Buzby
Senior Member
Hi All,
Seeing the number of forum inches devoted over the years to 'Hardware not found on COM x' set me thinking.
How many people buy some PICAXE kit, get 'hardware not found', but don't come to the forum ?.
Do they just stick it in a drawer, then buy a different product altogether ? .
To ease the pain, Rev-Ed could supply every programming cable with an additional tiny PCB fitted with a 3.5mm surface mount socket.
This would be wired as per Goeytex's excellent paper-clip test.
Armed with this mighty tool, and a specific 'Cable Test' button in PE, diagnosing 'hardware not found' would be so much easier, both for the forum and for those we never see. ( A slight enhancement could be the inclusion of a diode and LED, to detect crossed Tx/Rx lines. )
What does the panel think ?
Cheers,
Buzby
Seeing the number of forum inches devoted over the years to 'Hardware not found on COM x' set me thinking.
How many people buy some PICAXE kit, get 'hardware not found', but don't come to the forum ?.
Do they just stick it in a drawer, then buy a different product altogether ? .
To ease the pain, Rev-Ed could supply every programming cable with an additional tiny PCB fitted with a 3.5mm surface mount socket.
This would be wired as per Goeytex's excellent paper-clip test.
Armed with this mighty tool, and a specific 'Cable Test' button in PE, diagnosing 'hardware not found' would be so much easier, both for the forum and for those we never see. ( A slight enhancement could be the inclusion of a diode and LED, to detect crossed Tx/Rx lines. )
What does the panel think ?
Cheers,
Buzby