I have posted a number of routines illustrating how to interface with the MAX7219 Serial Eight Digit LED Driver at http://www.phanderson.com/basicx/ . Peter H....
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Mike DeMetz
miked@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 1, 2000 2:00 pm
... You may want to download the BX-24 Hardware Reference as it has the schematic and specifications. It is in PDF or Word 97 format. It say no to using 21 as...
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kwongtat@xxxxx.xxx
Jan 1, 2000 2:21 pm
I was trying to connect a BX-24 chip to my GP2D02. The code given from acroname (BX-01) had to be modified for BX-24. I am having trouble trying to run the...
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jdwalton@xxxx.xxx
Jan 1, 2000 6:37 pm
I use the Maxim 7219 with the Stamp but haven't done so with the BX24- the routine is just a "bit banger" - easy to do with the Stamp, not so easy with the...
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J.M. Mongeau
jmm@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 1, 2000 10:29 pm
I have the same problem. Why can't pin 21 be used if pin 24 in connected? Is there a different configuration for powering the BX24 that could make pin 21 or 24...
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Jack Schoof
jschoof@xxxxxxxxxxxx....
Jan 2, 2000 12:23 am
If you have power connected at pin 24 from 5.5 to 15 volts, you can take *some* power out of pin 21 for your circuits. It becomes a heat issue for the...
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Nick Taylor
ntaylor@xxxxx.xxxx
Jan 2, 2000 12:07 am
Hi ... The schematic for the BX-24 can be found at: http://www.basicx.com/images/BX24.gif The BX-24 has an onboard +5V regulator which gets its input from ...
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dbandmt@...
Jan 2, 2000 9:58 am
Hi everyone, I am utilising the gettime function to record times for a racing event. The getime function was very accurate compared to my stopwatch until I...
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kwongtat@xxxxx.xxx
Jan 2, 2000 1:45 pm
I found out that a 9V battery only has a nominal 50ma discharge over a period of 1 hour. Therefore assuming the regulator works at 60% efficiency , it's only...
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Grant Baxter
grant@...
Jan 2, 2000 1:58 pm
I inherited an old 486 with 8 MB that I'm trying to use for my development system. (I'm trying to get all the microprocessor stuff out of my office.) On my P2...
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Jack Schoof
jschoof@...
Jan 2, 2000 5:13 pm
What are you doing in the tasks? Just tasking should not affect the clock, only things that turn off interrupts should change the clock. Truncate by doing the...
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J.M. Mongeau
jmm@...
Jan 2, 2000 5:20 pm
So you power the BX24 with 4 batteries to pin 24? ... From: <kwongtat@...> To: <basicx@onelist.com> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 8:45 AM Subject:...
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Jack Schoof
jschoof@...
Jan 2, 2000 6:53 pm
If you use 4.8 volts, then you can go directly into pin 21. Jack ... From: J.M. Mongeau <jmm@...> To: basicx@onelist.com <basicx@onelist.com> Date:...
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Jack Schoof
jschoof@...
Jan 2, 2000 7:01 pm
Unless you see the disk thrashing, then memory will not help. Jack ... From: Grant Baxter <grant@...> To: basicx@onelist.com <basicx@onelist.com> ...
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Brian Hayes
hayes023@...
Jan 3, 2000 12:23 am
I'm trying to do the same thing, Any suggestions for speeding up the compile? Is there any way to link in modules that were previously compiled? I would like...
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J.M. Mongeau
jmm@...
Jan 2, 2000 10:40 pm
Ok. And what pin do I use to power the GP2D02? ... From: Jack Schoof <jschoof@...> To: <basicx@onelist.com> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 1:53 PM...
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Jack Schoof
jschoof@...
Jan 2, 2000 11:38 pm
If you have the 4.8 volts you can power the gp2d02 from the batteries directly. Incidentally, I just bought the new Nickle Metal Hydride AA and AAA cells at ...
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chan kwong tat
kwongtat@...
Jan 3, 2000 12:28 am
... Same here. :-) Maximum discharge is at 3.9A. Enough to power my steppers of 2A up to 20 minutes..hehe. __________________________________________________ ...
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kwongtat@...
Jan 3, 2000 12:35 am
Has anyone used a FRAM module yet in place of the EEPROM for program code? Maybe NetMedia should sample a few and post the result. Chan...
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Grzegorz Kordalski
grzes@xxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jan 3, 2000 11:35 pm
Hi I'm trying to implement GTC 100 Touch Screen Display from Designtech Engineering Co. Manufacturer recommends to use CTS on higher speeds (over 9600). It ...
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short-circut@xxxxxxxx...
Jan 4, 2000 3:13 am
I cannot figure this out, can someone please help... I want a program that monitors a button and if it is not pressed within 15 seconds, it goes to another...
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Mike Fellinger
mwf@xxxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 3:42 pm
If you share the 8 ADC lines with digital input that works fine. If you put digital outputs on any of the 8 ADC lines you will reduce the accuracy of the ADC....
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Jack Schoof
jschoof@xxxxxxxxxxxx....
Jan 4, 2000 6:25 pm
Yes - thanks for pointing this out. Jack ... From: Mike Fellinger <mwf@...> To: 'basicx@onelist.com' <basicx@onelist.com> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000...
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Jack Schoof
jschoof@xxxxxxxxxxxx....
Jan 4, 2000 6:33 pm
const buttonpin as byte = 12 dim i as integer sub main() for i = 1 to 1536 ' we assume the button is 0 when pressed if getpin(buttonpin) = 0 then 'go do...
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J.M. Mongeau
jmm@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 8:55 pm
Hello. I would like to interface two GP2D02 to the BasicX-24 for a project. After being unsuccessful with a program I wrote based on the following one, I...
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Oaktreesysinfo@xxx.xxx
Jan 5, 2000 4:04 pm
I'm sure this question was answered before, but I can't seem to lay my hands on the note with the answer in it: I want to store some lookup tables in the...
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stu@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Jan 6, 2000 4:02 am
Ooh how painful it has become.... My initial wild enthusiasm for the BX-24 has at last become tempered by the limitations of my system. I am running the...
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Mike Fellinger
mwf@xxxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 4:22 pm
Is there some way to get the BX24 compiler to run with NT? Serial port downloads are all I need and that is working. Or is it? mwf...
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Chris H.
theone@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 4:33 pm
The latest version works on NT. At least it works on my W2K machine. The LPT download doesn't work, but serial does. -C http://www.theonespot.com ... From:...
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Mike Fellinger
mwf@xxxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 4:43 pm
When I try to install I get an error message about "must have Win95 or greater". How do I get around this? mwf ... From: Chris H. [SMTP:theone@...] ...
