One of my students reveresed the wires of the sharp senor and it fried the sensor and looks like it fried the IC 28 because the picaxe programer will not recogine it any more. Question is, has the mother board benn damaged also?
Also when I open up the
Also when I open up the picaxe programer the mouse arrow jumps to the right on my screen and I can not control it. Everything was working so well till today at class.
Sorry you ran into trouble,
Sorry you ran into trouble, especially with a class in front of you. I feel for you.
It is unlikely that the PICAXE-28 is fried from connecting the Sharp sensor incorrectly. It’s pretty hardy, and so is the project board. I expect your problems are unrelated.
I’m assuming you are using a Windows PC and a USB PICAXE programming cable. Every time anything gets plugged into the PC and is mapped to a COM port, it can mess up the previous COM port assignments. So I would start with a fresh PC reboot, and then connect the USB cable. Check Windows Device Manager to verify which COM port has appeared. Then go into the PICAXE Programming Editor settings and be sure you have it set for the right port. Also check that you have selected the right PICAXE chip for programming.
Thanks for the info
Thanks for the info, I bought the new parts today. I will give it another try when they come.