joe paul
Senior Member
Hi Folks,
I might have damaged my first Picaxe chip today with the TSOP38238 IR sensor.
http://www.vishay.com/docs/82491/tsop382.pdf
I connected it (all three leads) directly to the CHI030B board, the 'out' lead to pin C.0, and the power and ground as usual, and now that 18M2 chip won't program. I don't want to mess up other chips. Perhaps something shorted as I was trying to test it. I seemed to be able to download the code, then when I realized I used the wrong pin in the code, I went to reprogram it. I repeatedly got the error message "hardware not found" with subsequent attempts. Tested another board with another good chip, everything is fine otherwise. Don't know if the new CHI030B board, which did work with a short LED blink test program, caused the issue, or the IR sensor, or my error in connecting it without any additional circuitry.
Any ideas while I wait for some new chips?
(I don't want to cannibalize my other projects and ruin good chips.)
Thanks,
Take care, Joe.
I might have damaged my first Picaxe chip today with the TSOP38238 IR sensor.
http://www.vishay.com/docs/82491/tsop382.pdf
I connected it (all three leads) directly to the CHI030B board, the 'out' lead to pin C.0, and the power and ground as usual, and now that 18M2 chip won't program. I don't want to mess up other chips. Perhaps something shorted as I was trying to test it. I seemed to be able to download the code, then when I realized I used the wrong pin in the code, I went to reprogram it. I repeatedly got the error message "hardware not found" with subsequent attempts. Tested another board with another good chip, everything is fine otherwise. Don't know if the new CHI030B board, which did work with a short LED blink test program, caused the issue, or the IR sensor, or my error in connecting it without any additional circuitry.
Any ideas while I wait for some new chips?
(I don't want to cannibalize my other projects and ruin good chips.)
Thanks,
Take care, Joe.
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