Picaxe x2 chips picaxe axe012x2 picaxe is a microcontroller system that uses low cost flash memory based microcontrollers with a unique pre programmed picaxe bootstrap code this gives a device that may be reprogrammed typically 100 000 times without the need for an expensive and complicated programmerpicaxe is programmed using a simple basic language or by using an intuitive graphical flowchart system enabling younger students and hobbyists to start generating programs quickly and easily