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Keep up to date with what's happening in the world of PICAXE development.
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The Latest News on PICAXE Developments
Dallas DS18B20 Temperature Sensors Available
Dallas DS18B20 temperatures Sensors are again available after a "production
hold" by the manufacturer. Parts can be ordered as part number 'IC011' from
Revolution Education Limited's trading arm, Tech Supplies Limited through their
www.tech-supplies.co.uk web site.
UK Pricing ...
10th September 2004 - PICAXE Programming Editor 4.1.5 Available
The latest edition of the PICAXE Programming Editor ( Version 4.1.5 ) is
available for download from the Revolution Education Limited web site -
www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe
UK Pricing ...
Free download ( registration required )
Free upgrade ( registered users )
28th August 2004 - PICAXE uM-FPU Support Extended
Micro-Mega have released an Integrated Development Environment for use with
their uM-FPU 'Floating Point Unit' to make development with that device
easier.
The IDE includes a compiler to convert mathematical expressions into PICAXE
code, and allows operation of the uM-FPU to be analaysed at run-time and
programs to be debugged. The IDE is accompanied by comprehensive user
documentation. The IDE and documentation is available for download from the Software
section of the Revolution Education Limited web site -
www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe
UK Pricing ...
Free download ( no registration required )
20th July 2004 - PICAXE-08M Launched
Revolution Education Limited launch a new addition to their low-cost PICAXE
range; the 8-pin PICAXE-08M.
The 08M has many features which make it an excellent value for money product,
and it has quite a few features which could find it a place in many potential
projects ...
- Drop-in replacement for PICAXE-08
- High speed operation ( 4MHz or 8MHz )
- 256 bytes of program/data memory ( about 80 lines of source )
- Interrupts supported ( SETINT )
- PEEK and POKE to 48 bytes "RAM" ( SFR )
- Three 8-bit/10-bit analogue inputs
- IR receive and transmit ( SIRC protocol )
- Up to 4800 baud serial using SERIN/SEROUT
- Up to 9600 baud serial transmit using SERTXD
- Continuous PWM out ( 1 channel )
- Continuous Servo outputs ( 4 channels )
- DS18B20 temperature sensor support
- One-Wire Serial Number support
- TUNE and PLAY command
- 2.0V to 5.5V operation
UK Pricing ...
1 off : 1.67 GBP inc VAT
5 off : 7.64 GBP inc VAT ( 1.53 GBP each )
6th July 2004 - PICAXE uM-FPU Support Added
Revolution Education Limited announce they are to stock the Micromega
uM-FPU 'Floating Point Unit' peripheral through their trading arm, Tech
Supplies Limited, and have made PICAXE specific interface support software
available for free download.
The uM-FPU adds floating point and long integer processing capability which is
ideally suited for use with the PICAXE-18X, 28X and 40X ...
- 8-pin integrated circuit
- No additional external components
- SPI compatible interface
- Sixteen 32-bit general purpose registers for storing floating point or long integer values
- Five 32-bit temporary registers with support for nested calculations ( ie, parenthesis )
- Floating Point Operations
Set, Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide,
Sqrt, Log, Log10, Exp, Exp10, Power, Root,
Sin, Cos, Tan,
Asin, Acos, Atan, Atan2,
Floor, Ceil, Round, Min, Max, Fraction,
Negate, Abs, Inverse,
Convert Radians to Degrees,
Convert Degrees to Radians,
Compare, Status
- Long Integer Operations
Set, Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Unsigned Divide,
Negate, Abs,
Compare, Unsigned Compare, Status
- Conversion Functions
8-bit and 16-bit integers to floating point,
8-bit and 16-bit integers to long integer,
long integer to floating point,
floating point to long integer,
floating point to ASCII,
floating point to formatted ASCII,
long integer to ASCII,
long integer to formatted ASCII,
ASCII to floating point,
ASCII to long integer
UK Pricing ...
PICAXE is a trademark of Revolution Education Ltd.
These PICAXE pages are produced entirely independantly of Revolution Education
Limited and may not reflect the opinion of Revolution Education Limited or its
agents. The information provided is based upon and derived from information
published by Revolution Education Limited, other sources of PICAXE information
and the author's own experiments and prior experience. The views expressed by
the author do not necessarily represent those of Revolution Education Limited or
its agents. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information on
these PICAXE pages is accurate and correct, the author can accept no
responsibility for any errors or ommissions which do occur. The information
provided is used entirely at your own risk.
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