Software
*.doc files are in Word6 format. These were done before the documentation was moved to pdf format.
- Kit93.zip Data Acquisition.
Revised software for Kit 93. Works with W9x/ME/2000/XP. Also for K112 and k118. May 2004. - Kit 108.Windows software.
- dual version of Kit 108. It is 2 K108's connected together to make 6 Inputs and 16 relay outputs. Windows software here.
- k112disk.zip 924K
- Kit 113. PC driver for two stepper motors
Revised software for Kit 112, 118 & 93. Works with W9x/ME/2000/XP. May 2004.
- k112_118.zip 10/99 software for both K112 and K118. W9x. (Not for W NT.) 3.82MB
Previous software for K118 software:
- k118soft.zip 12 bit Data Acquisition Windows software. 732K. Also supports my Kit 112.
Linux software for Kit118 has been written (9/2000) by James Cameron. You may get it at Quozl's Open Source Work.
- Kit 134. Introduction to LCDs
- sc1.zip Southern Cross I
- sc4.zip 8x8 display
- Southern Cross II Single Board Computer
- Southern Cross II Upgraded version 6/2002 using AT89C52 to replace EPROM & 80C32
- term.exe terminal program
Tony Nixon / Bubblesoft Software has closed his website. But his pdf and asm files for his Introduction to PICs and My Next PIC Projects can all be found here. 1.15MB.
- RWH-SH-112D Relay Data Sheet
- AZ-SH-112L Relay Data Sheet
- LCD data sheet. VI302-DP-RC pdf file for Kits 2 and 34.
- 7106 and 7107 Data Sheet used im Kits 2 34 61.
- Kit 36 hex code
- kit40.zip Reaction Timer 85K
- kit42.zip Number System Decoder 115K
- kit53.zip Codepad 47K
- kit54.zip Universal Timer 24K
- kit56v1.zip DTMF Tone Decoder. 7K
- kit69.zip Single Dice 10K
- kit71.zip Dual Dice 14K
- Data sheet for the 3-pin Waitrony IR Receiver Module used in Kits 58, 72 and 130.
- Data Sheet for the Waitrony IR LED used in Kits 72 and 130.
- kit 73 Big PIC Clock software.
- kit 74 latest documentation 4/2003. ULN2803 replaces many discrete components.
- Linux software for K74 has been writen by James Cameron. You may get it at Quozl's Open Source Work.
- Kit 74. PC driven Relay Board. New Windows software 9x/2000/ME/XP. Also old DOS programs still included.
- Kit 74 Windows software only. W9x/NT/2000/XP. here.
- Kit 74 original DOS software only. here.
- kit75.zip Source code *.asm modules for the PIC Trainer 16K. This is for the PIC16C71 which was discontinued late 1999.
- Revised multi.asm and the hex code for the PIC16C711. may, 2000. Use the new multi.asm with the other *.asm components and compile with MPASM. You may use the k75c711.hex supplied here to burn your own PIC16C711.
- Kit 81. PIC16F84A Programmer & Experimenter. 11/2002. Latest.
- Older Kit81 Disk as supplied with the kit. Revised november 10, 1999 Get the latest version of P16Pro Light to use with Kit 81 from Bojan Dobaj's web site or from here on our download page.
- kit86.zip Telephone Line Relay Switcher Software 18K. Now discontinued. Replaced by Kit 140.
- encoder.zip Kit 94 original source code for 16C54 RC/P 2K.
- K94 source code 9/2000 for latest 16C54C 04/P chip
- K96. P16Pro. V3.63. january, 2000. 295K. Registration needed after 20 days.
- K96. P16pro Lite. Freeware just for 16F84 programming on Kit 96. No time limit.
Note you can use the advanced Kit 117 software picallw.exe to program and test K96. See test document here. - TDA1524A data sheet used in Kit 100.
- kit 102 source code for PIC16C71 and 16C711 (may, 2000)
- Kit 103 C source code and hex code for uC and 24C16 eeprom.
- 5804.zip Allegro Data sheet on UCN5804B Unipolar Stepper Motor Driver IC. pdf format. 104K.
- step_m.zip Text file explaining about stepper motors. 11K.
- k112_old.zip Pocket Sampler 105K. Original Electronics Australia software & PCB. Also test112.exe
- k112_V2.zip Pocket Sampler 32K. Original PCB Ocean Controls software 11/97.
The following K112 files are for the new version 3 PCB.
- k112_v4.zip Pocket Sampler 16-bit W95 and W3.11 software, mar 28, 1998 Ocean Controls software, 682K
- k112 Disk for the kit Zipped. 924K
- kit113.zip PC driver 2 stepper motors. 286, 386, 486 & Pentiums. 25K
- 5804.zip Allegro Data sheet on UCN5804B Unipolar Stepper Motor Driver IC. pdf format. 104K.
- k121bat.zip Batch file to help automate Atmel programming. Modify to suit your needs.
- term.zip No frills terminal program to program Kits 121, 122, 123 and 164. Easier than using Hyperterminal. DOS based but will run under W9x. Now (8/2001) includes a detailed Word doc file about how to set it up.
- hexmap and reorder utilities. To reorder sequentially fragmented hex files which some compilers produce. This can prevent successful programming of the chip. Developed for Kit 123 but of general application. New version of reorder 3/2001.
- Data sheet for the 3-pin Waitrony IR Receiver Module used in Kits 58, 72 and 130.
- Data Sheet for the Waitrony IR LED used in Kits 72 and 130.
K145. Temperature data Logger. The temperature data comes in a steady stream from the four DS18(S)20 sensors. It is up to the user to massage this data anyway they wish (eg, dump into an Excel spreadsheet.)
1. You can use term.exe our no-frills terminal program to see the data on the screen. Just run 'term 2400' (and you may have to press Esc to start the display.) The raw temperature data will display on the screen.
2. Or you can use some software the developer of the kit has written. Here are the latest versions: ts11win.zip for Microsoft Windows. Tested on Microsoft Windows 95. Unpack the ZIP file into a directory and run TSL.EXE. Test reports wanted for Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft Windows NT.
ts11dos.zip for FreeDOS or MS-DOS. Tested on MS-DOS 4.00.950 on a 386/25 using floppy disk only, and on a machine with ahard drive. With floppy disk, do not exceed a logging rate of once every two seconds. Unpack the ZIP file onto a bootablefloppy or a hard disk directory, then run TSL.EXE. If you have no hard disk partition, ignore the warning message about "c:\cwsdpmi.swp".
C source code for these two programs.
Software for Kit 145 was written by James Cameron. The source code is available there. Linux and UNIX software for K145 also available on his website.
The DS1820 has been replaced by theDS18S20 (1/2000) because of temperature drift problems (like 3 degrees C) in artificially aged samples of the DS1820. The DS1820 is now - 6/2001 - no longer available.
The software inside the PIC509 has not been made available by the kit developer. However, you can see how to do it at this site.
Kit 181 hex object code for alternate firmware. See here for description.
- sc1.zip Southern Cross I, 83K
For information about the Z80 microcontroller, data sheet, op codes, and support go to Official Z80 Support Page.
For the data sheets on 74HC273, 74HC138, 74HC244, 74HCU04 go to ON Semiconductor formerly Motorola.
For data sheets on the 74C923 and 74HCU04 go to Fairchild Semiconductor.
- sc4.zip 8x8 display routines,39K
The following 2 kits and files are now superseded but the software is still made available.
- sc16.zip 8748/8749 Burner 6K
- sc5.zip EPROM Emulator 114K
- kit40.zip Reaction Timer
- kit42.zip Number System Decoder
- kit53.zip Codepad
- kit54.zip Universal Timer
- kit56v1.zip DTMF Tone Decoder
Southern Cross 2 Hardware Manual. pdf file. Now discontinued.
- mvs31 Southern Cross 2, 8031 Single Board Computer System Monitor Users Manual. pdf file. Now discontinued.
Open collector output is used in some of our kits - eg, K129 k154 k148. For a discussion of open-collector get this text file.
5mm bright red LED GB-333RHD. More detailed spec here.
5mm super red GB-333HR3D
5mm green LED GB-333GD. More detailed spec here.
BC54x Data Sheet and the BC55x Data Sheet. From ON Semiconductor, formerly Motorola.
- For an excellent introduction to the theory of 'simple' 2 and 3 stage transmitters download FM Transmitter Theory 1.0MB
