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    HSPIOUT not workin on 20X2

    I am trying to send serial data out the hardware HSPI SDO pin with no luck. I have a 20X2 PICAXE and using Program Editor version 5.3.6 and have some test code: W0=4095 HSPISETUP spimode00,spifast STRT: HSPIOUT (B1,B0) pause 1 goto STRT Putting the scope probe on the SDO and CLK, all I see on...
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    Diode or Rectifier

    Can someone explain to me what the difference is between a diode and a rectifier
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    Simple switcher inductors

    Does anyone have a source for the inductors needed to build a simple switcher power supply for the LM2576 simple switcher IC. The datasheet indicates the inductors should be an RL-2445 from Renco or PE92108 from Pulse Engineering. These inductors seem to be obsolete products, so maybe there is a...
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    Spam e-mail from member (Who else)

    Has anyone else been spammed by "stephanie2". Hi, I'm new here, how's it going? "Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on...
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    PICAXE 8M memory allocation, confusion

    After writing the code for a program, the PICAXE 8M compiler says there is still 96 bytes available for use, but if I try to fill those 96 bytes with the DATA directive, the compiler error message says “memory location already used” before I have filled up all 96 bytes with data. I get to where...
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    Junior/Senior Members

    I am new to this forum and have noticed that some of us are junior members and some are senior menbers. I haven't been called junior in over 40 years. What does this designations mean?
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    Magnetic rotational encoder

    Has anyone tried to interface the AS5040 10 bit magnetic rotational encoder from Austriamicrosystems to the PICAXE. This encoder looks like a very good alternative to optical wheel encoders.
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