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[skimask]

the pic im after is '' www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/images/picaxe28x.jpg ''
Im in the process of soldering my components in but my school doesnt provide a 28 pin pic so i need to purchase it myself.
Thanks for the website but is there any more simplier sites that just tells you what code does what?
Thank you :P

That isn't a PIC, that's a PICAXE, something similar but different than what this forum deals with primarily.
As far as simple goes, you can't get much simpler than a PICAXE, except for maybe a BASIC stamp..or maybe LOGO on an Apple IIe.

That website (http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/) practically leads you by the hand from purchase to first ready made finished program, both software and hardware.

[Marty]

What is the difference between a pic and a picaxe? I've already started my circuit with that picaxe so i can't change it but il build some other ciruits with a pic in the future.

By the way, people in this forum are electronic engineers and not other engineers right?

Thank you

[skimask]

What is the difference between a pic and a picaxe? I've already started my circuit with that picaxe so i can't change it but il build some other ciruits with a pic in the future.

PIC = standalone microcontroller, comes from the factory blank, no code, does nothing. Call it a dumb blonde standing in a desert...she's capable of a lot, but doesn't have any instructions or anything to do, or any common sense (that's a stretch )

PICAXE = standalone microcontroller which is pre-programmed with a basic set of instructions which act on code downloaded to it's internal eeprom and runs that code according to it's program in flash. (back to the dumb blonde --- ) Call this one a blonde with a job assembling something, or coaching a game, or directing traffic.

You can yell at the dumb blonde all day and not get anything accomplished because she doesn't know anything.

You can yell at the blonde with a job to do something different because she's got directions.

You can make a PIC into a PICAXE by programming it with the core code... (give the dumb blonde some direction and a job)... Or make the PIC into something resembling a PICAXE by giving it a completely different job like lighting up some lights or something...i.e. writing your own program.

You can make a PICAXE into a PIC by erasing it completely... (fire the dumb blonde and drop her off in the desert)... Or make the PIC into something resembling a PIC or a PICAXE by giving it a completely different job like lighting up some lights or something...i.e. writing your own program.

See where the similarities are?

By the way, people in this forum are electronic engineers and not other engineers right?

Not neccessarily... I ain't got no degree in nothing... (good grammar eh?)

[Marty]

Lol i thought people here would be all professors etc... maybe its just you? Joking :P

i've got 1 more question and that is if i buy a PICAXE 28 ( Noobie stuff) do i have to buy the programmer which is '' PICAXE 28x starter pack '' or can other programmers to program it?

Have you anyone got examples of BASIC they could show me because i know some of the codes but im not sure how to apply it...

[Marty]

Heyy i've almost completed my project now but i need to buy an ABS box to fit my PCB inside to make it look like a electronic game. Does anyone know where i may be able to buy them? I need them to be around 140mm by 140mm or bigger.

Thanks! :P