kranenborg
Senior Member
Dear Picaxe Colleagues,
At some instances I have indicated that I still use my childhood's Philips EE (Electronic Engineer) set of kits (https://ee.old.no/) to prototype most of my projects, including the Picaxe-based ones. I know now that these kits have been very popular in Great Britain as well, in particular the EE1003/4/5/ from the EE1000 series, as well as earlier series like the EE20, EE10, A8 etc. . This all plays in the sixties and seventies, as is clear from for example the following link: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=63719 . It seems to me that from the EE2000 series on the availability in GB was less compared to mainland Europe (and I doubt whether English manuals were made available). To me the use of these kits combines nostalgia & inquiries into electronics and technology in an almost magical and very satisfactory way … .
I recently embarked on a project to 'Picaxify" my Philips EE set-up, thereby allowing me to use modern microcontroller-based projects on the Philips EE system with equal ease as compared to other (analog) EE projects. The Picaxe concept supports my projects wonderfully, through functions like PWM generation, frequency measurement, simple controls based on analog signals inputs etc. etc., all through rapid prototyping (but that is still the strength of the Picaxe approach).
I wonder then if there are more Picaxe enthusiasts on this forum that are Philips EE adepts as well. If so, I may provide some inspiration in this thread by giving examples on my upgrade project on the key part, namely the front plane of the EE1000 system. The concept is still similar to the EE1000 series, but I developed my own general-purpose base plate and an application-specific overlay to it, allowing the AXE133/133Y display and other modern components to be integrated. Furthermore, the availability of color inkjet printers does wonders … .
The picture below shows the new front plane, made specially for a bat detector project (close to finalization) in which a Picaxe-08M2 is used to generate a PWM signal between 20 - 120 kHz as input to a mixer. The actual frequency is to be shown on the display.
The AXE133 LCD is used here as intended by Rev-Ed, namely as a serial display. However, with a slight change of the display hardware setup as discussed here [https://picaxeforum.co.uk/threads/improving-the-axe133-oled-firmware.29710/post-339628] using a 4-bit interface, the picaxe-18M2 on the display board can used as a general purpose controller itself applicable in the project whilst also controlling the display.
Here is a view from a larger angle vertically, revealing a bit more of the circuit board (and the sometimes ancient types of components like the mustard capacitors and the tube capacitors that came with the kits, as well as the Picaxe-08M2 seated on the green board)
And of course here is the magical transformation depiction itself … :
In case someone wants to know more (and/or even do a similar Picaxe upgrade him/herself on the Philips EE system) then I am of course most happy to provide relevant info on my designs and experiences.
Best regards
Jurjen
At some instances I have indicated that I still use my childhood's Philips EE (Electronic Engineer) set of kits (https://ee.old.no/) to prototype most of my projects, including the Picaxe-based ones. I know now that these kits have been very popular in Great Britain as well, in particular the EE1003/4/5/ from the EE1000 series, as well as earlier series like the EE20, EE10, A8 etc. . This all plays in the sixties and seventies, as is clear from for example the following link: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=63719 . It seems to me that from the EE2000 series on the availability in GB was less compared to mainland Europe (and I doubt whether English manuals were made available). To me the use of these kits combines nostalgia & inquiries into electronics and technology in an almost magical and very satisfactory way … .
I recently embarked on a project to 'Picaxify" my Philips EE set-up, thereby allowing me to use modern microcontroller-based projects on the Philips EE system with equal ease as compared to other (analog) EE projects. The Picaxe concept supports my projects wonderfully, through functions like PWM generation, frequency measurement, simple controls based on analog signals inputs etc. etc., all through rapid prototyping (but that is still the strength of the Picaxe approach).
I wonder then if there are more Picaxe enthusiasts on this forum that are Philips EE adepts as well. If so, I may provide some inspiration in this thread by giving examples on my upgrade project on the key part, namely the front plane of the EE1000 system. The concept is still similar to the EE1000 series, but I developed my own general-purpose base plate and an application-specific overlay to it, allowing the AXE133/133Y display and other modern components to be integrated. Furthermore, the availability of color inkjet printers does wonders … .
The picture below shows the new front plane, made specially for a bat detector project (close to finalization) in which a Picaxe-08M2 is used to generate a PWM signal between 20 - 120 kHz as input to a mixer. The actual frequency is to be shown on the display.
The AXE133 LCD is used here as intended by Rev-Ed, namely as a serial display. However, with a slight change of the display hardware setup as discussed here [https://picaxeforum.co.uk/threads/improving-the-axe133-oled-firmware.29710/post-339628] using a 4-bit interface, the picaxe-18M2 on the display board can used as a general purpose controller itself applicable in the project whilst also controlling the display.
Here is a view from a larger angle vertically, revealing a bit more of the circuit board (and the sometimes ancient types of components like the mustard capacitors and the tube capacitors that came with the kits, as well as the Picaxe-08M2 seated on the green board)
And of course here is the magical transformation depiction itself … :
In case someone wants to know more (and/or even do a similar Picaxe upgrade him/herself on the Philips EE system) then I am of course most happy to provide relevant info on my designs and experiences.
Best regards
Jurjen
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