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Why not - put bread in toaster = press down handle but leave switched off. use Picaxe to turn it on in the morning - That way you avoid the difficult mechanical interface and replace with a more...

The smart wire associated with a suitable mechanical system (levers etc) can provide pull in Kg range. It can be run from a single D cell (1.5 volts) as it is current driven - the wire shrinks when...

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Have a number of instructions on how to do laser...

And I thought you were the long lost 8th Dwarf, Dopey's cousin. :)

it's almost inflatable Santa time!

Don't need ZIF sockets or fancy set-ups for such a simple task - As I said before - Put the chip on the top of the programming socket - DON'T push it in just hold firmly with a finger to locate -...

I have programmed lots of Picaxes on a standard PC/programming board structur quite quickly. The secret? DONT push the chip into the socket. Just rest it on top, correctly oriented of course, pop a...

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Hi, There are a number of posts here re starting out and schools starting up. To begine, with the simulator if you like, you only need a few commands to make your robot work:

High
Low
If Then...

http://www.rapidonline.com/Electrical-Power/Fans-Motors/Gearboxes/120:1-Inline-motor-and-gearbox/81728

Rapid have a good range that we often used for a first robot - Ideal for desk top units that...

Your in the wrong school MF!

Ah you underline my lack of classical training, alas I was deemed inadequate to move into the upper stream and take high level courses such as Latin and higher maths. I was pressed into a lower...

Funny when a mod edits their posts it doesn't show it

For a long time I have likened the web to the biggest library in the world, filled with mostly free information, however most of it has been...

Quite a reasonable firelight / candles flicker can be produced very easily by using the tune command but putting an LED on the output rather than a speaker. - This is how a lot of commercial...

Is that a yearning for bringing back double cotton covered wire?? Ah the good old days of rubber insulation and lead outer!

How did we all survive.

08m A small project board

gives you everything you need except for a small bread board and a few components - We mounted the entire thing on a bit of MDF with the bread board (glue gun)...

Methylated spirits also makes writing paper transparent but evaporates fairly quickly and leaves no mess behind.;

Resist - Resist - I can't - It's an olive with the stone still in it!

A quick hunt round shows the wax paper idea used an in kjet a to product transfers for ironing onto T shirts.

http://hackaday.com/2009/09/02/direct-to-pcb-inkjet-printing/

if you can find a...

You have FAR FAR too much time on your hands TC :-) All good enough for me anyway as long as the next 6 months goes Ok until the fine weather returns.

Thanks guys.

Scared me? Might have been the bit in the data sheet that says "not available retail" I seem to have collected quite a few of these form who kknows where (looks innocent) although they must have...

Batterys at present are 3 x almost new AA Duracells (or rather the industry brand of the same) - I think I will order a 3 cell C pack - this is flashing an LED in a dummy burglar alarm so plenty of...

Using an 08 and running a program to flash 3 LEDs (about 10 MA load) every 20 seconds or so for just 10 milli secs how long is my 3 cell alkaline battery pack going to last?

My back of the...

I have read - but not tried - that you get a similar result to SAbourn's idea by using the waxy freezer paper sold to wrap things for the freezer.

Huh? - really!

:-)

At home I still frequently use veroboard or strip board. Even for relatively large Pcbs it works for me.

Debugging can be a real pain though if you get it wrong.

At...

Ahhh The Greek god of computing!!