The picaxe chip comes in a number of sizes so upgrading is very simple. They even have a new platform using the 28X2 that runs the arduino shields. Programming the picaxe for eeprom use is simple. Keeping in mind of coarse the picaxe is a pic chip with a basic boot loader. IMHO it's a pretty nice setup. Dennis
________________________________ From: Adam Jacobs <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] How about this weather... I ran out of memory!?! HA! Holy smokes. Are you serious? The maximum onboard program memory on the picaxe is 408 bytes? .. I don't mean to sound like a religious fanatic, but exactly what is the advantage of this platform? I understand that people like to use them to program their clocks in basic.. but it seems like you're losing all of that "ease of learning" if it means needing to understand how to interface in an i2C EEPROM. Am I missing something? If it was me, I would take this opportunity to switch platforms to the arduino. -Adam On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Mimewar <[email protected]> wrote: It's funny, in the "if it's not one thing, it's another" kind of way. > >I got two tubes running (0-99), then three(0-999) I get to four, all >is well, then I write my entire clock code( no seconds yet), go to >program the picaxe, and BAM, program is too large by 408 bytes. >So now, I get to (have to) get familiar with Eeproms. > >On the plus side, I removed a chunk of code ( time after 9:00), and it >runs just fine with the four tubes. First time I have ever had four >tubes running, and working. > >Eeproms, here I come. > >Shane > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"neonixie-l" group. >To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
