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    40X1 dirsb syntax

    Thanks to both, tired eyes and trying to work things out late in the evening and I missed these. Much appreciated, thank you
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    40X1 dirsb syntax

    Hi, I am using a picaxe 40x1 on an axe091 board. Trying to set all the pins with "let dirsb=255" results in a syntax error and yet dirsc works. I have looked through the manuals, and I can't seem to find out why. BTW if I use a 40x2 it works! Any help, or explanation or equivalent would be...
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    My finished projects

    Thank you for so much inspiration. I am fascinated with your valve power supply. It brings back many warm memories. A few years ago I re-built mine, but the problem I had was finding the right valves. Regards john
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    Voltage changes program execution-How

    Personally I prefer to keep the voltage slightly on the low side (4.9v) It doesn't take much of a pulse at 5.3v to do permanent damage.
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    locks up laptop

    Are you running pe6 as administrator? I find that without, sometimes it works - sometimes not.
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    Analogue / Radio advice needed. I've built something I don't understand :-)

    Hi, sorry this is rather hurried but just about toi shut off computer. The radio modules in clocks use a 60kHz ferrite rod, perhaps you could use one and parallel more capacitors to achieve resonance. john
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    Magnetic lock

    Hi Mark, without a diagram it is not simple. However from my own experiences and from reading many posts on here, the usual culprits are lack of decoupling capacitors, lack of back emf diodes across things like the lock coil and the lock driver transistor or fet not big enough for the task...
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    Postage Costs ?

    Hi, I think also the 20% vat doesn't help customers either. When you consider taxes that people pay, it's staggering. It's not really fair to blame a company for postal charges. Regards john
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    rigol dm3058e Bench meter

    Hi, I did find a service manual for this online, which looks pretty comprehensive but no circuit that I could see. Beware if you are returning something as faulty. A friend of mine returned a rather expensive scope, which was deemed as a "user induced". He ended up paying a stupidly large...
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    28x2 problem (or not)

    Hi Alan, yes, the more I try and remember..... All the ones I built years ago, must have had that program put into them. Thanks for the reply though. Regards john
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    28x2 problem (or not)

    Hi, I recently built four AXE401s that I had, along with some 28x2s that I got a few weeks ago. It's so long since I built any of the AXE401 boards, that I can't remember if the led is supposed to flash. They all announce themselves in the terminal. Could you please refresh my memory? Thanks John
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    slow editor

    Hi, if it's any consolation my three pcs all show the same thing (not responding) etc. If you wait, they work. But as you say it's agonisingly slow. Mine have only started to do this since about three windows updates ago. I also get delays in explorer if I right click on any file to show...
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    Easy, Cheesy 433 MHz Radio Link

    I was about to say that where I live, about a mile away from a 70cm repeater that is very high up, I had awful problems with 433 modules being swamped, even by car key fob transmitters. Another thing the operating near the amateur satellite frequencies is dubious. After all though, in the uk the...
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    external resonator on 28x2 chip

    Aren't high frequency crystals run in overtone mode? If so, wouldn't they run at the fundamental frequency? regards john
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    test

    test please ignore
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    Usb010 and windows 10

    Hi some time ago I bought a usb010 which worked perfectly with win 7. Finally gave in to Microsoft upgrade, since then I can get it to recognize the port, but nothing works attached to it. I looked on the net and found people had similar problems with win 8.1 Has anyone found a successful...
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    GPS010 with axe211?

    Hi, I was looking at the gps010 because I wanted a module with an sma connector on it. However while reading through the datasheet I saw mentioned the axe211 with a 20x2 on it. Is this a new board? as even the link shown in the datasheet throws up the 404 page not found. Thanks john
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    Anyone tried dcc coding decoding with picaxe?

    Hi, Has anyone succeeded in getting a picaxe to encode and decode dcc model train data? The specs are: A 1 is represented by a 58uS for a half cycle, and a 0 at least 100uS for a half cycle. This may turn out to be too difficult, but hopefully someone might have done it. Thanks & regards john
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    AXE022 Board Connections

    Hi, I don't know if this helps, but you can see the port designations from this picture. regards john
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    KY-040 rotary encoder?

    Hi, I notice there are quite a few threads regarding rotary encoders, except the ones I have! The part number is KY-040. It looks relatively straightforward, but I just curious if anyone else has used them. Hopefully the datasheet has attached ok. Thanks, john
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