Recent content by cheeseslice

Hi, I'm currently installing a new intercom system onto my motorbike and I have got to the stage where I am building the push to talk button and bracket for the handle bar. The button will be a push to make and will run back to the picaxe which will be hidden away under the seat. I will...

Hey, I started a new thread a couple of days ago for extending an IR remote and it was suggested by a few smart people that using fibre would be the best idea. It got me thinking about if I could use this in a project that I am about to start (once my parts arrive from china) so I just wanted...

Hello all, I'm just looking for a bit of advice before I start taking things apart. I have a satellite receiver hidden away in a cupboard and I wanted to have a small infrared receiver at that tv so that I could change the channels without having the door open. I thought that this would be...

Hi, Would anyone happen to know if a 4 channel 2.4ghz receiver used for cctv cameras would use the same frequencies as the 2.4ghz receiver used in the tv sender equipment? I can't seem to find any information on the net. The reason I ask is that I have two tv's linked with this type of...

Hi, I have just completed my first project. I started small and opted for the xbox rapid controllers, first one went perfectly but the 2nd is going a bit funny and I was hoping for some help with both the code and a circuit problem. This is the code: rapidon: Low 1 Pause 90 High 1 Readadc...

Excuse my total ignorance but I'm confused. My friend has given me a few picaxe08m chips, or at least that is what he says they are and he programs them as if they are, yet on the chip it says: 12f683 l/p e3 32k 0639 I've tried to find the answer on here but I think it's so basic everyone...

Hi, I just read the post on the rapid sale and I thought I might as well get a stock pile of essential parts in one go. So I was wondering if any of you kind people could suggest the bare essentials for starting off. Would this be a good buy to get me going with resistors...

Hello all, Finally I have managed to join, I think this is the hardest forum I have ever tried to post on. I decided a few weeks ago that I was going to design a gsm interface for my boiler clock so that I could turn the heating on and off and as I was doing a bit of research I stumbled onto...