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Hi all, Im testing a circuit that involves a rotary encoder, I have copied the schematic from the data sheet of the rotary encoder eblock, I checked it whit my scoop and its the signals are nice and clean. However when I try to count pulses its not what I suspected. first of all the controller I'm u...

Hi Enamul, Thanks for the helpfull and information youre providing love it ;) But I dindt ment a sea life aquarium I ment a tropical aquarium but that doesnt matter for the lighting and wavelengt that is required. Im now soldering up my controller board if I have some time a will look into it to fin...

Thanks guys for all the great comments, I will definitely try your concept Enamul. But one thing is not clear for me, The goal is to use this sensor to determine the different colors of outdoor lighting, witch then translates into the lighting of my aquarium. I have no idea what the wavelength is of...

Hi Guys, I need some help related to this sensor the TCS3200 from TAOS, its a RGB color/light to frequency sensor. The problem is that I have no idea how Im going to do this. I think I have to count the pulses over a period of time but that doesn't ring a bell. And if I manage to count pulses correc...

Ok benj I will send you the calculator file in a rar archive.
Also I will make a free file share account.

Bu is it not possible that users can download the files via the article zone.
Just asking

Regards jordy

Hi to all the users of matrix multimedia and flowcode , I want to proudly present to you, my newest project. The ADSB Airplane Tracker. Here is a little description of the project: The ADSB Airplane Tracker will be used as the name suggested to track airplanes. This whole system is based on the info...

Hi, Creative25

Take a look at this link: http://www.matrixmultimedia.com/support ... f=68&t=786

If it still doesnt work let me know.

Hi to all the users of matrixmultimedia, I want to proudly present to you, my newest project. The ADSB Airplane Tracker. Here is a Quote from the article that I have written. The ADSB Airplane Tracker will be used as the name suggested to track airplanes. This whole system is based on the informatio...

Thanks for your reply,

Solution, I have bought a PicKit3

Thanks again,

Regards Jordy

HI all, Im trying to program a PIC18F46K22 but everytime I get the same error message: File name: A:\Flowcode Projects\Projecten\ADSB Airplane Tracker\Software Microcontroller\ADSB Airplane Tracker Code.c Title: Description: Generated by: Flowcode v5.2.0.0 Date: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 18:45:24 Licenc...

Here is the attached program

Yes sorry,

I will attach my program this afternoon.
Hope this will help you guys more,

Thanks in advance.

Regards Jordy

Hi, all I have been working on the RS232 to USB problem that I'm having, but I cant figure out what the cause is. I know that I need to use the software UART but for the micro controller to respond on incoming information i need to use a interrupt. As i described above I used INTB0 to do this, but I...

Benj or others, My GPS is working correctly, but every time one problem gets solved another gets created. My RS232 to USB board was connected to PORT.C because there is the hardware UART located. I need to change to a different port because its better that the GPS uses the hardware UART because of t...

Hi benj,

Super Super thanks for your reply, I built a voltage shifter out of transistors and it works awesome.
Thank you so much,

O by-the-way the article (document) that i'm wrighting is for the first part half-way done.
Would you like a preview.

Let me know,

Anyway thank you

Regards Jordy

Hello, My guess is that the reason the GPS component is not working is that you may have your clock speed or a configuration setting setup incorrectly in Flowcode which is resulting in an incorrect baud rate which is resulting in no data received. Have you done the basic 1hz flasher test on your ha...

Hi Ive just looked at the data sheets. The UP501 is certainly looks compatible with the UP500 which the Matrix E-Block uses. So you would expect it to work the same. If you have used the module through rs232 then you know at least that it is working ok. Maybe Benj can throw some light on it when th...

Hi Jordy Just tried the flowcode file you posted, it doesnt work with my e-block either :( Though it looks the same as the file I have that works. GPS Time and Date V1.fcf Do you want to try this one. Where did you get the SkyTraq software from? Looks like an interesting package ? John, I have test...

Hi John,

This is the software that I'm using: http://elecfreaks.com/store/download/da ... 101116.zip

Im now testing your flowcode hope that is works, I will let you know.

Regards Jordy

Hi jordy i havent got a gps module but i did a quick search and found one of john crows old posts you could try his code in the following thread and see if it works for you hth http://www.matrixmultimedia.com/mmforums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=8710&p=26303&hilit=gps#p26303 thanks for your reply I have a...

I all, I want to give you guys an update, I have connected the GPS chip to my RS232 to USB Eblock an connected that to my PC. The results where fantastic :), the GPS chip works fine. Now the question is why not with the macros, I have double checked the connectection and they where OK http://i45.tin...

I have made a little video thats shows what kind of problem im having.

http://youtu.be/MSrRKQ21TKw

Hi, I just recieved my GPS Chip the UP501 from Fastrax. I have connected it all up and downloaded the example file to show me the time and date. The problem is there is no data displayed. After 3 to 5 minutes pin 6 (PPS) activates and the LED is blinking, according to the datasheet: 4.5 PPS The puls...

Ok thanks again for your reply,

I will check it out as soon as I get the GPS Module, Will let you know.

Thanks Again

Hi benj, Thank you very much for your reply it works awesome. I will post a video of the results so far. Another one, I have bought a gps module from adafruit.com https://www.adafruit.com/products/660 I hope this module works with the GPS macro from flowcode 5, I think it does because the gps block ...