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Most of the time my Mac Book is connected to a 27" Thunderbolt monitor. To it's right is a 27" iMac using a Windows version Logitech KB as it's primary keyboard. Both machines and sometimes another W10 Intel NUC are running Synergy to allow KB and mouse sharing across the 2-3 physical copmuters...

Another vote here for virtual machines. I run OSX and VMware Fusion. A simple swipe of the touchpad takes to to my last XP laptop, another swipe to my last W7 laptop and another swipe to a W10 install. I also have various versions of Linux and other new and old installs that can be started at...

Works GREAT! While Hippy's interrupt routine is probably better in a program that constantly monitors a encoder yours is very simple and works excellently for a small sub routine to modify variables. A rotary encoder is a nicer UI than three pushbuttons in some applications. Thanks!

First off, it's been a long time since I have been to this most excellent forum! I ran across a problem yesterday that cried PICAXE and sure enough it responded! I sure hope Hippy is still around! The issue was lightning struck a long ago client's house and the equipment we used in the whole...

I use a device that monitors communications and outputs the signals and levels to a parallel LCD. I'd like to be able to log to SD what is displayed on the LCD along with the date and time. The person who designed the device isn't willing to give a serial data output for this purpose. So, in...

I'm glad you are making progress! It is great when things start doing something. I'm going to comment. Marz, you are free to follow whatever course you choose working on your project. My comments are for the benefit of the many lurkers that show up in the page counts. My opinion is that it...

Board pix Since there is no schematic here are board pix. NB - the heatsink on the regulator wasn't installed in the pix. You will need one! The Chronodot is removed so you can see the AC detect relay.

More refrig/freez The first photo shows the refrigerator compressor running with a current temp of 35, minimum of 33, maximum of 42 and a duty cycle of 46%. The second line shows the freezer compressor isn't running with a current temp of 0, minimum temp of -3, maximum of 5 and a duty cycle...

This project came out of my frustration with the refrigerator/freezer on my boat. It ran too much which was not only noisy but caused excessive battery drain. It turned out to be a two part problem, frost on the refrigerator evaporator and excessive temperatures in the enclosure were the...

More lathe How the Hall sensor and stepper motor are attached to the lathe. The sub procedures will have to be in the next post... '*** CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST *** if RunPin = 1 then 'pin initiates selected prog mode pause 200 if ProgMode = 1 OR...

1st - this is NOT a full blown CNC lathe control! This project has two modes of operation, drive the carriage using a stepper motor and display RPM/SFM. It is very helpful to me for reducing stock diameter, making sets of spacers all the same length and other operations. The first photo is...

I'm finishing up a refrigerator/freezer control, logging, display and statistics project using the DS18B20 as my sensors. The way this chip handles crossing zero is problematic for simpletons like me. To save a new minimum temperature requires code like this: if RCTemp<128 AND Rmin<128 then...

In another thread I promoted using serial LCD displays instead of cluttering up pins and code: Another forum member begged to differ: I'm still puzzled: The first link seems to be about SERTXD. While handy for debugging I can't imagine running an LCD that way. Hippy's reply to the...

A bit more on the tach aspect: As you can see the Picaxe does quite well measuring the hall effect output. All numbers and text are readable if you enlarge the picture. It is 1600x900 pixels. The HallEffect_FullScreen_FullSpeed.jpg image shows the lathe running at full speed on the biggest...

I'm attempting to put a tach on my lathe using a hall effect sensor. I should be getting an RPM range of 60 to 600 but I'm only getting 60 to 180. And the output is very intermittent and jumpy. The pulses look good (to me...): Here is the relevant part of the code: count HallPin, 1000...

Chronodot RTC and 18m2 I'm using a ChronoDot V2.1 which is a DS3231SN on a carrier board with a battery. I need a quickie temperature logger so I took parts of a program I have running on a 20x2 and popped together a circuit on a AXE090 board using a 18m2. Everything works as expected except...

How very proper! Some don't like it:

What is happening during the time the About... box is displayed during the PICAXE Programming Editor startup? Sometimes the PE startup is almost instantaneous other times it takes up to a minute. Any ideas?

Not really what you asked for but the SparkFun OpenLog board is very nice for development work. Teamed up with a RTC you can do some serious testing. For life in the real world the micro SD is a little small. I'm waiting on some SD OpenLog boards from seeedstudio.com. Should be easier to...

I thought I was trying to control an existing lighting system with 0-5V. However that was because I was given some bad information. Here is the schematic from post 10: What you see is the actual power components in one power module. There are 2 cabinets that contain 9 of these power modules...