Hi there,
I am new to this forum and to picaxe in general.
My hobby is building radio controlled machines/devices similiar in scale to that of those which were used in Robot Wars or Battlebots.
In the past I have used the servo and lever micro-switch setup, in order to control, turn on and off a relay.
I recently purchased a factory made interface which is a more reliable method of getting an RC receiver to turn a relay on and off cleanly.
But it gets a little expensive when you need about six of them.
http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/0-TD-RCE200D.html
From what I gather it receives the signal from the the receiver, when a certain pulse is seen it triggers the program to activate the solid state relay.
So what I am wondering is can this be achieved with a Picaxe 18X.
Is it possible to write a program, so that when an input pin receives a certain pulse from the receiver (transmitter stick at about 60% forward) it will trigger the program to put an output pin high. Once the transmitted stick is returned to neutral position the the program tells the output pin to go low.
Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your help in advance.
Regards NM
I am new to this forum and to picaxe in general.
My hobby is building radio controlled machines/devices similiar in scale to that of those which were used in Robot Wars or Battlebots.
In the past I have used the servo and lever micro-switch setup, in order to control, turn on and off a relay.
I recently purchased a factory made interface which is a more reliable method of getting an RC receiver to turn a relay on and off cleanly.
But it gets a little expensive when you need about six of them.
http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/0-TD-RCE200D.html
From what I gather it receives the signal from the the receiver, when a certain pulse is seen it triggers the program to activate the solid state relay.
So what I am wondering is can this be achieved with a Picaxe 18X.
Is it possible to write a program, so that when an input pin receives a certain pulse from the receiver (transmitter stick at about 60% forward) it will trigger the program to put an output pin high. Once the transmitted stick is returned to neutral position the the program tells the output pin to go low.
Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your help in advance.
Regards NM