Control real world devices with your PC

Step 5 Download the picaxe program

Click on the blue arrow to download. If it doesn't download there are some debugging suggestions in the picaxe instruction manual. You can try downloading a simple program to turn a led on and off to check the chip works. This program as it is does nothing until it is connected to a PC as it is waiting for the PC to send it something. If it downloads ok then it is working and the chip is programmed and the next step is to reconfigure the chip as a serial interface chip.

Copy and paste the code below. To view it with color syntax look in View/Options/Editor. The color conventions are similar to VB.Net

main:serin 3,N2400,("Data"),b0,b1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6,b7,b8,b9,b10,b11,b12,b13
readadc 1,b1' read the pot then send this back
serout 0,N2400,("Data", b0,b1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6,b7,b8,b9,b10,b11,b12,b13)
select case b0' read data bit b0
case <140' if <140 then set servo to one position
servo 2,120
pause 1000' pause a second
else
servo 2,160
pause 1000
endselect
low 2' turn off the servo as serin does this anyway
goto main

Comments

[reaver26]

hello, can i integrate it on mplab IDE compiler? using your codes?

[sciguy77]

 Um, blue arrow? Where?

[Dr_Acula]

Yes, the latest version of the picaxe software has changed the screen layout. There is still a download button but the screen looks different. Or select download from the program menus.