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Grogster

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Posted: 06:29am 17 Mar 2023
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What was the most up to date firmware release for the MM1 series of chips?

I have one here, running Version 4.0504

I know the 150's are basically not supported anymore/EOL, but I have a project(Sever Shutdown Timer) and it only needs very simple code and the earlier MM1 based on the 150 chip is fine, and I have a few of these spare, so a perfect chance to use them in this day of chip shortages.

Thanks for any comments.
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JohnS
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Posted: 08:20am 17 Mar 2023
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Do you mean the PIC32MX150F128B? I can't find it at all on Geoff's site.

I can only find the PIC32MX170F256B.

Unfortunately, on many pages Geoff doesn't explicitly state which CPU(s) is/are involved.

I _think_ you may want "lite" from here

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Geoffg

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Posted: 08:43am 17 Mar 2023
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It is still on my website:



The direct link is: https://geoffg.net/Downloads/Micromite/Micromite_Original.zip

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JohnS
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Posted: 09:02am 17 Mar 2023
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Aha! I used PIC32MX150F128B (i.e. included the B) and it's not found by a web search :(

Some of that "AI" in ChatGPT is needed!!

It really should NOT matter if the B is there or not (unless the word is quoted, but it wasn't).

The phrase "standard Micromite" kept cropping up, too, without mentioning which chip(s) (other than pin count).

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Geoffg

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Posted: 09:27am 17 Mar 2023
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There are two versions of the firmware for the B and D versions of the chip.  Which is why I did not specify the exact variant.

But no matter.  It is always hard searching for things like that - I have sometimes spent hours looking for something on the web that I saw just the day previously.

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JohnS
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Posted: 09:39am 17 Mar 2023
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Sorry I (& search) missed it, though!

I know what you mean... on a good day it's still in search History :)

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Grogster

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Posted: 02:24am 18 Mar 2023
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Thanks very much.

The chips I have here are 150F128B.

I should have looked on Geoff's site, but I figured that as it is essentially discontinued and EOL, it probably is not up on his site anymore - assumptions being the mother of all.......

I would not use this older FW normally, but I need to build another server shutdown timer, and I still have about ten 150's I probably will never use, and the original project used the 150 chip, so...
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Makes sense to use them - and the PIC32 is a great chip. Good I/O & robust.

I wish Microchip had improved it - more memory (& speed). Maybe added a 2nd core.

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Grogster

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Posted: 08:08am 18 Mar 2023
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Well, the 170 added more memory, but yeah- I agree with you.
I expect it was a case of fundamental economics vs demand.  
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