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Works fine on my PicoCalc with RP2350A. Did you download the firmware from the clockwork forum site? https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/picomite-firmware-version-6-02-00a-for-use-on-clockworkpi-picocalc/21345
phil99 Guru Joined: 11/02/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2999
Posted: 05:00am 08 Feb 2026
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An observation about the N5110 LCD driver. It does not like an idiot driving the console. Forgetting to set a pin before using it as a pulse pin results in the RP2040 stopping and becoming unresponsive to Ctrl-C. Heartbeat led continues to flash. A simple command-line demo.
> option list PicoMite MMBasic RP2040 V6.02.00 OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP18,GP19,GP16 OPTION SYSTEM I2C GP10,GP11 OPTION COLOURCODE ON OPTION CPUSPEED (KHz) 378000 OPTION DISPLAY 55, 152 OPTION LCDPANEL N5110, LANDSCAPE,GP13,GP14,GP15, 195 OPTION RTC AUTO ENABLE > > > do : text 9,6,time$ : text 2,25,date$ : pulse GP17,1 : loop Error : Pin 22/GP17 is not an output Error : Display not configured Error : Display not configured Error : Display not configured '<- continues for 2 dozen lines
I guess it isn't a bug as it works properly if you do things correctly. Edited 2026-02-08 16:36 by phil99
Sasquatch Guru Joined: 08/05/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 384
Posted: 09:32pm 09 Feb 2026
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Could these commands be made to work with the "parallel" connected LCD displays as well? Seems much simpler than using the CMD/DATA to get the job done.
> option list PicoMite MMBasic RP2040 V6.02.00 OPTION SYSTEM I2C GP20,GP21 OPTION COLOURCODE ON OPTION HEARTBEAT OFF OPTION PICO OFF OPTION CPUSPEED (KHz) 200000 OPTION DISPLAY 51, 100 OPTION SDCARD GP19, GP10, GP11, GP12 OPTION F1 FLASH RUN 1 OPTION PLATFORM PicoMite RP2040-SD:32G
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Jan.
phil99 Guru Joined: 11/02/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2999
Posted: 09:59pm 11 Feb 2026
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So it would appear they both use the same token. Using "the one corresponding to the returned datatype" is just to help others reading the code and makes no difference to MMBasic.
JanVolk Guru Joined: 28/01/2023 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 316
Posted: 10:37pm 11 Feb 2026
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Thanks phil99,
As I mentioned earlier, I was updating the help.txt to V6.02.00. Several other commands are also being updated automatically, as I've read in the manual. I've fixed this in the help.txt by adding a " ' " in front of them. MM.CODE and STEPPER aren't in the manual, but I've mentioned them before. And for a limited number of commands and functions, a short Dutch explanation is provided. The file is now 60KB and is mainly for the command and function names and sequences. English isn't my first language, and Google Translate is my friend. So perhaps I reacted a bit too quickly?
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Jan.
JanVolk Guru Joined: 28/01/2023 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 316
Posted: 05:54pm 12 Feb 2026
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Geoffg,
Thanks for adding I2CLCD to the manual V6.02.00 Rev. 5.
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bfwolf Senior Member Joined: 03/01/2025 Location: GermanyPosts: 156
Posted: 08:14pm 12 Feb 2026
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I recently had another idea and had to "experiment"...
list Option Explicit
Type ColorEnumT red As Integer green As Integer blue As Integer End Type
Dim ColorEnum As ColorEnumT = (1, 2, 3)
Print ColorEnum.blue, ColorEnum.red
End > run 3 1 >
So I "misused" structs as enums...
Advantages: - "Quite usable," except for the definition. - Saves memory in the variable table compared to const and variables, since only one variable is used.
Disadvantages: - Not exactly elegant when defining the enum. - Only 16 different enum "constants" can be created per enum, since a struct (currently) can have a maximum of 16 members.
@Peter: Perhaps this will inspire you to "one day in the distant future" implement proper enums in MMBasic?
Syntax in VB.NET:
Enum enumerationname [ As datatype ] memberlist End Enum
datatype = { Byte, Integer, Long, SByte, Short, UInteger, ULong, UShort } ' ...so all integer types, could also be omitted or a "dummy"...
memberlist = member [ = integer-value ] [ memberlist ]
For the above example
Enum ColorEnum red = 1 green blue End Enum Print ColorEnum.blue, ColorEnum.red
I'm quite sure there would be a lot of code shared with the structs. The offsets in the internal tables could hold the enum values (=constant integer-values).
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