Enquiry Form

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Sample of form - selections from excel then dump here

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Excel form attached. Just change the file type from dsn to xls and try it. . . .
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Welcome to the PICAXE Forum!

This a volunteer group from all over the globe that is eager to answer your question and help you solve a problem. This forum has many members ranging from new comers to very experienced engineers. It is the most active forum for PICAXE microcontrollers.
Some members give quite brief answers while others give extensive details. But, remember all answer to the best of their knowledge.

Topics range form assistance with specific PICAXE programming/hardware problems through to suggestions on possible hardware to use and the occasional non PICAXE discussion.

Please read the "READ Me First!", then check the FAQ, and do a forum search as solution to your problem may already have been posted.
For example, not being able to download a program from your PC to a PICAXE has been covered many times.

For students, we do not do your homework nor school project, and we do expect a willingness on your part to first solve the problem.
We will help you over specific hardware and/or programming problems or give you some general guidance, but we will not design your entire project.

For commercial requests -- remember that you get what you pay for and should follow the Rev_Ed technical staff's response.
There are some unpaid members who are prepared to help you over specific hardware and/or programming problems or give you some general guidance, but use this information at your own risk, and we will not design your entire project/module.

Unfortunately the forum cannot afford a crystal ball, so the more information you give us, the better we can respond.
"My PICAXE doesn't work!" is not very helpful.
A description of what you are trying to achieve, what is going wrong together with your program code, schematics and clear photos are very helpful.

Note that PICAXE chips have different commands so, for example
telling us exactly which PICAXE you have means we can better recommend the best program command to use.

To get a better response we suggest that you please cut and paste the following text to start your response and then remove unwanted options and/or fill in the blanks. While this may take a few minutes it can save several posts back and forth to get to the bottom of the problem. The more information that you provide the quicker your problem may be solved.

These include:
Describe the symptoms and describe clearly what checks you have already done to try and solve the problem.

Post the entire program code or a major section, not just the few lines where you think is where the problem is.
This will help us better look for possible errors such as duplicate use of variables, missing subroutine RETURN commands,
and similar “hiccups”. Please put your code in the main body of the post and enclose it within program start [code ] and end [/code ] tags.
We suggest that you read the sticky README FIRST thread at the top of the forum for more details if this is not clear.

Please upload your circuit diagram. This in conjunction with knowing the board for your PICAXE chip will help us check if your circuit
has any problem or to remove that from consideration.

Sketch you circuit in MSPaint or in a PCB cad program and save as a .jpg file tpe or possibly even in Excel and save as a pdf file
if you have pdf creator software (this is available free on the internet).

If possible, please upload a photograph clearly showing your project.
Even a good photo from a mobile phone can help.
The photo needs to be clear enough that we can identify component and exactly were each wire terminates.
This will help us cross check your wiring against the circuit diagram.

Please give us an internet link to the datasheet for any special chips or non Rev Ed parts so that we can study
these to help you better.

Remember that being polite and a few thank you's to those who helped will get you further with additional/subsequent information.

Please cut and paste the following and fill in as much information as possible:


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Project Purpose (Describe what your project is intended to do):

Project Type: (school / commercial / hobby):

PICAXE experience level (new / a bit / intermediate / expert / guru):

General Electronics experience level (new / a bit / intermediate / expert / guru):

The type of PICAXE chip you are using (08M / 14M / 18X, etc):

Type of board (breadboard / AXE20 / AXE21 / AXE022 / AXE023 / CHI030 / CHI035 / CHI040 / by PH Anderson / Homemade / Other):

Program cable (Serial / USB / AXE26 / AXE27 / homemade):

The problem(s) I am having is:

My program code:

Photographs:

Datasheet links:

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