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Things I Like About PICAXE

By ralph

May 28, 2011
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Just a few things I like about PICAXE microcontrollers:

PICAXE BASIC - The PICAXE implementation of BASIC is highly intuitive and very robust.  It is easy to code a wide variety of functions from flashing LEDs and reading simple analog sensors, to more advanced tasks like driving servos and interfacing with external eeproms.

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K'nexabeast

Obstacle avoidance via Sharp IR
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Update: I’ve had a nice breakthrough in the leg mechanisms for K’nexabeast.  The motion is now much stronger and closer to Jansen’s ideal curve.  Read more
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Flexinol Actuators

Prototype Nitinol muscle wire devices

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I've been really interested in Flexinol lately (aka Nitinol Muscle Wires).  I've come to a nice stopping point where I've put together some basic actuators and a … Read more
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LaunchPad Impressions

By ralph

September 25, 2010
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It's nice to see that more people have started to get their LaunchPads.  I've managed to log a few hours now and thought I'd share some of my impressions thus far.

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Start Here with PIC16F690

Navigates by IR - avoids obstacles.
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Presented here is my rendition of the Start Here robot using a PIC16F690 and programmed in Assembly with the MPASM Assembler.  In addition to the micro, parts … Read more
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