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Just saw this interesting math process which always converges on the value 6174. Might make a good learning challenge for Picaxe students to teach data input and sorting. Certainly a piece of cake for us Picaxe fanboys! Code could be run in the simulator without any Picaxe hardware at all...

Rev-Ed, please prepare for Windows 10 end-of support in October 2025. A lot of people may be keeping their computers, ditching Windows and switching to ChromeOS. Google's ChromeOS Flex might be the best alternative for Windows 10 | Windows Central

Just got some test boards for our old friend the HC SR04 ultrasonic rangefinder sensors. The $1 sensors are now just 65 cents, and interface easily to a Picaxe using the ULTRA command after doing the clever and well-documented one-pin mod here in the forum. This standalone test board plus...

I'm officially mad at myself for not thinking of this product, which IMO could have been done with a Picaxe. I've been AWOL from the forums for a long time now, focusing on getting my old classic car back on the road. Everyone says "I wish I kept my first car." Well I'm the idiot who did. In...

Sneak peek at a silly work in progress for my daughter, a Billie Eilish fan. Quickie housing was cut from a cat food dish. 14M2 cycles LEDs, TOUCH16 reads a touch sensor (thin brass plate on top) and plays "Bad Guy" when touched.

Big thanks to Jurjen AKA Kranenborg, who sent me a delightful package all the way from the Netherlands to Los Angeles. He had PM'ed me previously to ask if I would be interested in some older Picaxe chips he was rehoming. "Of course", I replied, but he wouldn't take any money, not even for...

On Chrome, I was looking at my robot arm project at https://picaxe.com/project-gallery/6-dof-robot-arm/ and all of the Youtube video hot links go to a "video isn't available anymore" page when I click on them. But the text of the link is correct, if I highlight the text and right click "go to...

Picaxe and more is 75% off at Robot Mesh, going out of business. I just racked up $400 of impulse purchases, and stuff is selling fast! Picaxe: https://store.robotmesh.com/microcontrollers/picaxe Several kits under $10 include the programming cable! More worth a look, sensors, motors, servos...

First test of a new custom PCB for a Picaxe 08M2. Designed for flexibility, it can control up to 4 servos and has dedicated spaces for servo headers, a pushbutton, IR receiver and beeper. A huge shoutout to forum member Jeff Haas, who actually designed the board layout based on some of my...

I'm trying https://www.picaxecloud.com/blockly/app/# for the first time. The page locks up after clicking the "Switch to Code Mode", and it has been doing that all week. Is that standard fare? Any workaround to get to Picaxe Basic on that site?

Not Picaxe, but it sure could be! https://www2.cose.isu.edu/~perealba/courses/OctoBot_Instructions_1.2.pdf This PDF contains full assembly instructions and logic flowchart for a robot kit from 2004 which I think is a reference goldmine for anyone interested in robotics, especially hardware &...

Was there ever an ancient DOS-based Picaxe Editor? Thinking about nabbing an old 286 laptop off ebay for nostalgia/retro's sake. I used to program the basic stamp with a DOS editor circa 1995, green screen, floppy disks and all. If I can get a DOS picaxe editor that would sweeten the deal.

2/16/22 Edit: added shuffle to attached program. 2/19/22 Edit: fixed BUSY conflict, see next post for updated hookup circuit Starting a new thread on the DY-SV17F module I mentioned in Jeff Haas' thread on the YX5300 MP3 player. Unlike the YX5300, the DY-SV17F requires neither a micro SD card...

I just found this half-built passive leg walker in a box from many years ago. Slammed a 18650 Powerbank and an 08M2 onto it and coaxed it into "walking" a figure 8. Some potential there, I had to add the clamps for weight & traction. Too many half-built projects, not enough hours in a day!

My daughter is a fan of Netflix's show "Stranger Things", where a boy lost in another dimension (the "Upside Down") can communicate by lighting up alphabet Christmas lights individually. Coincidentally, she is just now asking to learn to code, so this was the perfect chance to build a...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/313537753031 $28, free ship two available Starter kit includes programming cable, which alone you'd pay $30+ for elsewhere with shipping. Somebody better buy them before I do. My mouse finger is itchy...!

This nifty Arduino project appears to use one ultrasonic sensor and one servo to keep a ball centered on those rails. Elegantly simple form factor! Should be doable with a Picaxe 08M2, IMHO. Looks like a great demonstrator project for PID loops. Maybe a good opportunity to finally use a VL53L0X...

The attached PDFs contain instructions & plans to fabricate a nice 6-legged, 3-servo walker from plywood. Nothing wrong with that! The long-gone Kronos controller described could easily be replaced with a Picaxe. Parts could be 3D printed as well. 3 servos give full control, but I have made a...

From the cheap & easy department: I used a $1 DVM as a user input display to precisely adjust a time delay ranging from 0-5 seconds, which worked perfectly with my 5V-powered 08M2 circuit. A potentiometer voltage divider across the 5V supply easily displays on a 3-wire DVM (2-wire DVMs won't...

Needed an H-bridge for a small 12V motor but my favorite cheapie MX1508 H-bridge is only rated for 10V, so I grabbed an L9110S. Per info at https://arduinodiy.wordpress.com/2019/11/02/mx1508-vs-l9110s-vs-l293-motordriver-board/, it appeared to be up to the task since it mentions 12V use with...