PicoTime is an electronic stop watch kit suitable for intermediate solderers.

Hackable with PicoFlow LT Hex Loading software & PicoFlow USB Programmer.

Programming Options are Pre-program, Instant-Program, or HEX-Program.

Purchasing Options

Colour

in Red or Blue LED Display. (Blue is brighter)

Programming

Pre-Programmed PIC * is the 10 minute stopwatch with tenth of a second increments and split timing functionality

Pre-Programmed PIC ** is the 100 minute stopwatch with one second increments

Pre-Programmed PIC *** is the Up-Counter where every click increments the 'score'

Unprogrammed

Tools Required

1. Soldering Iron
   
2. Solder
   
3. Angled Side Cutters

Instruction Manual - Laminated PicoTime A3 - Free A4 pdf

See Additional Images to download (above)

Lesson/Unit Plan Ideas - PicoTime

Construction & Electronics

·         Soldering Basics

·         LED (Light Emitting Diodes) with a Current Limiting Resistor

ASM Programming

·         Digital IO (2 Inputs, 19 Outputs)

·         Subroutine CALLs

·         Weak Internal Pull-Up Resistors

·         Switch Debounce Routine

·         Numeric Display Control

·         Interrupt Service Routine

·         Pre-loading a Timer Interrupt

·         Alternating Segment Refresh for Multiplexed Display

·         FIFO Memory Buffer

·         State Machine Implementation in Code

Video: PicoTime

NB: Project requires 3 AA Batteries (Not included).

** Un-programmed PICs require the use of our PicoFlow USB Programmer to program the supplied microcontroller device.