PiCAXES

There is a new family of PICAXE microprocessors. These can be
prgrammed in cicuit with merely a serial cable. They will rum to
20MhZ and are th best thing that has happened in the world of
microprocessors. They use Ameican technology but are British built
(they have a bootstrap loader).

The language is VERY easy to learn and I'd suggest learning to use
these in preference to others which need programmers, obscure voltages
and need programming out of circuit.

There is a User Group for them.

 

[Tom2000]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:15:28 -0700, brett4010@gmail.com wrote:

There is a new family of PICAXE microprocessors. These can be
prgrammed in cicuit with merely a serial cable. They will rum to
20MhZ and are th best thing that has happened in the world of
microprocessors. They use Ameican technology but are British built
(they have a bootstrap loader).

Yes, they're built from various 8, 14, 18, 28, and 40 pin PICs.

http://www.picaxe.co.uk/

And the development system is as free download. Extensive
documentation is provided from the Help menu of the Programming
Editor.

The system even includes a simulator!

The language is VERY easy to learn and I'd suggest learning to use
these in preference to others which need programmers, obscure voltages
and need programming out of circuit.

The language is a variant of BASIC.

There is a User Group for them.

http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/forum/

Picaxe processors are incredibly easy to use and apply. Even though I
do quite a bit of work using PIC processors, I still reach for a
Picaxe now and again for rapid interface development, or to just
quickly try out a project idea. And, depending on the project's
requirements, a Picaxe might be all I need. The Picaxe has enough
power for some fairly sophisticated work.

Also, they're great for "portable projects." If you publish a project
using a Picaxe, anyone wanting to build it can do so without a huge
investment in development tools, something that doesn't hold true for
a PIC.

Picaxe processors are wonderful tools that you can use to teach
yourself the fundamentals of microcontrollers.

The best news? The chips are relatively inexpensive.

Tom