Recent content by stocky

Hi All - sorry this is off topic but I posted here to get widest audience! There always seems to be people hunting for various CAD libraries etc so I had an idea - I have a web site (or 3!) with space and traffic to spare and I am willing to setup a page for hosting a repository of CAD library...

Hi Technical, one for the wish list....support for commands spread over multiple lines Useful for when you have lines like: if some_symbol = 1 and another_symbol = 0 and motor_speed = 1 and temperature_flag = 0 and yet_another_symbol = 1 and one_last_symbol = 0 then gosub...

Hi all - I'm just about to embark on an addition to a fairly major project I'm working and nearly have core functions completed. The last thing to decide on it the provision of a method to allow users to set certain (limited!) parameters. Currently I have 3 trimpots being read by ADC, scaled...

Hi all, I have some long winded if then statements for example if RUN_FLAG = 1 and RSTART_IN = 0 and LSTART_FLAG = 0 and ASTART_FLAG = 0 then RSTOP_SEQDoes the editor support any method of breaking that up over multiple lines (like VB does) for example (which BTW doesnt work..) if RUN_FLAG = 1...

Anyone here using EAGLE? If so - can someone point me in the right direction for a generic SO-8 package for a schematic/board???? I can find DIL packages but not SOIC in the library - i'm going nuts! Stocky

Hi sorry this is off topic but throwing this open to all the users out there for assistance. Can anyone suggest a SMD rectifier or SS diode with a footprint that will fit the pads of an 0805 size component? I dont have enough experience with SMD yet to know all the case types - I'm hoping one...

I knew i kept all those bits of old printers for a reason :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR2xQlWpDxo

Sorry if this is a silly question! I have an app writing to a PCF8574 i/o expander running 8 leds used to indicate the status of various things going on in my 28x1. I have the i2c running fine and have another PCF8574 on the same bus running 8 inputs (just having fun getting the INT function...

Was given these links today by a mate - looks handy! http://akikorhonen.org/projects.php?action=view&id=59 http://tfla-01.berlios.de/ Hope its of interest to others - I'm currently doing a PCB layout with the view of making myself a handful :-) Stocky

I knwo there is a difference - ie programmable resolution vs non-programmable I guess I cant use a DS1820 instead of a DS18B20 then :-( Anyone say different?

Can anyone suggest the best/correct way to drive either a IRFZ34N or BUZ11 MOSFET from a Picaxe 08M? Can you just drive it direct as per the Picaxe-3 manual Pg7? Is it better to have a current limiting resistor in the gate line? Sorta new at *BIG* MOSFETS....sorry if these are dumb questions...

Anyone able to tell me what the approx input impedance of the 08M ADC pins is? looking to read voltage from an LM50 temp sensor Cheers :-)

Just looking for some *considered* feedback from the community...maybe be OT - maybe not if we can incorporate a PIC(axe) into it! I have a product running from solar panels and commercial solar reg charging 12v SLA batteries (long distance modular telemetry systems) I'm redesigning lots of...

Has anyone played around with ganging lots of i2c devices together on a "bus"? Looking to get LOTS of IO (64) with PC8574 port expanders and wonder how far the bus will run before i get probs? Concept is a series of DIN rail modules with combinations of I/O ganged together to "master" module. Is...

Hi, I'm trying to run a series of if/then statements to branch a program based on a value: ie: if SSENSOR < SSTEP then branch1 I need to do the same for 2*SSTEP, 3*SSTEP & 4*SSTEP but get a syntax error indicated on the line: if SSENSOR < SSTEP*2 then branch2 - same result for SSTEP*3 &...