Recent content by Peter Clark

Thank you all for your information. If I had just completed the serial cable test instead of stopping at the loopback, I would have found that the static DC test did not work. We live and learn... eventually. All the best .. Peter

Yes, I am using the AXE133 addon to a standard 20 x 4 Winstar display. The cursor positioning command is 2 bytes. 11111110,1000xxxx for the first line. I would have assumed that bits 5 and 6 would address the 4 lines but bit 6 was set for line 2 which, in my mind did not follow. Anyway, I have...

Thanks for your quick reply. On to my next problem now. All the best..Peter

Thanks for the reply. Yes, line 3 follows on from line 1 and line 4 from line2 as you suspected. Working well now. Thanks again.. Peter

All the documentation that I have found details how to place the cursor at the start of the first and second lines. Can anyone tell me the second byte of the move cursor command to access lines 3 and 4?

Thanks Pete, At least I know now what the programming process is. I will try my luck with other sources. They are quite cheap on Wish or Alibaba. Thanks again for your help. Peter

Thanks for your help Pete, I'm 72 and been designing and building electronics gear all my working life. Always had someone else programming for me. My main business was high speed PCB design. Fixed a junked HP 54510A 100MHz storage CRO that I would have sold my first born for 40 years ago! The...

I have bought 2 new USB to RS232 leads and wish to use them with PICAXE. I have wired them as normal (2 to Txd, 3 to Rxd 5 to GND) but they both will not find the hardware that works fine with my old cable setup. The loopback test works and debug transmissions are coming back to the screen...