USING THE AXMATE POWER & PROGRAMMING ADAPTER

摘要

In this month's installment of the PICAXE Primer, we're going to construct a simple "AxMate" adapter that provides all the necessary breadboard connections for powering and programming a PICAXE project. The AxMate adapter simplifies the required connections to a breadboard-based project, and its small size maximizes the space that's available on a standard breadboard for your actual PICAXE circuitry.rnIf you are a Nuts & Volts subscriber, you're probably aware of the Arduino line of microprocessors. Arduinos may not be as inexpensive or as easy to program as PICAXE processors, but they do have some very interesting and powerful features. For example, most Arduino projects can be implemented by using a simple six-pin USB interface that provides all the necessary connections to power and program an Arduino circuit.