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A high school student came up with a very clever, inexpensive way to make a glove controller: https://hackaday.io/project/189165-optical-glove-controller-using-ldr

I've been trying out the built-in touch sensor commands, and tested a few different touch pads to see what (if any) difference there was between materials. I tried out a solder blob (ala Erco - see his first video in post 5...

Kev's Robots put up a clever little project on October 9. I found it the other day and just completed it. It's a skull that gets "scared" when you get too close. Here's a quick demo: https://youtube.com/shorts/rky9dwbA3Xk 3D printed with an ultrasonic sensor for the "eyes". Kevin...

I've been playing around with different speakers hooked up to the MP3 module Erco found, described in this thread: https://picaxeforum.co.uk/threads/dy-sv17f-mp3-module.32605/ Regular computer-case speakers work fine with the MP3 player. I have a handful, they're usually 8 ohm .25 W. Like the...

I recently got an AXE020 project board (part of Erco's haul!) and have a few questions that I can't figure out from the data sheet. Also, the data sheet references an older version of the board with a slightly different layout. Using two power supplies...there's a jumper in the lower right to...

Wired magazine has a good article on a recent DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) challenge - robots autonomously finding their way in the dark. It features the scrappy underdog team of one really smart guy! https://www.wired.com/story/darpa-challenge-robot-olympics-underdog/

I just got some 08M2s in, and was surprised to see that they are not labelled "Picaxe 08M2+" on the top. Instead, they have the Microchip info - "12F 1840" etc. ?

This is a basic concept and a search of the forum didn't turn up an answer... I have some old code that sets up a pin for a button on an 08M2 like this: #Picaxe 08M2 #no_end Init: symbol PBUTTON = pin3 symbol LED = C.4 Main: TIMER = 0 ' reset timer...

I have some of these nice little MP3 player boards, usually sold as "Catalex" MP3 players for a few dollars. Erco wrote them up in his column a few years back: https://picaxeforum.co.uk/threads/vmusic2-cockrill.32541/post-339627 I've got a bunch I've acquired over the years, they all look...

I was at a trade show recently, and one of the booths was giving away cell phone backup battery packs with the company name on them. These are a useful gadget for use with a microcontroller! They have one or more 18650 batteries in a case; you charge them up via USB and then they put out a...

I can't find this answer in Manual 2 on the Serout command. I'm working with the Tenda TDB830 module and moving my code from the 08M to the 08M2. How do you format the serout command to send a hex string? Is it just: Serout C.0,T4800,(0xEF) 'Stop Tenda module Jeff

I have a project that I want to set up in a situation where it will run all day, for at least two days in a row. It's got a Picaxe 08M and one of the Tenda MP3 boards, powered from the Picaxe. I don't think that AA batteries will make it all the way through, and I don't want to get a frantic...

There's a feature in PE5 that I can't find in PE6. It's the "Debug frequency" setting. In PE5, when the debug window pops up, I can set the frequency to 8mhz if I need it. Where is this in PE6?

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There have been discussions here in the past about fake chips being sold as the real thing. Here's a good analysis of fake FTDI chips and how they differ. http://zeptobars.ru/en/read/FTDI-FT232RL-real-vs-fake-supereal

Check out this Instructable on how to look up the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) info on an electronic device certified for sale in the US: http://www.instructables.com/id/Find-schematics-wiring-diagrams-etc-for-everyda/ Could be very useful for projects where you want to control a...

There was a link on Adafruit's blog to this Instructable, which uses a Picaxe 08M in a 3D printed circuit board: http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printing-3D-Print-A-Solderless-Circuit-Board/ It's a rather inspirational project that should get a lot of gears turning in people's heads.

I'm starting to look at remote control, and since the 433mhz modules are so inexpensive, I figure I'd get one to experiment with. But is there a difference? Which one should I order?

I've been trying to figure out what approach to take to select one of four states with two switches. In other words: Switch 1 off, Switch 2 off = State 0 Switch 1 on, Switch 2 off = State 1 Switch 1 on, Switch 2 on = State 2 Switch 1 off, Switch 2 on = State 3 You would set the switches and...

I was looking into a telephone ringer circuit and found the following post on another message board: http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/sound-music-intercom/17026-building-my-own-live-doorbell-phone.html (Scroll down to post #5.) Unfortunately, the poster didn't supply his schematic or code...