hi folks,
This project describes a kayak control system my buddy & I built last winter. We have enjoyed using it all summer & thought it might be interesting for folks to see just how much functionality could be squeezed out of a Picaxe processor.
I attempted to fully document the project, but the document quickly became book size, so I am posting a rather terse description of the project in the attached pdfs.
Sometimes one idea seems to just spawn another (& another), so by the time we were done, we had developed a plug & play control bus (KYK I2C) that works across Picaxe variants as well as a nice Picaxe project development system.
Since posting the entire project is impossible given the severe pdf attachment size restrictions, I am posting a (more or less) synopsis.
If anyone is interested in any of the boards illustrated in the project, let me know & I can do a per-device posting. All the boards shown are single-sided (albeit with some topside jumpers) & can be made fairly easy at home. Most PCB layouts were done with DipTrace & some were done with the rather ancient (but still by far the best) Tango. However, all can be uploaded as .pdf files.
Sorry I could only upload a glimpse of the project, but it only allowed 2 attachments per post.
This project describes a kayak control system my buddy & I built last winter. We have enjoyed using it all summer & thought it might be interesting for folks to see just how much functionality could be squeezed out of a Picaxe processor.
I attempted to fully document the project, but the document quickly became book size, so I am posting a rather terse description of the project in the attached pdfs.
Sometimes one idea seems to just spawn another (& another), so by the time we were done, we had developed a plug & play control bus (KYK I2C) that works across Picaxe variants as well as a nice Picaxe project development system.
Since posting the entire project is impossible given the severe pdf attachment size restrictions, I am posting a (more or less) synopsis.
If anyone is interested in any of the boards illustrated in the project, let me know & I can do a per-device posting. All the boards shown are single-sided (albeit with some topside jumpers) & can be made fairly easy at home. Most PCB layouts were done with DipTrace & some were done with the rather ancient (but still by far the best) Tango. However, all can be uploaded as .pdf files.
Sorry I could only upload a glimpse of the project, but it only allowed 2 attachments per post.
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