And for your next project....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15790088
SERIN 3, N4800_16, ( ",W," )
SERIN 3, N4800_16, ( "," )
SERIN 3, N4800_16, #w2 'the GPS heading the boat is travelling
'BU355 e.g. $GPRMC,114138.000,A,5130.0011,N,00041.4333,W,1.25,134.28,021211,,*11
'Polestar e.g. $GPRMC,135117,A,5130.0064,N,00041.4057,W,001.7,022.4,081008,,,A*67
'Simulator e.g. $GPRMC,102802,A,5129.990,N,00041.456,W,4.4,191,041111,,*18
'e.g. $GPRMC,114138.000,A,5130.0011,N,00041.4333,W,1.25,134.28,021211,,*11
SERIN 3, N4800_16, ( ",W," ) 'what follows is 1.25,134.28,
SERIN 3, N4800_16, #b6 'read value speed of 1 until decimal point. i.e. 1 from 1.25
SERIN 3, N4800_16, b7 'read first fractional digit. i.e. the 2 from .25
SERIN 3, N4800_16, (",")
SERIN 3, N4800_16, #w2 'the GPS heading the boat is travelling
b6 = b6 * 10 'scale speed value to units of 0.1 knots
b7 = b7 - 48 'convert from ascii to a value
b6 = b6 + b7: w3=b6 'w3 is now value of speed of 12 from 1.25
If you used that email address to sign up to the PICAXE Forum, then that will happen if you subscribe to this thread. Select Instant notification by email from the drop down box.p.s, is there a mechanism for postings to be automatically forwarded to an email address ?
For me that would be robin@gpss.co.uk and any of you are welcome to do that. Taa Muchly as we say in UK
Love it. Robin is sane, after all!"Robin, despite his name, cannot Tweet."
Robin, don't feel bad, because I am 38 and have no idea what the Twitter fuss is all about.Thanks for telling this old man of 65 is not alone in distrusting Twitter (and for me, Facebook). I prefer anonomous graffiti on walls - more artistic.
If you're talking about the proto-pic board (an I'm confused about whether you are or not) then I2C is not RS232/SERIN/SEROUT comptaible. You would have to use the PICAXE I2c commands- probably realised that I know it's I2C (rs232) and we need to use serin/serout.
Jim - I'm hoping just sending something like "A" with SEROUT, then picking up bytes with SERIN,
Nooooo - 2 Picaxes - 1 board (eventually)No worries Robin,
or, as Jim is suggesting, to combine it all in one Picaxe if that saves power, space, money, ...
Against a 1.8 knot tide, that would be a paddling speed of 3.3 knots .....That quoted 1.5 knots paddling speed is pretty tame as well
And I wouldn't think of venturing out in a 20 knot wind! Or trying to tow a model sailboat towards the Needles.I used to live coastal West Sussex & recall Channel & Solent conditions well -unless someone was forewarned & determined, wouldn't casual sea kayaking at twilight (~4:30-5pm at launch date) be a tad hazardous this time of year?