How to use axepad – Elenco XP&trade User Manual
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How to Use AXEpad
STEP 4
Double-click the AXEpad for Snap Circuits
®
XP
TM
icon on your desktop (unless you
directed that it be installed somewhere else) to
start the AXEpad for Snap Circuits
®
XP
TM
software. The software screen should look similar to the
one shown below.
STEP 5
The program you chose will appear in the editor space.
The procedure for programming the microcontroller for the other
projects is the same as you are doing here, except the program
name will be different.
Introductory projects A3-A10 require the program Electronic Brain to
be loaded in the microcontroller. This program was loaded into the
microcontroller at our factory. If the microcontroller has been
reprogrammed, then you will need to reload Electronic Brain to do
the introductory projects.
Select
File
, then
Open Snap Circuits Samples ...
,
and then pick the program you want to download to
the microcontroller. Choose the Blinker program for
the circuit you are building now.
Any time a task needs to be performed over and
over again, a microprocessor or computer on a
chip should be considered to help perform the task.