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| Volhout Guru  Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 3585 |
Thanks Tom, I is a good presentation. It is obvious you where quite tense to get the presentation right. Next time (for a game platform presentation) be a bit more relaxed, or even laughing... Fun is selling... Regards, Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3677 |
It's good! John |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2870 |
GDay Tom, All, It looks, and sounds, really good Tom, I can't wait to see the bloopers reel.  Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3863 |
A fair criticism, I approach making these videos with reluctance, but sometimes I think a project is worth it and I don't think anyone else is going to make them for me. Thank you  .It is all blooper reel. Best wishes, Tom Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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Turbo46 Guru Joined: 24/12/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1595 |
Well I certainly won't. You did a much better job of it than I ever could. Not really a blooper but I did notice a bandaid on your finger coming and going.  Bill Keep safe. Live long and prosper. |
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| thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3863 |
Just some housekeeping, the "final" Game*Mite v1.2.0 release is now available: https://github.com/thwill1000/mmbasic-gamemite/releases/tag/v1.2.0 ChangeLog --------- Version 1.2.0 - 20-Feb-2024: - Updated to use PicoMite firmware v5.08.00. - Updated "Circle One" => v1.1.1 fixing bug where if a button was being held down when one of the players won then the game would pause until the button was released before announcing the winner. Version 1.2 RC 2 - 7-Jan-2024: - Updated PicoVaders => v1.1.3 fixing bug where the game would slow down and become unplayable once most of the aliens were destroyed. Version 1.2 RC 1 - 21-Dec-2023: - Updated to use standard PicoMite firmware v5.08.00b5. Required options are: OPTION PLATFORM "Game*Mite" OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP6,GP3,GP4 OPTION AUTORUN 1,NORESET OPTION CPUSPEED 252000 OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9341,RLANDSCAPE,GP2,GP1,GP0 OPTION TOUCH GP5,GP7 OPTION SDCARD GP22 OPTION AUDIO GP20,GP21 OPTION MODBUFF ENABLE 192 - Changed menu program to support multiple pages and be configurable via the "A:/.gm-menu" file: - This file will be created on startup if not present. - CSV file with entries of the form: <menu-text>,<file-path> e.g. PETSCII Robots, B:/mmbasic-robots/robots.bas - If the <file-path> is not absolute then the program will look first in "A:/GameMite" and if not found there, in "B:/GameMite". - Changed startup screen to include image/logo - and made easier to configure via ".startup" file. - Added @Volhout's "Circle One" game (v1.1.0) to the GameMite software. - Updated the GameMite software to use latest version of 'splib': System software => v1.2 RC 1 PicoVaders => v1.1.2 Yellow River Kingdom => v1.1.1 3D Maze => v1.1.1 - Reduced size of the GameMite software through better pre-processing. Best wishes, Tom Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| ceptimus Senior Member  Joined: 05/07/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 130 |
I bought a kit from Tom (thanks Tom), and enjoyed putting it together. I powered mine from a Li-ion cell I harvested from a discarded vape I found littering the street. It's a round 1500 mAh cell, so a little larger than the type Tom recommends. That meant there was no need to worry about the size of the speaker, and I found an old 2-inch diameter speaker in a box of bits - probably I took that out of a broken transistor radio, or clock radio, years ago. I designed and 3D-printed a case (back) to hold those two bulky items, and put some slots over where the speaker cone fits, to 'let the sound out'.     It works great. When I get a couple of current, non-mite, projects completed I intend to port some of my previous Colour Maximite (version 1) games to it. I'll probably start with my Manic Miner port. If anyone wants the 3D-printed back STL files (or Fusion 360, if I can work out how to share those), let me know and I can upload them to Thingiverse or similar. |
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Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 919 |
STL File would be great  you can zip it and upload it here Edited 2024-03-05 00:38 by Martin H. 'no comment |
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| ceptimus Senior Member Joined: 05/07/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 130 |
Here you go. 3D-print_Game_Mite_back.zip You can see in my photo, I just used some dabs of hot glue, from a hot glue gun, to hold the battery in its 'box', and to secure the speaker. The greeny-coloured thing lying by the speaker in the photo is just a rubber cover for an XT60 power connector that shouldn't be there - it fell off a shelf and landed there when I was about to snap the photo! Edited 2024-03-05 00:47 by ceptimus |
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| thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3863 |
Thanks for sharing @ceptimus, I love to see the variation in the final builds. Could you just confirm that the 2" speaker was out of choice, not necessity. I did include one of my little rectangular speakers with your kit didn't I ? Best wishes, Tom Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| ceptimus Senior Member Joined: 05/07/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 130 |
I was about to post that I don't think I did have the little rectangular speaker, but I double-checked before posting, and found it lying amongst all the junk on my soldering desk!  The leftover bits from the kit, I think, are that speaker, a VER.1.3.1 backplate PCB, some stand-offs and a few lengths of header pins. I'll likely fix the track shorts on the 1.3.1 'backplate' board and build up a second Game*Mite. I think I have all the parts I need lying around, except for a PAM module, a volume control pot, and the large push buttons - I'll get those from Ali Express or Ebay. The speaker I actually used, I just measured again, and the outer frame is actually about 57.5 mm diameter - so a little over two inches. I've no idea where I got it from, or whether that is a 'standard' size. It sounds good in the Game*Mite though! Edited 2024-03-05 01:16 by ceptimus |
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| thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3863 |
Good, my children would have missed me if I'd shot the QC guy. If you want me to supply them from my stocks then it sounds like £5-6 worth including postage. Drop me a PM with a list if you want. Best wishes, Tom Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 919 |
because my battery and speaker have a different shape, I will have to edit it before printing anyway. Cheers and Thank you very much, Martin 'no comment |
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| ceptimus Senior Member Joined: 05/07/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 130 |
If I've understood it right, this link should allow anyone to access and edit my Fusion 360 design. https://a360.co/3TmWbG3 Don't worry about changing it - I already have a copy of the .stl, and if I want to make any substantial changes, it wouldn't take me long to just start over from scratch. But maybe it doesn't allow editing? I don't really understand what can, and cannot, be done using the free-to-use (hobby) version of Fusion 360. Edited 2024-03-05 05:42 by ceptimus |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 919 |
No, i edit the copy of the STL File which I downloaded with your ZIP File, so your Source doesn't change.  If I download a Textfile from you and edit it, your file also will not change ;-)^ here my more slim version: Pico Game Back.zip Edited 2024-03-08 22:13 by Martin H. 'no comment |
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| Octatron Newbie  Joined: 01/04/2015 Location: United KingdomPosts: 23 |
Another Successfully Completed Game*Mite Kit I enjoyed building Tom's kit, he has done a good job of collecting the parts together, even marking up the resistors. A couple of questions. Is there a way of transferring files from Drive B: (SD Card) to Drive A: (internal memory)? I checked the manual but couldn't see any mention. Is there a USB PicoMite version for Game*Mite? It would be good to attach a keyboard to it for editing etc. Also it would be good to see some games or other programs using the touch screen on Game*Mite. I don't think I have seen any yet but I may be wrong.  |
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| thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3863 |
Thank you for posting your build. The Game*Mite hardware is just a standard PicoMite with specific display, audio and some buttons. As per the normal PicoMite you can attach a PC via the USB connection and then use a terminal program (e.g. 'Tera Term' on Windows, 'screen' or 'PutTTY' on Linux or Mac). Once connected you can use the MMBasic console to copy files around. Alternatively use @TassyJim's MMEdit. Eventually I hope to provide tools of my own that will run on the Game*Mite and support basic operations such as moving files between A: and B: It's not on the cards from me. Use a terminal or MMEdit as above. Note you can't attach a PS/2 keyboard to the user-port, the required pins (GP8 and GP9) are not free. It would be good to see some more games full-stop  .To be honest the touch-screen doesn't really fall within my concept of the Game*Mite, but there was no good reason not to wire it up, so I did. Currently I'm porting Akalabeth (Ultima 0) starting with @vegipete's CMM2 version, but I'm doing it the long way around by way of getting it to run on MMBasic for Linux first .Thanks again for buying and building one, Tom Edited 2024-04-05 00:24 by thwill Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3027 |
Good job. COPY fname1$ TO fname2$ (fully qualified as to "A:/", "B:/") PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8603 |
e.g. copy "b:/backupdir/*.*" to "a:" |
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| Bleep Guru Joined: 09/01/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 414 |
Hi Octatron, I have installed the standard USB version on the GameMite, I did connect the terminal to GP8 & GP9, through J10, which is fine for initial set up, just don't press any of the push buttons, alternatively you can assign the terminal to GP16, GP17 which come out on the J4 connector on the back, I assume COM 1 can be used ok?, you may have to do some blind typing initially. Once you are set up you can use a powered hub (I think that was how I powered it) and USB keyboard connected to the Mini USB socket on the Pico. I have not then done exhaustive testing, running it as a full GameMite, (I did get FlappyBirds running, controlled from the USB keyboard and push button) but it'll probably work, you will probably have to remove the 'option serial console GP8,GP9' if you initially used that, to allow those GPs to be used in programs. Regards, Kevin. Edited 2024-04-05 02:00 by Bleep |
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