Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Problems with the Picaxe

The area I have been focusing on over the last week and what has been consuming most of my time is the picaxe for the radio frequency transmitters. I have relentlessly been trying the simplest setup to get it to receive a program but there are still problems that follow it. I originally was using a ttl-232r-5v cable to send the program to the picaxe from the MacAXEpad software. After trying many troubleshooting ways around it using the manual I still was stuck at getting the 'picaxe not detected' error. I am not the only one who has had problems with the ttl-232r-5v cable and so moved onto making my own db9 cable connection for a db9 cable.

My first attempt at the radio transmitter
Unfortunately after testing this I am still stuck at the same error. Will see if there is any difference on a PC but will most likely change onto using mini arduino boards instead of picaxes. Our main concern is to make sure that the radio frequency transmitters can work first so we can take the right steps from there.
A DB9 cable attached to a D plug and 3 wire connectors.
References

“Picaxe Manual”, January 2012. http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CFsQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.picaxe.com%2Fdocs%2Fpicaxe_manual1.pdf&ei=xbGnT_KWHuG1iQeos5TFAw&usg=AFQjCNGF71W90iap36CTsCguRRrWSC9vOA&sig2=Me2zOS9XSK_63MocIHHs3Q.

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