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    Batteries for project including AXE-033

    Thanks to this forum I now have my AXE-033 up and running. As someone pointed out on another thread it needs a 'good' 5V, it seems to die under about 4.6V. As the picaxe project needs 4.5 V I'm wondering about how to power this project up for real use. I am building a camera trigger that...
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    Another AXE-033 LCD question

    I'm having some problems getting a full picture of how the LCD and the cursor works. I've looked at the entry in Manual 3 about scrolling etc, but I'm still struggling with some of the behaviour. Suppose I write some characters to the second line serout 0, t2400, (254, 192, "1234") I then...
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    Correct use of READ and WRITE with word variables?

    I'm struggling with some of the descriptions in the manual. I'd like to store some WORD sized data in the EEPROM area of a 28X so I've been looking at the manual entries for WORD READ and WRITE. I don't want to use an external EEPROM, there are plenty of ic2 examples for this, but I don't...
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    WORD data storage example?

    Not strictly a VSM question, should this be on another forum? I'd like to store some WORD sized data in the EEPROM area of a 28X so I've been looking at the manual entries for WORD READ and WRITE. There aren't any code examples for writing and reading word data, so I'm a bit unsure about how...
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    AXE-033 Serial LCD problem

    I'm trying to connect the serial LCD in to my application, but I'm not seeing the correct characters output. According to the project PDF for the Serial LCD and Clock, which I'm using as a guide to using this component, incorrect characters may be output and the fix is in Appendix A, internal...
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    Demo version of Picaxe VSM

    I've downloaded the demo version and loaded the AXE050 Tutorial board model. When I clicked 'Play' I had an error message saying 'Missing or invalid customer key' Is there something else I need to do to use the Demo?
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