PICAXE Microcontroller Projects for the Evil Genius

✍ Scribed by Ron Hackett

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 288
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to program, build, and debug a variety of PICAXE microcontroller projects. PICAXE Microcontroller Projects for the Evil Genius gets you started with programming and I/O interfacing right away, and then shows you how to develop a master processor circuit.
From «Hello, World!» to «Hail, Octavius!»
All the projects in Part I can be accomplished using either an M or M2 class PICAXE processor, and Part II adds 20X2-based master processor projects to the mix. Part III culminates in the creation of Octavius--a sophisticated robotics experimentation platform featuring a 40X2 master processor and eight breadboard stations which allow you to develop intelligent peripherals to augment Octavius functioning. The only limit is your imagination!

PICAXE Microcontroller Projects for the Evil Genius:

Features step-by-step instructions and helpful photos and illustrations
Allows you to customize each project for your purposes

Removes the frustration factor--all required parts are listed, along with sources

Build these and other devious devices:

Simple mini-stereo jack adapter
USBS-PA3 PICAXE programming adapter
Power supply
Three-state digital logic probe
20X2 master processor circuit
TV-R input module
8-bit parallel 16X2 LCD board
Serialized 16X2 LCD
Serialized 4X4 matrix keypad
SPI 4-digit LED display
Countdown timer
Programmable, multi-function peripheral device and operating system
Octavius--advanced robotics experimentation platform
* L298 dual DC motor controller board

✦ Table of Contents

Part One: PICAXE Basics
Chapter 1. Introduction to PICAXE Programming and Projects
Chapter 2. Introduction to Stripboard Circuits
Chapter 3. Designing and Building a +5V Regulated Power Supply
Chapter 4. Hardware Overview of the PICAXE M2-class Processors
Chapter 5. The Ins and Outs of PICAXE Interfacing
Chapter 6. Introduction to ADC Inputs on M2-class Processors
Part Two: PICAXE Peripheral Projects
Chapter 7. Introduction to the PICAXE-20X2 Processor
Chapter 8. Infared Input from a TV Remote Control
Chapter 9. Interfacing Parallel LCDs
Chapter 10. Serializing a Parallel LCD
Chapter 11. Interfacing Keypads
Chapter 12. SPI Communication
Chapter 13. Background Timing on the 20X2 Processor
Chapter 14. Constructing a Programmable Multifunction Peripheral Device
Chapter 15. Developing Software for the Evil Genius MPD
Part Three: Octavius: An Advanced Robotics Experimentation Platform
Chapter 16. Birthing Octavius
Chapter 17. Driving Octavius
Chapter 18. Programming Octavius
Epilogue: Whats Next for Octavius?
Index