PICAXE Bug List




The following is a list of features and capabilities of PICAXE processors which have been advertised as being available in the PICAXE User Manuals and other documentation but are not available, do not perform as expected or as they do on later Firmware versions of the devices.

Most of the information has been derived from the firmware.txt file which is provided with the Programming Editor download, and is extrapolated from the bug fixes which have been made to various Firmware versions.

PICAXE-08

4.3  No known bugs

4.2  No 2V Operation

4.1  MIN Operator doesn't work
No 2V Operation

4.0  MIN Operator doesn't work
No 2V Operation

PICAXE-08M

9.1  No known bugs

9.0  Incorrect readings when using multiple Analogue Inputs

PICAXE-18

2.5  No known bugs

2.4  MIN Operator doesn't work

2.3  MIN Operator doesn't work
No 3V Operation

2.2  MIN Operator doesn't work
No 3V Operation

2.1  MIN Operator doesn't work
No 3V Operation

2.0  MIN Operator doesn't work
No 3V Operation

PICAXE-18A

5.4  No known bugs

5.3  No SERTXD Command
No INFRAIN2 Command
Poor READTEMP Timing

5.2  No SERTXD Command
No INFRAIN2 Command
Poor READTEMP Timing

5.1  No SERTXD Command
No INFRAIN2 Command
Poor READTEMP Timing

5.0  No SERTXD Command
No INFRAIN2 Command
Poor READTEMP Timing

PICAXE-18X

8.5  No known bugs

8.4  Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing

8.3  No INFRAIN2 Command
SERTXD Placement Issue
Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing

8.2  No INFRAIN2 Command
SERTXD Placement Issue
Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing

8.1  Only 16 GOSUB's Allowed
No INFRAIN2 Command
SERTXD Placement Issue
Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing

8.0  Only 16 GOSUB's Allowed
No INFRAIN2 Command
SERTXD Placement Issue
Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing

PICAXE-28

3.5  No known bugs

3.4  MIN Operator doesn't work

3.3  MIN Operator doesn't work
No 3V Operation

3.2  MIN Operator doesn't work
No 3V Operation

3.1  MIN Operator doesn't work
No 3V Operation

3.0  MIN Operator doesn't work
No 3V Operation

PICAXE-28A

6.4  No known bugs

6.3  No SERTXD Command
No INFRAIN2 Command
Poor READTEMP Timing

6.2  No SERTXD Command
No INFRAIN2 Command
Poor READTEMP Timing

6.1  No SERTXD Command
No INFRAIN2 Command
Poor READTEMP Timing

6.0  No SERTXD Command
No INFRAIN2 Command
Poor READTEMP Timing

PICAXE-28X and PICAXE-40X

7.6  No known bugs

7.5  No INFRAIN2 Command
Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing

7.4  No INFRAIN2 Command
SERTXD Placement Issue
Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing

7.3  Only 16 GOSUB's Allowed
No INFRAIN2 Command
SERTXD Placement Issue
Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing

7.2  Only 16 GOSUB's Allowed
No INFRAIN2 Command
SERTXD Placement Issue
Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing

7.1  Only 16 GOSUB's Allowed
No INFRAIN2 Command
SERTXD Placement Issue
Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing

7.0  Only 16 GOSUB's allowed
No INFRAIN2 Command
SERTXD Issue
Poor READTEMP/READTEMP12 Timing
No 16MHz Operation


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