trevorwright0
New Member
Hi, I've poured over these forums lots before but I guess this is my first post here! I guess I've always found the answer here before needing to post a question! Greetings!
I've used Picaxe 08's for a long time but just for VERY simple things...
This is my most complex project so far, so don't laugh...
I have a 14M2 hooked to a SparkFun Serial enabled 16x2 LCD, a servo and a SparkFun thermocouple with breakout board with the MAX31855K chip.
I've got everything working and have been playing around with my program.
Obviously, that's three serial devices all at the same time, and I've noticed my servo is kind of buzzing until I stop the LCD and stop using so many sertxd commands, which makes sense.
My first question is,
If I increase the resonator higher, will that help it process all the serial interfaces better? Can you overheat these chips like overclocking a computer?
My second question is,
Once I've moved the servo to the desired position, is there a way to terminate communication with it? There is no actual load on the servo, it is sliding a metal plate that will just rest there once in position.
Otherwise I think I'll keep the LCD off until I want to view it, then just have a button that maybe shuts off the temperature sensor and/or servo.
Thanks in advance!
I've used Picaxe 08's for a long time but just for VERY simple things...
This is my most complex project so far, so don't laugh...
I have a 14M2 hooked to a SparkFun Serial enabled 16x2 LCD, a servo and a SparkFun thermocouple with breakout board with the MAX31855K chip.
I've got everything working and have been playing around with my program.
Obviously, that's three serial devices all at the same time, and I've noticed my servo is kind of buzzing until I stop the LCD and stop using so many sertxd commands, which makes sense.
My first question is,
If I increase the resonator higher, will that help it process all the serial interfaces better? Can you overheat these chips like overclocking a computer?
My second question is,
Once I've moved the servo to the desired position, is there a way to terminate communication with it? There is no actual load on the servo, it is sliding a metal plate that will just rest there once in position.
Otherwise I think I'll keep the LCD off until I want to view it, then just have a button that maybe shuts off the temperature sensor and/or servo.
Thanks in advance!