I have came up with a new board layout let me know what you think of it.
I want to use my previous board configuration and just add some other circuits. I got most of the ideas from http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/PicLog.asp and this is where I found out about the Picaxe chips. I have incorporated the circuits to measure voltage, current, as well as 2 opto coupler circuits and a Piezo speaker. I was thinking of going ahead and adding a fet and a relay while I was at it. Do you folks think I am going a bit far with this? So far with my previous board I have been able log voltage play music and flash the LED's. I would like to take if a bit further. I think I need to learn a lot more on the programming end and hopefully some Visual basic programming. If any one has any suggestion please let me know. If there is any other software that could interface the PC and the Picaxe other than Visual Basic please fill me in on that as well. If you would like to see what I have in mind it is here http://www.projectgm.com/html/picaxe.html I will put a schematic of the board on later today.
Thanks
Gerald
I want to use my previous board configuration and just add some other circuits. I got most of the ideas from http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/PicLog.asp and this is where I found out about the Picaxe chips. I have incorporated the circuits to measure voltage, current, as well as 2 opto coupler circuits and a Piezo speaker. I was thinking of going ahead and adding a fet and a relay while I was at it. Do you folks think I am going a bit far with this? So far with my previous board I have been able log voltage play music and flash the LED's. I would like to take if a bit further. I think I need to learn a lot more on the programming end and hopefully some Visual basic programming. If any one has any suggestion please let me know. If there is any other software that could interface the PC and the Picaxe other than Visual Basic please fill me in on that as well. If you would like to see what I have in mind it is here http://www.projectgm.com/html/picaxe.html I will put a schematic of the board on later today.
Thanks
Gerald