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Tim036
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Posted: 03:57am 21 May 2015

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To get the full benefit of MMBasic 4.6B (hope that is what its called) is the

PIC32MX170F256B 28 pin PIC the best choice ? Does any other PIC (e.g. the 44 pin version ) offer any extra speed or RAM size ?

Is there a way of telling which version of Basic is on the PIC once you are accessing it ?

I've got loads of questions, such as is there a neat way of downloading or uploading programs into it and out of it ?

I use Linux Ubuntu 14.04 so I've found from the linux 'terminal' this works a treat:-

picocom /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 38400 -l (lower case L)

Any thought very welcome !

: ))

Tim

DaveC166
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Posted: 11:02am 21 May 2015

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Hi TIM036,
Both the 28 pin and 44 pin versions of the MX170F256 running MMbasic ver 4.6B, have the same RAM and clock speeds. The only difference is the number of I/O pis available. The 28 pin MX170, being a DIP package offers 19 I/O pins and is Breadboard or vero board friendly. The 44 pin version has 33 I/O pins in a TQFP SMD format.
At the command prompt Type PRINT MM.VER (enter) this will tell you the MM basic version.
Check out the manual for XMODEM send/recieve and EDIT comands for retrieving/loading/editing Umite programs

palcal

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Posted: 11:11am 21 May 2015

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Have you downloaded the manual from Geoff's web site, most questions will be answered there. To find the current version of software use the command MM.VER. As far as I know the 44 pinner only offers more I/O pins. Downloading and uploading can easily be done using MM EDIT available from the web site.
Paul.

Edit. There is a beta of the PIC32MX470 available that has more memory and speed.Edited by palcal 2015-05-22

"It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all"

Tim036
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Posted: 11:27am 21 May 2015

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Many many thanks for the replies ! They answered my questions and I feel know I've got lots of sources of information that I didn't have before !

Brilliant !!!

a very happy,

Tim

Tim036
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Posted: 11:06am 23 May 2015

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Saving a mmbasic programs to my Laptop. Also to be able to load them into MicroMite from the laptop.

I use Ubuntu 14.04 Linux, so Windows solutions are not what I need. (not keen to change OS).

Best I've found so far is:-

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Xmodem

the best way to pass a file through xmodem is to use 'sx'. In debian this application is part of 'lrzsz' package.

In debian:

apt-get install screen lrzsz

screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200

Then press Ctrl-A followed by : and type:

exec !! sx yourbinary.bin

This will send the file to ttyUSB0 over xmodem protocol

end quote

For 'Edit' in the mmbasic manual, all I found was on page 45 and 46 and that was it.

______

I guess I'm having a typical 'Newbie' panic attack, on this detail of being able to save and reload software into MMBasic.

Is there an Idiots guide how to do it ?

(I'm note sure if there is such a thing as a VT100 emulator in Linux available software archives)

Practically every serious user must stumble into the same problem ? I feel a bit of a dumbo that I've not yet spotted it !

Any thoughts very welcome !

A puzzled,

Tim

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