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  1. Rampz

    A better way to detect angle than a tilt switch

    Following on from my question ref can a certain pib be used for ADC input, the question was leading to this. I have bought a SCA60C module online its based on a chip by VTI N1000060, it has a LM393 to give 2x switched output that i was hoping to use in the first instance, but it seems they are...
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    08M2 actual pin4 change to adc function?

    Hello All, looking at altering an existing project that uses a 08m2, currently actual pin4 or C3 is and can only be an input i understand, what i want to do requires it to have ADC function, i seem to remember some pins can be made to do functions that they normally can't do, is there anyway to...
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    28X2 to drive a Rev-Ed 4x20 OLED to tell the time with a DS3231

    Hello All I thought best to start a new thread to do as the title says, seems to me that it nay be of interest in the first part for people that want to drive the OLED directly with a X2 picaxe, in my case the 28X2 and get the time displayed from the DS3231 I found the following code to...
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    Odd PE6 issue

    I have several sets of code open on my laptop, i'm trying to get the 20X2 working with the altered code from an 08M2, i notice while doing this that my fault counters are reading 65535 the highest they could read, i have several issues anyway i had a circuit set up on the AXE091, the editor is...
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    Moving code from a 08m2 to a 20X2

    I expected there would be issues, reading through the manuals i can't yet see what they are, I have "TIME = 0" on the 08m2 that is fine but not liked when i do a check having changed the editor to 20X2, i bet there will be many more issues as i resolve each one, is there a guide somewhere to...
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    Picaxe clock regulation

    Hello All I thought it best to start a new thread for this, just testing a tilt switch has run to 6 pages. The goal is to regulate the time of a clock by increasing or decreasing the pendulem swing by elctromagnet against the actual time, seems the best to use a DS3231 as PhilHornby says a...
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    Oled screen problem

    I have a 4 line oled screen from the forum shop seemed to work just fine for a week but noticed the above vertical line, won't disappear and is brighter than anything displayed, I have to assume the screen has become damaged, any ideas?
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    Tilt switch test rig

    Hello All Building a test rig for testing tilt switches, my best attempt at code below, having a few issues, atleast it mostly works firstly 1) I wanted to show in the terminal each time the tilt switch is operated on and off, but since i'm in a loop it shows multiple times, the switch...
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    PICaxe 2022

    Where is picaxe heading in 2022, I'm no expert, I don't have 40+ years programming, I feel I'm 20 years late discovering picaxe, I'm an electrician but gave just found picaxe and love it. But when I look about and say lets add say wifi, Bluetooth, lets talk to the web etc, there are loads of...
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    Vmusic2 cockrill

    I have been asked if i can add a Cockrill sound to an animated display, always looking for opportunities to use the picaxe's now, it seems the store is out of Vmusic2 modules so i have ordered one from RS, Firstly what the best picaxe to control it with i have the AXE091 board and it came with a...
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    Programmable Relay Module

    This isn't a cry for help at the moment, I own and run and electronic security business for the last 30 odd years and we always one way or another need relay modules of one sort or another, and there's never the required one available. So I thought with my newly gained knowledge and past...
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    Switching issues

    Hello All This is my first post, help please I copied some of the code from a book, played with it in ways only someone with no experience can and although it does work i noticed some issues, code as below #picaxe 08m2 #no_data setfreq m8 ' i set to 8mhz to see if it would help symbol...
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