understand how the 4511 works with one display, but I'm a little confused about how you make the picaxe give a different BCD value to each of the 3displays and syncronize this with the 3...

How can I say: if b12 = b7 +or- 1 then goto main ...in a valid way?

28X PWMOUT question So the 28X/X1/X2 chips have 2 PWM pins, can both of these be used at the same time at independent frequencies? (seperate internal timers from each other and the rest of the chip)

So I was programming a picaxe and somehow in the process something on my workbench arced to my serial cable and now my serial port on my laptop is dead. As I recall it arced to the tip of the headphone jack end of the cable (ground). Anyway instead of buying a new motherboard for $100 I want to...

Hey does anybody know if these will work with picaxe? http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=7815

Quick question. Will this serial LCD work with picaxe? 20M overclocked to 8mhz (setfreq m8) http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=812 I guess this is the part that I want to make sure about before I buy. "9600bps TTL serial (do not attach directly to RS232 port)"

I searched the forum but couldn't seem to find much on this. Using a picaxe, I'd like to control a DC motor's speed variably with a pot. No discreet 'steps', completely variable from 0 to 100% (ideally) Is this even possible?

On page 22 of manual 3 it shows 2 4026B's connected together. Can 3 displays be controlled by using 3 4026B's daisy chained together? My project shouldn't be too hard. I'm using three 7 segment led's to display milivolts seen at an analog input pin (readadc10). So for example when 8 milivolts...

I'm considering a project to read serial data at 8192 baud from my car, and display certain parameters on a serial LCD. The question is how to get the picaxe to read this baud rate.... Serial protocol is a 8192 baud asynchronous 1 start, 1 stop, no parity

Hi guys, I just discovered these picaxe controllers and I'm trying to figure out some coding for a project. My goal is to make an Outpin pulse high (only once) when power is lost at a pin, effectively creating an 'afterrun' timer. Am I on the right track thinking I need to use the FOR...NEXT...