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Identifying bad/missing battery.

Hi Friends, Here are the requirements: In a critical setting where equipment are backed by UPS already, we need to monitor all/any batteries that has deterioted/missing and send ...

Voltage Regulator   [3 Articles]

Hi everyone! I'm working with a BX24 and I'm trying to use the 5V that come from the pin21 to supply a MAX146 that needs 2.7-3.3V. For that I'm using the Voltage Regulator LM3...

Re: Keeping track of date and time   [4 Articles]

David, I have been using the DS1306 for about 6 years, not sure of the difference from the DS1302 but I can run it on the SPI bus and use a supercap to keep the timer running 2-3 ...

Working with VDRIVE2

Good Afternoon everyone. I'm trying to connect a VDRIVE2 to a BX24. (http://www.vinculum.com/documents/datasheets/DS_VDRIVE2.pdf) My idea is to save the data from my BX24 to...

RE: Re: measuring AC current on the mains circuit

A coil of (insulated) wire wrapped around one of the mains lines will produce a transformer. Then you place a diode and a resistor in the coil circuit and measure the voltage pr...

Re: measuring AC current on the mains circuit   [4 Articles]

Hello fellows Any ideas on how to measure the AC current of an equipment connected to the wall plug (mains) power using a BX24? Cheers David M. ---------------------...

Daily Programmer   [2 Articles]

Hello, I like to build a programmer to control 8 valves 24 V with the BasicX. The idea is to start the opening of the first valve at a set time of the day, open it for a certai...

Re: Basicx-24 Developer kit   [3 Articles]

This is also how I connect. I use a Radio Shack branded USB-Serial adapter. I have no idea what chipset it actually uses. If my experience is any indication you'll have to ...

Re: 4-20mA output/0-10 V output

David, Read the datasheet. It will do 0-5V, 0-20mA, and 4-20mA. You can use the 0-5V out, but you'll need an op-amp to drive ANY voltage out. Unity gain for 0-5V and 2xgain...

4-20mA output   [5 Articles]

Hello group I'm tryng to use Bx24 in a project that requires that one of the BX output pins delivers 4-20mA... Any ideas on how this can be done? Thanks Regards David Men...

Re: BasicX 24 Chip Hangs When USB-to-Serial cable unplugged then plugged back in.

> ... when a USB-to-Serial cable is unplugged then plugged back in... My guess is that the action simulates ATN and the processor module goes into IDE control mode. If you ...

How to create a micropump...   [2 Articles]

Hello all, I have a question regarding my latest project, I need to use a pump that sends very small volumes of gas inside a tube and removes the same ammount of gas from the...

Minimal Circuit for BX-24   [3 Articles]

I have tried to design a board that is very small. I'm trying to use a=20 RadioShack 276-148. This board is 1 =BE inch square. All power and=20 sensors output will be done thr...

SPIcmd and how BX24 fetch program instructions

Hi I have not been able to figure any good explanation of how BX can avoid getting the program instructions cluttred when the SPI bus is used. BX24 is fetching these intructio...

BX-24 Input Impedance for ADC conversion of small 50 Hz Voltage   [10 Articles]

Hello everybody, To measure the current in my 3 phases house electricity system and=20 in the neutral, I am using 4 Honeywell Current Sensors CSLA2CD=20 powered with 5V.=2...

Re: Very newbie question: referencing pins by number?

Hi, I just did that the light turn on and then off. But the most important is that you got the idea how the program works. Regards, Rosarite -----Original Message----- F...

Re: Re: DS18S20 problem

If you can use a diode to protect your circuit I think it's a good idea. Ei= ther use one forward biased when polarity is correct if you can lose the 7/= 10Th's of a volt. But I ...

Re: New BS2 owner wanting to convert over

The BasicX 24 is pin for pin identical. If you have a carrier board for the Stamp you can just pop it in. The coding is very different, though easily learned and more powerful ...

Weght Scale with analog or digital output   [3 Articles]

Hello fellows I'm looking for a weight scale with an analog output (4-20mA or 0-5V) to connect to the BX24. The range doesn't need to be bigger than 0-1Kg and the precision doesn'...

Ethernet card   [5 Articles]

Hello fellows I'm looking for an equipment that can work as a network card and at the same time communicate with BX24... My idea is: 1- Collect environmental data from sensor 2...

Re: transmiter/reciver for my bx-24

Do you have any more information regarding your requirements? I have found the XBEE's to be great radios and a great price but they may be overkill for your application. There ...

Re: For next loop hangs   [3 Articles]

Found the following "strange" thing. The following works fine. sub WOL() dim i as byte dim dataBuffer(1 to 57) as Byte 'Make MagicPacket call beep() debug.print "He...

Basicx IDE and Wine Fedora 9   [4 Articles]

Has anyone out there gone the basicx IDE working well with wine? I am using wine 1.0.1.fc9 The problem I'm having is the IDE seems to just lock up when it access's the com1 por...

Re: BasicX and stepper motors

--- In b...@yahoogroups.com, "patrickreidus" wrote: > > Hello Group Members! > I bought an EASY STEP 1000 MOTOR DRIVER, and A unipolar stepper motor > from active-rob...

Need help communicating via serial to iRobot Create   [2 Articles]

Greetings, This is my first post here so please be gentle. I'm trying to control my iRobot Create (www.irobot.com/create) with=20 my BasicX BX-24 and I'm not having any luck...

AD7490 interface   [8 Articles]

Has anyone worked with AD7490, 16-channel 12bit AtoD converter and BasicX? It's got SPI interface so it must be possible to use with BasicX, correct? The whole reason why this...

CStr to CInt Question   [3 Articles]

I am having an issue with converting a string into a integer for the use of a do-loop. The section I am having difficult with is the section with "> > > > ". This is what I h...

Re: Hi all, need some basic help with the bx-24.   [2 Articles]

Hi Kerry, You'll need to determine the correct com port number in order to download anything to the chip using the USB-Serial adapter you have there. One way to do it is to o...

Linux Support...

Hey guys, I know that there's been previous post about linux questions, but most of them are at least a few years old. Can anyone confirm that the BasicX IDE actually works ...

RE: Linux Support...   [2 Articles]

works fine To: b...@yahoogroups.comFrom: m...@gmail.comDate: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:00:45 -0500Subject: [BasicX] Linux Support... Hey guys,I know that there's been previous post ...

Re: Re: GPS NMEA problems   [3 Articles]

> .... is there any software for selectable NMEA sentences ? Some Garmin products are based on common GPS chipsets like those from SiRF. I do not know if the eTrex is one o...

Re: Re: Flow Meter   [7 Articles]

> ... Al Williams PAKVII... That's one way to do it, but I think you can spend less than $25. Here's one way, not perfectly ideal but functional, I think: [I'm not trying ...

Using the Basicx24 to read weight   [4 Articles]

I'm just getting back into my BasicX and searched the archives but only saw a few old messages about this subject so I thought I would revisit it. I have a 15 gallon caniste...

Re: Hardware Help   [3 Articles]

Thanks Thad, 1. I'll use a transistor and resistor to control the relay. I had the concept down and that is why I had the smaller realy driving the larger relay. I guess ad...

Re: Re: Reading voltage higher than 5V   [3 Articles]

Hello I solved that problem in another way... I also used 3 resistors and same logic as you... The diference is that I used an I/O pin to control a BJT working as a switch. Thi...

Re: please......

Hi Guys one and all Good to see the group stirred up, pity it's not about a new feature/s being offered by the range of processors we all support. I have to support Tom here, ...

RE: Re: please......

wow... discruntaled... what did you guys to him XD To: b...@yahoogroups.comFrom: a...@yahoo.co.ukDate: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:35:29 +0000Subject: [BasicX] Re: please...... to...

Re: please......

--- In b...@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Odom" wrote: > > --- In b...@yahoogroups.com, "wimn.rm" wrote: > > Right Tom! What an arrogance of this person! Go to the library!...

Connecting eb500 to bx24 HELP   [3 Articles]

Hi, I read you know something about connecting the bx to the bluetooth device. Coulyou please help me? I've been researchin for some days now and I still don't know how to finish...

Re: Re: Capacitors on ATN pin?

> ... Aren't the BS2 & BX24 compatible? They are pin-compatible, yes. They differ in how they use ATN signaling, but that boils down to respectively similar functions, to ...