Haha Stan. Thats how we train at our club. Positive reinforcement. I have recieved my PCB`s from China. Hopefully I will populate a couple over the weekend so I can post some pics. Been busy this week so no time for hobbies :(
Marz
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Thinking of the 'PicAxe' theme... I tend to use PIC 12F675 (08M2), 16F1825 (14M2) or 16F1829 (20M2). These are pin compatible with the PicAxe versions I've listed. Any dev boards you have for PicAxe (assuming it covers the 'M' series) should also be compatible with these. I will be replacing the 12F675 with 12F1840 once I've finished using up what stock I have, the 1840 has the capacity to operate from it's internal oscilator at 32MHz and has more program flash memory, while still being pin compatible. For programming I use a PicKit3 (clone) and MPLab IPE which is similar to the PICKit GUI while offering Mac compatibility.
I have made myself a simple 'Dev Board' on Vero board which I'll try to photo at some point. This has a 5V regulator, a 20 pin socket and some jumper sockets for each active pin of the processor (IE not the 5V and Gnd pins) this also has some LEDs with more jumper sockets that I can then patch in to the required pins of the processor to indicate activity. I have also made (on Vero again) an LCD with leads that can plug into the 'Motherboard' and a simple set of button switches, again with leads to plug in if required. I find that simple things like this can speed up development time no end and for me it is invaluable.
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Hi All. I havent dissapeared. I was distracted by a cheap Aldi 3d printer that was on sale. I had to tweak it to get better quality prints. It`s now better than my i3!!
These are the sender and reciever boards using Picaxe chips that I want to convert. These have a more robust motor driver system than the pole versions. Space is not that big an issue in the devices these are going into. I had a remote that uses 6 buttons with (i think) Manchester encoding. I wanted to change it to a data steam so I am not limited to 6 buttons. The top switch is on and off, and the one underneath changes to 6 more buttons when switched
I mentioned the interrupt on pin change, which means the number of buttons is only limited by the size of the device. If you mean something else, more detail is required on how the remote is to function in relation to the receiving unit and what the desired output or result is expected.
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@kent What you mentioned is just what I need. I am using an existing housing that only has 6 button holes. They would be the main functions of the jump. The switch turns another input high which is checked before the button input routine. When that switch is high, the original 6 buttons become the special function buttons. Hope that makes sense.
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The original thread name "making the jump" took new meaning when I saw the poles going up/down.. Dogs do anything for a biscuit.
Haha Stan. Thats how we train at our club. Positive reinforcement. I have recieved my PCB`s from China. Hopefully I will populate a couple over the weekend so I can post some pics. Been busy this week so no time for hobbies :(
Marz
Thinking of the 'PicAxe' theme... I tend to use PIC 12F675 (08M2), 16F1825 (14M2) or 16F1829 (20M2). These are pin compatible with the PicAxe versions I've listed. Any dev boards you have for PicAxe (assuming it covers the 'M' series) should also be compatible with these. I will be replacing the 12F675 with 12F1840 once I've finished using up what stock I have, the 1840 has the capacity to operate from it's internal oscilator at 32MHz and has more program flash memory, while still being pin compatible. For programming I use a PicKit3 (clone) and MPLab IPE which is similar to the PICKit GUI while offering Mac compatibility.
I have made myself a simple 'Dev Board' on Vero board which I'll try to photo at some point. This has a 5V regulator, a 20 pin socket and some jumper sockets for each active pin of the processor (IE not the 5V and Gnd pins) this also has some LEDs with more jumper sockets that I can then patch in to the required pins of the processor to indicate activity. I have also made (on Vero again) an LCD with leads that can plug into the 'Motherboard' and a simple set of button switches, again with leads to plug in if required. I find that simple things like this can speed up development time no end and for me it is invaluable.
Hi All. I havent dissapeared. I was distracted by a cheap Aldi 3d printer that was on sale. I had to tweak it to get better quality prints. It`s now better than my i3!!
These are the sender and reciever boards using Picaxe chips that I want to convert. These have a more robust motor driver system than the pole versions. Space is not that big an issue in the devices these are going into. I had a remote that uses 6 buttons with (i think) Manchester encoding. I wanted to change it to a data steam so I am not limited to 6 buttons. The top switch is on and off, and the one underneath changes to 6 more buttons when switched
I mentioned the interrupt on pin change, which means the number of buttons is only limited by the size of the device. If you mean something else, more detail is required on how the remote is to function in relation to the receiving unit and what the desired output or result is expected.
@kent What you mentioned is just what I need. I am using an existing housing that only has 6 button holes. They would be the main functions of the jump. The switch turns another input high which is checked before the button input routine. When that switch is high, the original 6 buttons become the special function buttons. Hope that makes sense.
Marz.