CliveWilcox
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Starting to get to grips with these little things and my project is coming along quite well until now. The problem I have is that I have a lot more code than 600 lines - at lot lot more. I just have enough inputs and outputs using the 40x chip but no way for it to run my code.
So I have been toying around with a couple of ideas.
The first idea. Splitting of the task among four picaxe slaves and collect the data from them onto the 40x chip and display the results on a 4x20 LCD.
The questions I have are as follows. (I have read the manuals and forums - but the right thing arn't in my head quite yet.)
Can i define more than one input as a serial port - and access the individual picaxe slave by polling? - ie 40x Pins set 16 & 17 also 24 to 26 and read into W1, W2, W3, etc
Will I have to clear the old port before moving onto the next one?
Second idea is that i use memory to store the subroutines in. load them - get the result and display - wipe the memory and load the next one. (Not sure about the speed of that - application is real time sensor readings from several types of sensor.
I have the first two sensor units working (well sort of) and they are using 18x chips.
Oh just remembered that there is another module that outputs TTL serial so thats four inputs.
Sorry about that getting all excited
So I have been toying around with a couple of ideas.
The first idea. Splitting of the task among four picaxe slaves and collect the data from them onto the 40x chip and display the results on a 4x20 LCD.
The questions I have are as follows. (I have read the manuals and forums - but the right thing arn't in my head quite yet.)
Can i define more than one input as a serial port - and access the individual picaxe slave by polling? - ie 40x Pins set 16 & 17 also 24 to 26 and read into W1, W2, W3, etc
Will I have to clear the old port before moving onto the next one?
Second idea is that i use memory to store the subroutines in. load them - get the result and display - wipe the memory and load the next one. (Not sure about the speed of that - application is real time sensor readings from several types of sensor.
I have the first two sensor units working (well sort of) and they are using 18x chips.
Oh just remembered that there is another module that outputs TTL serial so thats four inputs.
Sorry about that getting all excited