Steve2381
Senior Member
How come the cost of Picaxe chips hasn't dropped? They seem to have been the same price forever.
I need some 08m2 chips for my project, so chucked 4 in my basket in the Picaxe store.
But, once the vat and shipping are added, they just become expensive for an 8 pin devices .
It was £7.52 for 4 of them. OK.... that is fine. But add the vat and shipping (£3 seems a lot for 4 IC's).... it is over £12.
I ended up getting 5x 5v Arduino mini pro's delivered for less. I won't point out the obvious advantages to the Arduinos.
I will stick with Picaxe's for those little things, but sometimes cost does matter.
I need some 08m2 chips for my project, so chucked 4 in my basket in the Picaxe store.
But, once the vat and shipping are added, they just become expensive for an 8 pin devices .
It was £7.52 for 4 of them. OK.... that is fine. But add the vat and shipping (£3 seems a lot for 4 IC's).... it is over £12.
I ended up getting 5x 5v Arduino mini pro's delivered for less. I won't point out the obvious advantages to the Arduinos.
I will stick with Picaxe's for those little things, but sometimes cost does matter.