Recent content by dr_robert

Hi folks, After a few years of tinkering and a drawer full of half completed projects, I have finally got one over the finish line. It was my son's idea and it's a 2 minute timer so he knows how long to brush his teeth. All simple stuff really, but we think it's quite fun so I have attached...

Hi there, I have been researching over the last few days how to detect a motor stall. There is a fair bit written and the method I wanted to try was simply to read the voltage drop when the motor starts to work harder. I'd read the value on an ADC channel and when it fell below a set level...

Hello there, I would like to use a picaxe to drive a simple input to a program running on a PC. I think that I understand the requirements/limitations but I have a couple of specific questions that I haven't been able to find answers to in the manual or in forum posts. I cannot interface from...

Hi there, I am testing a tmp 36. The middle pin of the sensor is connected to the adc pin of an 08m2 and I am writing the value to b0. I'm reading the b0 value in the terminal via the axe027 (thanks forum members for the advice there). What value am I seeing in the terminal? For instance I...

Hi there, I'd like to ouput from a PICAXE to my PC but it seems no new PC's are built with a serial port. Can I use a Serial to USB adaptor? If so, are there different versions and any that I should avoid? Thanks Rob