I have recently bought an AXE133y display kit and have it working well with my current project. Highly recommended to enhance almost any project. As Inglewood Pete says it has provision for extra messages, but I for one am finding it a bit intimidating to see how to program those messages without having to reprogram the whole 18 M2+ chip that is supplied with the software installed, with Message 1, message 2 etc. It is easy to see where to put your messages in the supplied document for the program.
I am working in the background on understanding the display data sheet and have made some progress with a lot of help from this Forum. I agree provision is also made for additional outputs from the board which forms part of the kit, though you have to programme the associated functions that you want. But I would describe it as “not for the faint hearted.”
I would suggest, as a way of moving forward, that until you are confident, you start with a separate 18M2+ chip and program that either using the programming socket on the kit, or on a separate board, so that you keep the original chip unaltered to replace it if all goes pear shaped.
I admit I am probably over cautious, or is it timid, but I can’t yet see how to insert your messages without reprogramming the chip. The software is provided in .PDF Form so should be easy to copy onto the program editor and load up to your chip. It is quite easy to see what you have to do to just program in the messages. Very happy to be corrected on that and be shown how to do it, but not urgent for me at the moment, as I don’t have enough time to follow up. In the meantime I will be most interested to follow your progress.
Eng460