Recent content by sbscott

I have a bunch of chips that I have collected over the years and thought I would test them to see if they still worked. Most did but, several, particularly the larger 40x1 are probably bad. I was able to load a simple port test program to turn on/off four ports. Three toggled but one did not...

Can individual I/o ports fail/go bad but the picaxe can still be communicated with?

Thanks I will give it a try..

I am trying to build an accurate measuring 'eye' on my car robot (yep, back at it!). I have tried using the HC-SR04 but it is relatively unstable. I am hoping the EZ1 unit is more stable and accurate. But, not having much luck. Have tried the code posted awhile back, see below, but it very...

Actually, I ended up putting an additional 'servopos b3,160' at the end and reduced from 255 to 240 on the second servopos and it worked as I had planned. Not sure why I could not do as I had originally planned..but all is well that ends well!! Thanks for everyone's help!

I tried a MG996R and it still is doing the same, goes to the midpoint and then returns to the starting point?

Hummm? Yep, looks straight forward. Maybe its the servo. I will check. Thanks for your quick response!

I am sure there is an easy answer to this. Using the manual's sample code to move a micro servo arm from one range end to the other works fine. How do I stop it in the center between range ends. I have tried 'servopos 3,165'. This puts it in the center but then goes back to the first...

Been using this for a couple of weeks. Is there a way to lock in the dockable side menus and kill the auto launch of the PDF into? It is a nuisance to have to reset the work space the way I like it every time I launch the app.

This is very frustrating! I have been working with the PICAXE for years and this is getting my goat! See the pics. With my scope, I see a trigger coming from the computer on the RX in (pin 6) but nothing out on pin 7.

Ordered and received two new 40x2 for a backup chip for my home security system. Got out the bread boarding box and hooked up the power leads (pins 11/12 & 31/32) +5 and Gnd respectively and put a 4.7k res on pin 1. Then connected the AXE027 cable. Flipped the swt, hit the program button...

Talk about a mind block! I have done this before, I think... I am trying to transfer a value from an 20m2 to a 08m2 that will be used as a variable in a servo command (servo c.2, b1) What commands do I use? Thanks!

Using the older versions I can evaluate readadc values using debug. With the new version I get the debug window, but no changes. What am I missing? z: debug pause 200 readadc b.1, b1 pause 100 goto z

Working on a robot (car) for my granddaughter and want to generate some clever sounds (using the Sound command) when it detects objects or drop off etc. Has anyone worked up a list of interesting sounds that I could grab? Like 'shrieks' or 'clap' or 'kaboom' etc? I have done a few searches...

I don't normally go on about a vendor experience but I thought the group might benefit. I ordered DIY Oscilloscope Kit from Banggood.com . I had previously ordered and build their Freq Counter kit that worked as described. After building the scope kit, I powered it up and the screen lite up...