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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9586 |
Element14 are selling this board with the MZ chip. Not exactly cheap though. Does have USB, network and programmer/debugger on-board. I have no idea if this is the correct MZ chip for the MZ Maximite though. Come to think of it - is the MZ Maximite still on the development table, or has that been dropped in favour of further development of the Micromite? Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| hitsware Guru  Joined: 23/11/2012 Location: United StatesPosts: 535 |
" MZ " ?? |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4033 |
Put PIC32MZ into google or go to link posted and use things there :) Crazy price, should guarantee very slow take-up of the chips. Probably (definitely?) still has the very bug-ridden silicon, too. Equivalent chips from ST, Aw etc are cheap and their dev boards also cheap. E.g. ST board is about $25. Or A10 board is about $35 John |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9586 |
I remember reading somewhere(here, I think it was) that the MZ chips had bugs, but I figured that if they are releasing evaluation boards now, that those bugs must have been fixed. The ones with the report of bugs were the pre-release samples, so I seem to remember. Perhaps the juicy ARM CPU's might be the way to go with a new Maximite. A plethora of those chips available, with various number of cores and RAM configurations. And certainly much cheaper. 
EDIT: ...like the A10 linked to above, or how about CuBox i2 with dual-core 1GHz, 1GB RAM, Network, HDMI, USB all in a tiny package for $80.  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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JFlynn Newbie  Joined: 13/12/2014 Location: United StatesPosts: 3 |
If you are still interested, I just checked the U.S. site for Newark and they have Microchip dev boards. They have the same item you were asking about, but it appears to be much cheaper now, plus they have 15% off until 12/31. Here is the product link: http://www.newark.com/microchip/dm320006/dev-board-pic32mz20 48ec-mcu/dp/19X8473 |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4033 |
Before buying it, might be worth checking if it has the CPU with all the horrid errata (I expect it does) and can you live with them. It's still terribly expensive vs. other dev boards e.g. with ARM chips. John |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9586 |
Just for this thread's information - no, I am not buying one of these. Too costly. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Gordz Regular Member  Joined: 10/08/2013 Location: AustraliaPosts: 55 |
I have just made up a *small simple two layer board for evaluating this chip. If it tests out OK I am happy to release the gerber files for it. 
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2949 |
Hi Gordz, It looks pretty compact.. Heaps of I/O Pins.. Good work, Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| Gordz Regular Member Joined: 10/08/2013 Location: AustraliaPosts: 55 |
Cheers mate. It's bare bones really but I want to see how quick these chips really are, so there are a bunch of I/O that I could not route / was not worth the bother. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9586 |
The pin-spacing on the QFP looks like fun. What is that? 0.4mm? Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Gordz Regular Member Joined: 10/08/2013 Location: AustraliaPosts: 55 |
yes it's 0.4 mm. The pack is the 12x12mm 100 pin. The board you see has the 14mm chip but of course I have 12mm !! Are you the "Mite" man ? |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9586 |
If you are referring to the man who designed and made the MaxiMite computer and the MicroMite controller chip, then no - that is Geoff Graham. I did make a few PCB's that I tacked "Mite" on to the end of - Expandamite and Videomite. Those were my designs, but the inspiration for which was totally because of Geoff Graham's creation.
0.4mm spacing would be fun to solder. Will you reflow that with a stencil and a SMD oven, or do you plan to hand-solder that beast? Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Gordz Regular Member Joined: 10/08/2013 Location: AustraliaPosts: 55 |
Hand solder. I got some simple stuff from Jaycar and made up a cheap and cheerful SMD station. Should have done it years ago as it works surprisingly well. 
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| Gordz Regular Member Joined: 10/08/2013 Location: AustraliaPosts: 55 |
Here it is "laid" out. The fan and filter is also from them. Its way cheaper than a stereo microscope and a fume fan and light 
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9586 |
That's clever, and less bulky then a lamp & fume extractor arrangement. Awesome. Where did you get the magnifying glass from? I can't find that one on Jaycar's site. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Gordz Regular Member Joined: 10/08/2013 Location: AustraliaPosts: 55 |
Look here http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=QM3505&CATID=74& form=CAT2&SUBCATID=956#1 But watch out !! it'll set you back 9 bucks :) |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9586 |
Excellent - thanks for the link and idea - I think I am going to have to steal that one for my own workbench. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Gordz Regular Member Joined: 10/08/2013 Location: AustraliaPosts: 55 |
No worries, let me know how you go once you've tried it |
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| isochronic Guru Joined: 21/01/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 689 |
There is a "PIM" with an mz ..I bought one but it is a uh next-year project for me,,it has all the capacitors installed but might only work with explorer16 I guess, theoretically it should use icsp like anything else ?! |
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