Recent content by lauriet

Hi, I have been happily using the Picaxe Editor for many years on several machines, but rashly decided to clear out some 'junk' on one poorly resourced machine when it started nagging to do a system (win10) update but complained it did not have enough space. After the clearout, the Simulator in...

I am sure this has been answered before, but cannot find by searching: I am writing a program for a project colleague to install on the project board he has. If I send as a .bas attachment, he gets “Prohibited file type, This message contains an attachment whose file type is considered...

Hi experts, I am designing a low-budget signalling system that has to operate over hundreds of yards (or even metres), using an 18m2 project board. Obviously voltage drops and interference would be a problem over this distance, so I am just using high/low logic states and LEDs, no data. I have...

I have a device communicating with a 14M2 via bluetooth, with an app installed that has controls that send signals in the form ControlID, space, ControlValue (though the form is editable), so I have a speed control that sends "7 100" (no quotes), for instance. It's all coming along nicely, but...

Hi. I have had two simple projects now where I observe that a LED output that should be off is actually flickering at a low level. Both projects are very basic, switch or serial inputs and LED outputs, and the effect sometimes disappears again as the code is developed in seemingly unrelated...

I am making a fairly simple system, switch inputs, LED outputs, moderately clever stuff in between, using an 18M2 and Picaxe Editor 6.0.8.11 in Windows 10 on a modestly sufficient Minix box. Having built and loaded a prototype, I was trying to track down some irrational behaviour but the 'debug'...

I have a small bipolar stepper motor conventionally connected via an L293 to an 08M, using this code: #picaxe 08m LOW C.0,C.1,C.2,C.4 main: do b1 = b1 & %00000011 ' mask lower two bits of b1 lookup b1,(%00010010,%00010001,%00000101,%00000110),b0 ' lookup code into b0 pins = b0 'output b0 onto...

I have an 18M2 quite happily reading an RFID tag device using the SERIN command. I am trying to move on to the HSERIN and HSERSETUP commands, to allow continual monitoring while performing other processes, but cannot find any solid information on where to define the input pin, or if there is a...

I have two inputs, C.1 and C.2 The code: if pinC.1 = 1 then ... and If pinC.2 = 1 then ... functions as expected. I can declare symbols for them: If switch1 = 1 then ... and If switch2 = 1 then ... and everything is fine. I want to run some common code that uses one or other of the switches, so...

Hi, I have Picaxe Editor 6.0.8 installed on a windows 7 machine and on a windows 10 machine; all the options appear to be set identically. During simulation, the win 7 window shows the current line highlighted as it runs. The win 10 machine does not highlight the line. I'd rather it did, but...

I would like to check if an iButton has been detected, in the simulator. I cannot see a way of setting values for the variables this would write to. Is there a way of doing this? Or another strategy? Many thanks. Lauriet

Apologies if this HAS been covered before ... As part of a larger project, I had a need to display a 'WAIT' message as large as possible on a 16x2 OLED display so spent many hours (days actually) exploring the forum, following up ideas, trying to understand datasheets, learning about CGRAM and...

I have a circuit concept with various inputs high on startup. I appreciate this can be set in the simulator by clicking the pins on the chip diagram. Is it possible to set them high in code instead? Thanks, Lauriet.

Hi; I am simulating an 18M2 in editor 6.0.8.0. I have the program line: readadc10 C.0, w8 C.0 is set high and the word value of C.0 is set in simulation to 32000, but in the code explorer w8 always sets to 256 at that line. What (apart from good looks and immense wealth) am I missing? Thanks...

The diagram on page 18 of Manual 3 shows the Picaxe connections to the L293D being from Pin 4, Pin 5, Pin 6 and Pin 7. As I'm using an 08M, I'm guessing this really means Leg 4, Leg 5, Leg 6 and Leg 7 (the usual confusion), as the 08M only has Pins 0 to 4. If my assumption is correct, this is...