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JamestheQuack

Member Since: April 9, 2010

Country: United States

Profile

Bio

MakerSpace Organizer, Electronic enthusiast; married, Grandfather, engineering technician in defense industry

Role

Lab Manager, Test Engineer, System Engineer

Spoken Languages

English

Programming Languages

PICAXE BASIC and C# (FEZ)

Associations

Home Church Movement

Universities

Polk Community College, Winter Haven, FL Warner Southern University, Lake Wales, FL

Expertise

Engineering Technician @25 years; fiber optics, radio, imaging, defense electronics

Interests

PICAXE, robotics, ant-scale robotics, FEZ/embedded master, paranormal research gadgets

Websites

http://dinsmorerobotlab.blogspot.com/2011/06/robot-1-little-jimmy.html

Publications

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jamesthequack

Tutorial - Getting Started with MicroPython and the SparkFun Inventor's Kit for micro:bit last year

So you did not do anything with the matrix of 25 LEDs on the MicroBit? Kind of odd, seems like a major feature for intended audience.
Tutorial - RC Hobby Controllers and Arduino about 3 years ago

This code works when using the old Arduino IDEs like 1:1.0.5; it does not work using 1.6.5?! I noticed that it receives the first channel the code reads and returns 0 for the second channel. It also yields different ranges of PWM signals (or periods of time). Very strange. If you want to make use of this, and are being frustrated, hunt down an older IDE (until this gets fixed on the Arduino side). James
Product ROB-13047 about 4 years ago

Can you give us the assembled dimensions? (I wonder if this might work for a Sumo Bot 10cm x 10cm competition?)
Product PRT-12845 about 4 years ago

Do you think you could take another photo with a contrasting background? It is like looking at a snow bunny in a blizzard…I can’t see anything!
Product KIT-11561 about 5 years ago

I had a wonderful time setting this up; no problem. I composed a blog in case setting up all the code was confusing http://jmd.dev4.webenabled.net/node/88
Product KIT-11561 about 5 years ago

The kit was missing the 2 x 2-pin female headers. Luckily I had them on hand; otherwise it went together just fine. (If that is unavailable, then it needs to have 4 each 4-socket headers; 2 of them must then be cut up to make 2-socket headers (which always sacrifices a pin in the process).
Product SEN-10586 about 5 years ago

Any chance of this board ever going on sale? (I have a psychological barrier about paying more than $100 for it)
Product DEV-11546 about 6 years ago

Glad to see it here; now focus on accessories: GPIO, LCD, camera, etc. 8 )
Product COM-00228 about 6 years ago

I made a circuit board for this chip (also works for the PICAXE-18M2); http://supertechlab.blogspot.com/2012/06/general-purpose-18-pin-picpicaxe-pcb.html
Product COM-10187 about 6 years ago

I made a circuit board for this versatile chip; please see http://supertechlab.blogspot.com/2012/06/general-purpose-18-pin-picpicaxe-pcb.html

No public wish lists :(