Q & A
By
Russell Kincaid
December 2011, Page 22
Learn about a deer repellant circuit, a sine wave modulator, IR remote control, plus a lot of other stuff people have questions about.
Introduction to the PICAXE-18M2 Processor
By
Ron Hackett
December 2010, Page 16
As promised, in this month’s Primer we’re going to take our first look at the new PICAXE-18M2 processor. If you read the brief “teaser” of new 18M2 features that I included in the previous installment, you already know that it’s an impressive processor, to say the least.
Introducing Tex and Rex: The IR Twins
By
Ron Hackett
August 2010, Page 14
In this month’s column, we’re going to re-visit the infrared realm, but this time we’re going to take a different approach and develop two very simple IR boards — each of which serves only one specific function. Rex will be our IR receiver and Tex will transmit IR signals to Rex.
Programming the MAX7219 LED Display Driver
By
Ron Hackett
April 2010, Page 16
This month, we’ll experiment with three different programs for our display and one for our 28X1 master processor. First, we’ll try out a simple program to count from 0 to 9999, and then we’ll throw in a little “zero-blanking” for good measure.
Interfacing Seven-Segment LCD Displays
By
Ron Hackett
December 2009, Page 62
This time,we’re going to experiment with interfacing seven-segment LED displays with PICAXE processors.To explore the basic concepts involved, we’ll begin with the simplest case: interfacing a single-digit LED display with a 20M processor.
Programming Your Serialized LCD Display
By
Ron Hackett
August 2009, Page 15
This month we’re going to turn our attention to some of the details of programming the display. Specifically, we’ll investigate two of the most useful features of LCD displays: scrolling a long line of text across the relatively small width of the display and creating custom characters to enhance the functionality of the display.
Taming Unruly LCD’s: Part 2
By
Ron Hackett
June 2009, Page 67
The 14M is the perfect processor for this project. It has more than enough I/O lines and program memory for the task at hand and it’s cheap enough that you can construct two or three complete “serialized” LCDs for the price of one commercial display.
Taming Unruly LCDs: Part 1
By
Ron Hackett
April 2009, Page 56
In the previous installment of the PICAXE Primer, I said we would turn our attention toward interfacing our Master Processor with inexpensive LCD displays based on the Hitachi HD44780 controller
Playing Music and Watching Lights
By
Ron Hackett
February 2008, Page 74
In the first installment of the PICAXE PrimeR, we took a look at the 08M’s music making capabilities and used the super simple “play” command to play “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” This month, we’ll expand our repertoire by exploring the “tune” command, which will enable us to play any tune we choose. As I mentioned last time, there are nearly 1,000 tunes available for free downloading at the Revolution Education website (www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/)...
Getting Started With Stripboard Circuit Construction
By
Ron Hackett
April 2008, Page 88
If you have been reading the PICAXE Primer or any of my articles in Nuts & Volts and SERVO Magazine, you know by now that I am very partial to working with breadboard circuits. I think they are by far the fastest and most flexible approach to building and debugging a PICAXE-based circuit, or any small circuit for that matter. However, sooner or later you may want to construct a circuit that is more reliable and “permanent” than a breadboard circuit...
Good Intentions and “Faux” PC Boards
By
Ron Hackett
June 2008, Page 82
It’s funny how things sometimes get away from me. My original intention for this month’s column was to present an introduction to the many new and powerful features of the PICAXE-28X1 processor but, as I started to elaborate on the details of some of these features, it began to feel like information overload...
Build The PICAXE IR Multiboard
By
Ron Hackett
October 2008, Page 83
This month, we’re going to develop and test our first I/O device for use with the PICAXE-28X1: an 08M-based, multi-function infrared board capable of implementing the entire range of PICAXE IR communications.
Welcome To The Power Of PICAXE
By
Ron Hackett
December 2007, Page 17
Welcome to the first installment of PICAXE Primer, a column dedicated to “spreading the word” about the ease, power, and versatility of programming and project-building with the unique microcontrollers.