Hello all,
I am just enjoying playing with the PICAXEs and considering using Picaxe 28x2 in order to log temperature & humidity (say ever hour) on an Eeprom 24LC256/P 256K, using the i2c interface. I also want to view this data on my PC. I have read Picaxe manual 3 page 42-45 but still have some question. If you have done this before could you tell how you found it and how you visualised the transmitted data on your PC?
Q1? Is there any way that you can use a USB connection type instead of a serial connection?
Q2? What benefits does the MAX232 offer? Does Windows XP require the use of this additional IC?, does this affect communication reliability?
Q3? It also states ‘to use this system a communication software package is required for the PC’. Can this be notepad, Word maybe Excel?
Q4? What is handshaking? Does this have to be disabled in the program or in the compiler software?
If you can advise please do, if not thanks for reading
I am just enjoying playing with the PICAXEs and considering using Picaxe 28x2 in order to log temperature & humidity (say ever hour) on an Eeprom 24LC256/P 256K, using the i2c interface. I also want to view this data on my PC. I have read Picaxe manual 3 page 42-45 but still have some question. If you have done this before could you tell how you found it and how you visualised the transmitted data on your PC?
Q1? Is there any way that you can use a USB connection type instead of a serial connection?
Q2? What benefits does the MAX232 offer? Does Windows XP require the use of this additional IC?, does this affect communication reliability?
Q3? It also states ‘to use this system a communication software package is required for the PC’. Can this be notepad, Word maybe Excel?
Q4? What is handshaking? Does this have to be disabled in the program or in the compiler software?
If you can advise please do, if not thanks for reading