trying to connect a picaxe08m2 controller ....

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
opening any of the examples, trying to use them with a picaxe 08M2 
microcontroler

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
- using any of the funnel modules with a picaxe 08M2 microcontroler 
- funnel recognises the usb port but the (.fla etc) modules won't 
work with the picaxe chip ... (probably it's baude rate of 4800 ? )

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Build: funnel-1.0-r801
OS: MacOsX 10.5.8
Language: ActionScript 3, java

Please provide any additional information below.
... in case it matters -
ai guess picaxe is using the ftdi software & i do have it installed
... i assume even it's hardware is provided by ftdichip - 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by marc.her...@m-herfurth.de on 29 Sep 2011 at 9:41

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Hi, currently I have no plan to support picaxe micro controllers. But sounds 
interesting. I'm not familiar with picaxe. Do you mean this model? 
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8323

Could you please let me know benefits in comparison to Arduino boards?

Thanks,
Shigeru

Original comment by kotob...@gmail.com on 30 Sep 2011 at 9:28

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement

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Hi Shigeru,

thanks a lot for your immediate reply ....
and, of course, for the stunning "funnel" environment !

I am quite new to PICAXE & do like the simplicity
of it's build - it needs less components than arduino
and comes in different microcontroller flavours
which makes it a cost-effective as well as powerful 
developing environment;
(http://www.picaxe.com/Hardware/PICAXE-Chips/)
&
there's a vivid, helpful, technically skilled community 
which uses PICAXE for all kind of applications
to be found on e.g. letsmakerobots, instructables, pachube,
thingspeak, ... ....... alll the well known physical computing places

I am sure that there are a lot of other aspects that make PICAXE
a fun, handy and strong developing environment -
but i am just a beginner ... who would love to use "funnel"
to connect his 08M2 (the smallest, 8 Pin PICAXE chip)
to the internet of things - 
hoping you may add it to "funnel" !

Original comment by marc.her...@m-herfurth.de on 30 Sep 2011 at 10:15