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I wanted to download a fresh copy of PE6, but it's out of stock.

I'm looking to build a project that will need a lot of RAM. One chip I'm looking at is the 23LC1024. This chip supports 'normal' SPI with 1 bit per clock cycle, but can also do SDI 2 at bits, and SQI at 4 bits per cycle. As my project will need to quickly shuffle thousands of bytes around into...

It seems that adding a 3rd party option for a terminal is not going to happen, so how about a different approach ?. Allow an option for the simulator to send its simulated text stream ( i.e. from serout or sertxd ) to a real COM port. We know that PE6 already 'knows' about COM ports, so...

I needed a 6-digit display for a project. There are some TM1637 examples in this forum, but they all seem to be for 4-digit displays. The one I chose still uses the TM1637 chip, but this time with 6 digits. The display is available in all the usual places. The one I got is labelled 'DM DIY...

The #slot functions for 20X2 do not accept #slot 4. The functions for 40X2 are limited to #0-3, but should go to at least #7.

I'm running PE6 with the 'beta' 20X2 compiler ( v4.0 ). It's been like this since 2018. I assume a 'beta' version is one that is still under development, and might have unresolved issues. When is the v4.0 compiler suite going to be released officialy ?

[rich] symbol PushButton = pinC.0 symbol LampioDIR = C.1 symbol Lamp = pinC.1 symbol PBcopy = bit0 symbol PBmem = bit1 symbol PBredge = bit2 low LampioDIR ' Set pin as output, and drive it low do ' Detect rising edge of pushbutton PBcopy = PushButton PBredge =...

I seem to remember, but might be mistaken, that there is a remote serial port solution somewhere in the PICAXE store. Is it there, or am I imagining it ?. Cheers, Buzby

#Slots are useful, but PE6 can't create more than one, or simulate them. ( At least, I've not found a way to make it work. ) The editor in PE6 won't allow the use of more than one #Slot directive, which seems a bit of a limitation. It is not unreasonable to write code for two slots in one .bas...

I reported this at least a year ago, but it's still there !. The link jumps to PE5, not PE6.

The footer on the website still links to PE5, not PE6. https://picaxe.com/software/picaxe/picaxe-editor-6/ I'm sure I pointed this out a few years ago, but I can't be bothered finding the post again.

I've not got the money to buy this, and if I had, I still wouldn't buy it ...

On the PICAXE store ( https://www.picaxestore.com/ ), at the top-left are three 'social media' buttons. Lockdown has given me plenty time to explore things I've not looked at before, so I clicked these buttons. I wish I hadn't bothered. The FB page has had 12 comments in 9 years, the Youtube...

Hi All, I'm sure you've all seen those talk-back parrot toys which repeat whatever phrase they hear. I've got one, and want to add a bit of extra functionality to it. I want to be able to trigger a few pre-recorded phrases, as well as keeping the basic talk-back action. When I opened the...

#picaxe 28X2 sertxd("123456789",cr,lf) sertxd("123456789") sertxd(8,8,8,8,8,"-") produces ... 123456789 1234-789 I would have expected the result to be '1234-6789' What am I doing wrong ?

Prompted by the current thread about web-enabled ESP things, I revisited the PICAXE Net Server. ( https://www.picaxestore.com/net002 ). I have a couple of these, bought as scrap for £1.20 each, and both work fine, but I've not done anything with them. It was something relating to TC/PIP...

Hi All, Some of you have an avid interest in the execution speed of Picaxe instructions, so you may know the answer already. I need to shave every last microsecond off the execution time of a routine which has the following requirement. The 'lookup' instruction is slow, but is it slower than...

Good Picaxe site, no trackers here.

Hi All, I've got a cunning plan, but in order for me to try it I need to twiddle the 'APFCON' bits in my 08M2. APFCON is in Bank 2 at address $11D ( I think ). When I try this code, PE6 says No ! pokesfr $01011101, $00000000 ' Poke APFCON Have I got the address built wrong, or am I on a...

I've looked at the Winstar datasheet, but I'm struggling to understand the cursor stuff. The AXE134 lets me turn the cursor on, but is there a similar simple command to turn it off ? EDIT : I've sussed it out, (254,12) ! cheers, Buzby