Notice. New forum software under development. It's going to miss a few functions and look a bit ugly for a while, but I'm working on it full time now as the old forum was too unstable. Couple days, all good. If you notice any issues, please contact me.
IanRogers Senior Member Joined: 09/12/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 152
Posted: 08:11am 09 Dec 2022
Copy link to clipboard
Print this post
First of all thanks for the invite. I've been using Geoff's stuff for a while.. Maximite , micromite and now picomite.
I appreciate the pico W wasn't around while the picomite was developed so here goes.
Every time I call OPTION the console locks and a reboot is necessary. so setting the SPI.. then the SD then the LCD then the TOUCH.
I just assumed there were clashes somewhere.. But they do save!
As the TOUCH isn't calibrating I tried to "OPTION CLEAR" and there is no command.
I did scour the topics before I posted.. Any idea's.. BTW GUI CALIBRATE works as I lied where the targets were..
The same panel is AOKAY on my microMite...I'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous
matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10629
Posted: 08:29am 09 Dec 2022
Copy link to clipboard
Print this post
The PicoW is not and never will be supported in MMbasic. Anything that works at all is a bonus
IanRogers Senior Member Joined: 09/12/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 152
Posted: 08:39am 09 Dec 2022
Copy link to clipboard
Print this post
Cool.. I though so.
Most of it seems to work quite well..
I have what I need working.. When I read that the OPTION was giving a bit of a headache to the VGA ( now resolved ) I thought "AHA!" but alass..
Anywho... Its only a play toy I have two micromites and I was just going to use a picow at home to help development..
My other interests are for the pico W on he python platform using wifi, so no loss. I can work with what I've got... Thanks.I'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous
IanRogers Senior Member Joined: 09/12/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 152
Posted: 09:53am 09 Dec 2022
Copy link to clipboard
Print this post
LOL!!!!!
I just connected the SD card tested it and found this in the manual...
Also The TOUCH requires you to hold longer that's why it was giving a problem.
As you were everyone... All perfecto! Edited 2022-12-09 19:54 by IanRogersI'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous
Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9760
Posted: 01:54am 10 Dec 2022
Copy link to clipboard
Print this post
Well done.
And welcome to the forums, BTW. As Peter said, the Pico-W is something of a gray-area in terms of even standard compatibility, so I would encourage you to swap your W module, for a standard Pico module, so that you can be absolutely sure that the W module is not somehow causing issues with either the MMBASIC firmware, or your code - or both.
Essentially, the Pico-W, not being officially supported at all, means you will get limited support(if any, really) with any problems you have, simply because of the use of the unsupported module.
Up to you, I guess, but for what it's worth, that is my 2 cents. But welcome, and I hope you continue to enjoy yourself.
As someone who recently gave up drinking, your avatar looks delicious.... Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!
IanRogers Senior Member Joined: 09/12/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 152
Posted: 09:04am 10 Dec 2022
Copy link to clipboard
Print this post
Yep and I appreciate that.. However! without the wifi it is essentially the same beast.. I also know that MMBasic will not have the same memory available..
So far it is running an LCD PANEL with SD and TOUCH very well indeed.. I have allocated 10 GUI controls and next I will try sound.. I very much doubt there will be too many clashes.
If I can help anyone else with small pico W issues, all the better.
I have always been that lil' oddball.. Back with the release of the maximite, I not only used a chipkit max and that UBW thing and I also had it running on a tiny pinguino micro and pinguino max. before I bought a maximite colour pcboard from Geoff back in 2012.
As I said earlier... I want these pico W for some IOT fun, but as the UF2 was there!! hey ho!
As to my Avatar! Still use the same one on every forum I'm a member on ( sometimes put snow on for christmas ) I'm not an alcy.. but I do love single malt, especially from the east coast of Scotland where the water is like honey..
I should have joined his forum years ago, but for the last 12 years I was running my own company, and time has been limited... My online time is normally spent at AAC or ETO where I moderate BUT!!!! Time for a change..
And!! Geoff if you read this.. I was in the same programming mind as you, I couldn't get my head around VS basic, I still run an XP machine just to use VB6..
I have since moved to OOP Pascal ( Lazarus ) which is VERY similar to machine access of VB6, so thats where my windows interfaces are born..
I've looked at all your photo's and "just maybe" I'll post one of me, wrinkles an all!
Thanks for your post Grogster! Edited 2022-12-10 19:06 by IanRogersI'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous
Hans Senior Member Joined: 18/10/2022 Location: CanadaPosts: 117
Posted: 09:22pm 10 Dec 2022
Copy link to clipboard
Print this post
Hi All;
I have both a PICO and PICO-W and I have found no apparent differences in setting up for an RTC and SDCard on each. The PICO-W is running a VGA monitor with the 5.07.5C10 PICOMITEVGA version and the PICO is running an SD1306LCD with 5.07.5C10 and the PICOMITE version.
I will be replacing the W variant with a standard PICO, just seems a waste to not be able to use the RF part, but I really hate to use Python just for the radio unit. Maybe if I do more in depth research into the radio unit on the W I may be able to do something with it. I have seen how you can program by pushing machine language into memory by Volhout.
I will say that being new to MMBasic and its implementation on the PICO, I am still finding my way around the limitations of what you can and can't do. There is so much more that MMBasic can provide on more power full processor but it's still fun with just a PICO.
I have been enjoying this forum for the past few months. Especially the breath and width of the discussions not to mention the the great code examples you guys provide.
A big thanks to ALL the great people that post here!
Hans ...
IanRogers Senior Member Joined: 09/12/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 152
Posted: 11:55am 11 Dec 2022
Copy link to clipboard
Print this post
Same here.. I predominately program in C.. I know I can interface an sram to take care of the ram deficiency... I can program in python, but I would rather not.
Like you, I'll find my feet first, then it's LIBRARY time... Edited 2022-12-11 21:58 by IanRogersI'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous
Notice. New forum software under development. It's going to miss a few functions and look a bit ugly for a while, but I'm working on it full time now as the old forum was too unstable. Couple days, all good. If you notice any issues, please contact me.
Print this post
