Hi all - this is my first post
I'm trying to create an information screen for a 2 car race track.
From searching the forum I see that others have attempted this in the past
Below is a list of my initial ideas:-
I'm fairly confident with getting the hardware and basic software up at running
The bit I'm struggling with is the timer function in the PICAXE
I want to start the timer when the Green LED turns on
I then want to get values from the timer and display them on the LCD screen as the cars go over the reed switches and turn the picaxe inputs high
Any info on how to do this would be great - assuming its all possible with one timer in the PICAXE
This is an image of the race track layout:-
This is my circuit diagram:-
I'm trying to create an information screen for a 2 car race track.
From searching the forum I see that others have attempted this in the past
Below is a list of my initial ideas:-
- 2 lane scalextric race track - ie 2 cars racing
- AXE033 Serial LCD screen to display sector and lap times
- 3 sector sensors per track - 6 magnetic reed switches under the track
- PICAXE 28x2 plus 16MHz crystal for accurate timing - I already have these from a previous project!
- Start button to initialise the system
- Red, Amber & Green LEDs to start the race
- Start the PIC timer when green led lights up
- Get and display elapsed times on the screen when the car mangets pass over the sector reed switches
- Display the lap time on the screen when the cars pass over the start line again
I'm fairly confident with getting the hardware and basic software up at running
The bit I'm struggling with is the timer function in the PICAXE
I want to start the timer when the Green LED turns on
I then want to get values from the timer and display them on the LCD screen as the cars go over the reed switches and turn the picaxe inputs high
Any info on how to do this would be great - assuming its all possible with one timer in the PICAXE
This is an image of the race track layout:-
This is my circuit diagram:-