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| Volhout Guru  Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5485 |
@Peter, RP2040 VGA rc14 In the BLIT FLASH command there is a limit check that is incorrect. Below program loads a BMP in flash slot 3. The BMP is 256x240 in size. The test program reads from this file and outputs on the 320x240 screen. When blitting a graphics element on an X position larger than 256 (the screen is 320) you get an error message. You can demonstrate this by changing the variable n (line 23) from 16 to 17 (plots up to 256 -> up to 257). The graphics file is from KnightMare, converted from PNG by Martin.H. test.zip Volhout Edited 2025-11-18 00:12 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10653 |
What am I supposed to see? On a rp2350 I've got a yellow screen and letters flashing - no errors Same on RP2040. Attached my current binaries RP2040 PicoMite (2).zip RP2350 PicoMite.zip Edited 2025-11-18 01:58 by matherp |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5485 |
On my system I can vary N from 0 to 16 to cause an x shift. When I reach 17 I get an error. As if xout coördinate is validated against xin range. I Will Try again tonight with your binairies Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5485 |
Peter, On your binary, the same error happens. Change in the test.bas program (line 23) the value of n to 17 or higher. Values 0..16 work. See the rotating text reposition on the screen when you change n. Tested on VGA design 2. Volhout Edited 2025-11-18 04:17 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10653 |
Try this: V6.01.00RC15 PicoMiteV6.01.00RC15.zip Fixes bug in user drivers only running once Fixes validation bug in BLIT FLASH Changes to VGA222 drivers VGA222_640 RGB222 640x480 VGA222_320 RGB222 320x240 VGA222_720 RGB222 720x400 widescreen VGA222_360 RGB222 360x200 widescreen |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5485 |
@Peter, limit check fixed. Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| circuit Senior Member  Joined: 10/01/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 293 |
Remembrance Week has been busy; I have laid The Sovereign's Wreath on His Majesty's behalf at three Remembrance Ceremonies. Not the best weather; 3M Scotchguard was most helpful in keeping the rain from soaking into my uniform, but my sword ended up needing urgent maintenance to deal with the rain drop markings. It was whilst I was polishing up my sword and oiling the blade that a possible answer came to me regarding an MM problem that I have been wrestling with during the week. Look to the swordsman! =Peter, of course, who knows much more about both swords and digital electronics than I do! I have built a control board based upon the 2350DIL board that Peter designed. It controls 32 2amp 60v optical relays via appropriate interface circuitry. One bank of the opto-relays requires pulse operation and, after the board was installed, odd behaviour appeared. Eight relays in the bank failed to operate; GP32 to GP40. Naturally, I assumed it was a hardware error in my assembly. I scoured the board many times but could not see where I had gone wrong. I re-checked my programming; again, no error apparent. FRUSTRATION in extremis!. Whilst polishing my sword, a further possible diagnosis suddenly came to me; I left the sword, wired LEDs to the opto-relay outputs and typed in PULSE GP36, 1000. No response. I typed in PIN(GP36)=1 and it lit up! Therein the problem. Pins GP32 to 40 did not respond to PULSE but DID respond to a simple on/off. Each and every one. I was working with the release version of 6.00 from Geoff's site, so I downloaded and installed the latest version RC14 from this thread and found the same issue. Peter, is this a firmware issue or am I missing something else? Edited 2025-11-18 05:09 by circuit |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10653 |
Definitely a firmware issue. Day 1 RB2350B bug. I'll have a look tomorrow. Edited 2025-11-18 05:34 by matherp |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10653 |
V6.01.00RC16 PicoMiteV6.01.00RC16.zip Fixes bug in PULSE command on GP pins > 31 Fixes bugs in DEVICE SERIAL TX and DEVICE SERIAL RX including support for all pins on the RP2350B |
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| circuit Senior Member Joined: 10/01/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 293 |
Peter, Thank you very much indeed. New firmware loaded, program loaded and 32 opto-relays are functioning as intended. I do appreciate the speed at which you acted; I can now relax after more than a week of scratching my head and pouring over all my soldered connections looking for errors. Best regards, Circuit. |
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| ville56 Senior Member Joined: 08/06/2022 Location: AustriaPosts: 295 |
Peter, ist there a reason for this I did overlook?? > OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP2,GP3,GP4 > OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9488, LANDSCAPE,GP5,GP6,GP7,GP8,INVERT Error : Invalid syntax environment is > option list PicoMite MMBasic RP2350A V6.01.00RC16 OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP2,GP3,GP4 OPTION FLASH SIZE 16777216 OPTION COLOURCODE ON OPTION CPUSPEED (KHz) 200000 > Edit: did work in up to RC14 Gerald Edited 2025-11-19 03:02 by ville56 73 de OE1HGA, Gerald |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10653 |
ignore Edited 2025-11-19 03:47 by matherp |
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| ville56 Senior Member Joined: 08/06/2022 Location: AustriaPosts: 295 |
I was able to take over the settings from RC14 to RC16 just with a firmware upgrade. Display works, so it seems to be an issue in the command processing not in the display functionality itself. 73 de OE1HGA, Gerald |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10653 |
It's definitely a bug - will fix |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10653 |
Should be fixed PicoMiteV6.01.00RC16.zip |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5485 |
Hi Peter, I have a very unfortunate bug to report. RP2040 VGA V60100rc16 The game Frogger uses SPRITE SCROLL to move the lanes left and right. In rc16 that does not work correct anymore. Maybe Claude messed up. I have been able to trace it back to rc14 to have the problem also. rc12 is okay. SPRITE SCROLL moves a lane 2 pixels left or right. In rc16/15/14 it seems to scroll 4 pix, then 2 back, then 4, then 2 back, in stead or 2,2,2,2,etc.. Please find below video recordings. Watch the cars in the lower 2 lanes for the best comparison. compare 2 videos Volhout P.S. the scrolling text in the intro screen also shows the effect. Below is a picture of the scrolling text (yellow text) halted, and saved with "SAVE IMAGE". The video memory is really corrupted by the scrolling.  Edited 2025-11-19 06:25 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10653 |
What are you scrolling? screen or a framebuffer? What is the exact command doing the scrolling? AFAIK nothing has changed in this area. |
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| toml_12953 Guru Joined: 13/02/2015 Location: United StatesPosts: 498 |
Typing this from the command line: OPTION LCDPANEL ST7796SP,PORTRAIT,gp14,gp15,gp13,,INVERT gives me Error: Invalid syntax Here're my options: PicoMite MMBasic RP2350B V6.01.00RC16 OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP10,GP11,GP12 OPTION SYSTEM I2C GP6,GP7, SLOW OPTION FLASH SIZE 16777216 OPTION COLOURCODE ON OPTION CONTINUATION LINES ON OPTION CASE UPPER OPTION DEFAULT COLOURS GREEN, BLACK OPTION PICO OFF OPTION CPUSPEED (KHz) 360000 OPTION SDCARD GP17, GP18, GP19, GP16 OPTION AUDIO GP26,GP27', ON PWM CHANNEL 5 OPTION PLATFORM PicoMite Edited 2025-11-19 13:49 by toml_12953 |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5485 |
Hi Peter, This is the scrolling text issue. Title$=" Game based on the Arcade Game Frogger - copyright Konami 1981 - " tc%=0: tk%=7 mode 2 Do If TK%=7 Then Colour rgb(yellow) : text 14,176,Left$(title$,34) title$=Right$(title$,Len(title$)-1)+Left$(title$,1) Else blit 17,176,16,176,197,8 Box 207,168,1,8,,0,0 EndIf Inc tk%,-1:If tk%=0 Then TK%=7 pause 15 Loop until inkey$=" " It blits in N graphics partly over itself. Depending when you stop it you get readable text or gibberish. This is not the SPRITE SCROLL, but a blit. I will see if I can make a mini demo of the SPRITE SCROLL issue, but I think under water it is the same issue. Volhout P.S. is it using RGB222 pixel move in an RGB121 plane ? It appeared in rc14, the first to have RGB222 in 2350. But this is 2040. Edited 2025-11-19 18:10 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| toml_12953 Guru Joined: 13/02/2015 Location: United StatesPosts: 498 |
In External.c there's this code: #ifdef PICONITE "KEYBOARD" #endif #else "PIO1" #endif PICONITE isn't defined anywhere. Is it supposed to be PICOMITE? |
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