Discovering Microcontrollers

This project began at the Pontefract radio club - PDARS - in November 2011.  The idea was to introduce the power of microcontrollers and then to use them in ham radio projects.  We chose PICAXE to simplify the implementation of members' ideas.  Beginning with an introductory presentation, we followed up by discussing the design of a project board with two PICAXE chips (And 8-pin and a 28-pin) and its layout on a PCB.

We learned about laying out a printed circuit board through a talk by Colin, G0NQE using PCB Wizard then made our own boards: exposing, developing, etching and drilling.

After making the boards we have to decide on our next steps.  I'll add to this tale as events unfold!

The project pages Introduction Making the PCB Building the board		Support material Schematic Parts list