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I recently bought some high power LEDs to augment the counter-top lighting in the kitchen. When I bought the LEDs I looked for something that was fairly bright, was the right colour (I got some white warm, and some white neutral) and that was fairly cheap. I ended up buying Cree MX-3 LEDs...

It's been a while since I last was on the forums, but I'm back again with another question/problem. I've been working on a multiple temperature sensor display project, using two Picaxe 20X2 chips, six DS18B20 temperature sensors and a SparkFun 16x2 SerLCD all wired together as show below (minus...

Sucess! Well, it works! I finally spent a couple hours last night finishing everything up and making sure the wiring hadn't been messed up. I loaded the code onto the Picaxe 20X2, plugged in the FM transmitter module, power-cycled it and voila, it worked! I was actually surprised it worked on...

I recently purchased a NS73M FM radio transmitter module from SparkFun. I'm planning to put it into a project enclosure along with a Picaxe 20X2, a serial LCD and a couple buttons, all to create a small, portable FM radio transmitter. However, I still not sure that a Picaxe would actually be...

I want to praise the Rev-Ed team on all the hard work they've put into the AXEpad software. I'm know you get lots and lots and lots of questions for help and a fair bit less praise. I recently installed LinAXEpad on a Compaq Presario 1810 running Puppy Linux 5.2.5 and was quite surprised when it...

While you're at it, I have another "feature" that might be worth looking into. The Programming Editor displays the time and date at the bottom right part of the window, however, on all three computers I've run it on, the numbers get cut off. Happens on 1366x768, 1280x800 and 800x600 screen sizes.

I'm trying to use a 20X2 as an I2C slave to a Mindstorms NXT. I have a Sirf III GPS attached to the Picaxe, which reads the time into six bytes, puts them in the scratchpad and sends them to the computer. I'm hoping to get the the Picaxe and GPS to act as a super accurate RTC. I also have a pin...

It works! Ok, so I got it working. I haven't done much testing/programming yet, but I was able to get the ( " ) character to print using the keyboard layout "Canada, Canada English". I applied the changes system wide. It's funny, in the editor all I have to do is hold Shift and hit the...

Yes, I should try to install some alternate keyboard layouts. I can't use ( " ) or ( ' ) . I noticed not being able to use the ( ' ) a while back, but didn't think twice about it till I found out about not being able to use ( " ), especially since I can use ( ; ) or REM instead. It does display...

I'm working on the basics of a weather monitor ("O noes!", I hear you scream...) that, for now, will be powered by three AA batteries. I will eventually convert it to solar power but I'm waiting to put an order in to SparkFun that will have the necessary parts. So, for now, I'm powering it off...

I don't know why I didn't notice this sooner, oh well. I can't use quotation marks in the LinAXEPad. Running Ubuntu 9.10, and AXEPad version 1.1.0. My keyboard setup is "USA International (with dead keys)". It's set up in such a way that to get quotation marks, I have to hold Shift, hit the...

While browsing around, trying to find some more info on the TI Launchpad, I came across a blog post that compared three PCB manufacturers that would make boards cheaply for people like me, that want a board done cheaply but well and don't really care too much about the time it takes to arrive...

I'm trying to connect a Nyko Kama (knockoff of Wii Nunchuck) to a Picaxe 20x2. I tried some code I found here on the forums but wasn't able to get anything to work. I powered the 20x2 at 5V because I'm using a USB FTDI cable, which, AFAIK only work at 5V. I used the SparkFun Logic Level...

I just installed AXEpad on my Ubuntu 9.10 install and so far have like it almost as much as the Programming Editor for Windows. However, I did find what I think to be a small error. The "Ok" button under the color options seems to be chopped off. I attached a screenshot which should explain what...

There was a post a while back on the Lets Make Robots website that talked about how to get a GPS module and USB to TTL level serial chip for under $20 US dollars. I figured some people on this forum could benefit from the post as well. I did wait till I got my order in before posting this here...

I've been working on a basic menu system the past few weeks. Since my programming skills don't really exist, I've spent more time reading the manuals (especially #2) than coding and have learned lots! However, I've finally run into a problem I just can't debug myself. First, an explanation of my...

I've been looking around for a good, cheap beginners GPS module for awhile. Then, about two weeks ago, I saw the PA6B on the 4D Systems website. It is quite cheap ($30 US) and it seems fairly easy to work with. The only problem I saw with it is that it's connectors are quite small to keep it's...

Well, I've been having problems with my SparkFun SerLCD V2.5. I'm using a Picaxe 20x2 with firmware version C.1 (stuck on a 08 Proto Board Kit. Hey it works! I may have some pins leftover that I can't use but it works!) and Programming Editor 5.2.7 (I know, I should update. Will do that right...