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here we go i have it hooked up on a bread board right now so i will probably change it so its in a more standard configuration but for the purpose of this problem i need to figure out why its not counting the little clicks from the tachometric signal of the fan. and westaust can you help me out...

hello all its been a while since i have posted here but i am once again working on a new project. im using an 18m2 to measure and output wind speed so that i can tell how fast i am going whilst on my longboard. i have the 18m2 hooked up to two 7 segment displays and i have the code written so...

is it possible to use a joule theif to power a picaxe, or any other micro. would it need to be filtered in a special way.

i have some 12v rgb common cathode leds that run at 12v and 2.4 watts per channel, and i was wondering how many watts can the picaxe handle when i hook the anodes to the picaxe.

lol obviously you have never seen the fast and the furious tokyo drift because then you would know what i was talking about.

i had the cable working last month, but then i had to wipe my drive, and i lost the driver that i had gotten to work. any help would be greatly appreciated. also this is apparently a common problem.

just got my new 08m2, but for some reason it wont respond, on pin C.5 which is supposed to be an input. also i checked by run +5v to the pin and still nothing, also im using the standard digital type button circuit. also i tested the button works fine when used with pin c.3 here is my test code...

I just thought i would post this thread to inquire where people get their wire from. often i use old usb cables, but recently i have found an excellent and quite common source of thin long, and color coded wire. its the old 25 pin printer cable. usually they are about 6 feet long, and they...

wow the new forum looks great! and does anyone know how to take a part one of the prolific cables, cause mine is way too long, with the usb cable and the the serial cable attached together its like 12 feet, i only need it to be 3 feet. also when i do my controller mods with the picaxe i was...

i can't find in the manual how to save data to eeprom. im working on a project right now, where i need to save a variable into the eeprom so that when power is removed from the system the data will not be erased. any help would be great here is my code, and if you see ways that it can be...

i just got a new laptop, and it doesn't have a serial type connection. i would like to make my own programming cable that would be compatible with one of the ports on my computer instead of having to buy the $25 cable, and wait for 2 weeks to get it. my computer does have an s/pdif port 3.5mm...

i was taking apart an old stereo and it had an lcd, attached to an lc7584 chip, and it says it has serial in and out. so i was wondering if an 18m2 could interface with it? heres the data sheet for the chip http://pdf.chinaicmart.com/88889/35097.pdf

Whats the most accurate pwm frequency?

I'm using a 14m in an Xbox controller which is powered off of 2 AA batteries. In the past I have been able to program the 14m using just power from the controllers batteries, but lately I have been having to use a special charging cable, which provides 5volts to the controller, and the 14m, to...

xbox controller analogue stick control via picaxe Last summer I ordered a Picaxe 14m from sparkfun.com, and I was able to install it into my xbox controller. I attached the the x,y and right and left triggers to the chip and they work fine. I have been making my own very simple code for...