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KeepIS Guru  Joined: 13/10/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1837 |
Yes I realise that, but Peter had a working unit with those links still in place, obviously I've removed them as mine does not receive with them in. As peter replied in a previous post. NANO Inverter: Full download - Only Hex Ver 8.1Ks |
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| KeepIS Guru Joined: 13/10/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1837 |
Well nothing I do can get the SD card reader to work, (see a few posts back) I even declared a CD line and tried it hi and lo, same error "no SD card present" when I type Files. If I'm up to it tomorrow I may try hooking up the SD slot on an LCD and see if that will work. I'm not going to try hooking up the LCD until I get an SD card reader to work. NANO Inverter: Full download - Only Hex Ver 8.1Ks |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10078 |
If you can post a detailed picture or two perhaps someone can see what the issue is. By far the easiest is to get hold of one of the backpacks (V1.2 or 1,3) which have an onboard SDcard slot. I know someone had a surplus of V1.2 PCBs - check the backpack thread. |
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| KeepIS Guru Joined: 13/10/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1837 |
Hi thanks for the suggestion, but I used to design, prototype, program and repair industrial electronics, the testing I have done is to check for a clock, check the CS line I selected is being transitioned and the other pins are as per the manual, all are as they should be. I just swapped the 4 control lines from the Arduino SD reader to the card reader pins on the 7" LCD, along with 3v3 and GND. Result - it works  - So the Arduino SD reader does not want to work or is faulty.I'm wondering if the simple series current limit resistors they use in the Arduino SD reader to allow it to interface to either 5v or 3v3 I/O pins is the problem. There is a 5v to 3v3 regulator that is selected depending on the voltage input pin used (5v or 3v3). Not the greatest design. Anyway, now that I've got the SD interface working I'll connect the LCD - I find one step at a time is easiest to fault find on a new system using patch cables. And yes, I had already enquired about getting the latest version of the backpack board. Thanks again. NANO Inverter: Full download - Only Hex Ver 8.1Ks |
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| Bill7300 Senior Member  Joined: 05/08/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 159 |
I should have some spare Back Pack 1.3 boards here in Oz soon, assuming JLCPCB doesn't find any more "niggles". Somehow my Zip client refused to zip all of Peter's files, which I had needlessly unzipped when I downloaded them. JLCPCB only take zipped files, so I had to reverse that process. On my first two attempts, the drill files were missing. Third time lucky, hopefully, as the JLCPCB page now shows them "in production". They will be $6 each, plus postage. Ordered 10, will keep 3, so 7 available. Bill Bill |
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goc30 Guru Joined: 12/04/2017 Location: FrancePosts: 435 |
Hi TassyJim I come back Before completing my problem, I wanted to check more precisely. I tested with other programs, always the same. then I tested with or without loading fonts: always the same. I tested with version 3.7.0 and 3.7.3: always the same the problem does not exist with a micromite+ that can load 1049 blocks (but with a message "not enough memory", which is normal) here is an example of a program that cannot load completely and that bug all from block 767 (it is the "Weather station" exemple with 1 font loading) 2018-09-29_111427_test_chg1.zip |
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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6224 |
goc30, How are you loading the file? Are you using 'load and run' or the file manager? If you are loading it into memory, you can also do a 'LOAD' from the chat window. This uses AUTOSAVE instead of XMODEM. I tried loading your program onto my armite and it got past the 767 block point OK There was a problem when the armite tried to save it: Sending #770 / 772 Sending #771 / 772 Sending #772 / 772 File transfer completed. All Done! Saving program [926] 27BDFFE8 AFBF0014 AFB00010 3C109D00 8C830000 8E020090 24050008&nbs p;00003021 Error: Invalid hex word > Your code has HTML code in the cfunctions. That would really annoy the armite (and any other micromite) Try this MMedit.tkn file. It is a bit newer than the ones you are using but I don't think it will make any difference. 2018-09-29_115507_MMedit.zip Replace the TKN file in the MMEdit program folder. Jim VK7JH MMedit |
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| KeepIS Guru Joined: 13/10/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1837 |
PM sent. NANO Inverter: Full download - Only Hex Ver 8.1Ks |
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| KeepIS Guru Joined: 13/10/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1837 |
Can anyone tell me what pins are used for T_IRQ and T_CS on the v1.3 backpack boards? They are listed as configurable in the manual, I assume they are set for the backpack boards? Mike. NANO Inverter: Full download - Only Hex Ver 8.1Ks |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6224 |
My version 1.0 board has OPTION TOUCH 56, 123 I expect the later boards are the same. Jim Edit: it will depend on the display you are using.  VK7JH MMedit |
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| KeepIS Guru Joined: 13/10/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1837 |
Oh, well I'm using the SSD1963 LCD Panels. I'll just pick two for now and change them when I get the board. Thanks Mike NANO Inverter: Full download - Only Hex Ver 8.1Ks |
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| goc30 Guru Joined: 12/04/2017 Location: FrancePosts: 435 |
Hi Jim Yes I use button "load and run" in mmedit menu If I use "load" function in mmbasic (load "test_chg1"), it say "not enough memory" I have tested your new version, it is same problem programm is not important. I have same bug with my programme who has not Cfunction As I said you, I can't load prog. If i delete downloads fonts, it load and after work correctly I put here my screen save. You can see that the ultime block is "loaded" many times befor it stop 2018-09-29_183424_screen_mmedit.zip |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10078 |
Try setting OPTION FLASHPAGES to 2 |
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| goc30 Guru Joined: 12/04/2017 Location: FrancePosts: 435 |
it is one of the first things I have tested, and it is same here you can see my teraterm screen  I begin to understand the problem 1 - ram memory free is 98k. That mean that you can't load file more than 98k byte long (have-you an other way to load??) 2 - option flash change only flash memory not ram 3 - when you write "98k" that mean 98 x 1024 byte (100352 bytes), but file 98774 bytes can't be loaded, why?? |
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| KeepIS Guru Joined: 13/10/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1837 |
Am I correct in assuming that all I need to do to use the SSD1936 7" display and its SD card are: OPTION SD 87 OPTION LCDPANEL SSD1963_7A,L OPTION TOUCH 56, 123 The SD card works perfectly, however I have no display. BTW Console USB is working perfectly. Option list confirms my settings. Powering the LCD back-light 5v line directly from a 5v 1A supply, same supply in powering the board VIA E5V, yes correct link is selected. If the OPTION is correct I'll start going back over the connections. There is one connection on the LCD panel that I can't I can't identify, it's labelled as f_CS or r_CS, it's directly above the pin labelled CS. I'm trying to run the LCD in 8 bit mode and only have D0 to D7 connected. Mike. EDIT Looks like that r_CS pin is connected to the red led in the Micromite Plus, so likely not needed. NANO Inverter: Full download - Only Hex Ver 8.1Ks |
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| KeepIS Guru Joined: 13/10/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1837 |
I checked every pin again, checked for Data, WR, RS, CS and IRQ signals and all were there and working correctly, as a last resort I rechecked the backlight links, there was a cats whisker solder join from where I had removed the 0 ohm resistor to the pin above for LCD controlled backlight  Everything now works except the calibration is out X = -5, Y = -42 pixels? GUI controls work though but are out by 42 pixels. NANO Inverter: Full download - Only Hex Ver 8.1Ks |
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| KeepIS Guru Joined: 13/10/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1837 |
Perhaps someone here can answer this, nothing I do will allow Calibrate without errors. BTW the 7" LCD calibrates perfectly on the MM plus. I tried GUI TEST TOUCH, instead of a dot where you touch the screen or a line when you draw, there are random blobs in various directions depending on where you touch, almost looks like noise is being injected into the touch data output? NANO Inverter: Full download - Only Hex Ver 8.1Ks |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6224 |
You used SSD1963_7A perhaps try SSD1963_7 Although I expect that touch is separate from the display routines. Make sure that you haven't clamped the edges of the display when mounting it. Jim VK7JH MMedit |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6224 |
@goc30 I see that you are using OPTION LCDPANEL SSD1963_5_BUFF That is where your memory has gone to. Without the video buffer > LOAD "temp.bas" Error: Not enough memory for Cfunction > option flashpages 2 > LOAD "temp.bas" > memory Flash: 136K (35%) Program (3992 lines) 248K (65%) Free RAM: 0K ( 0%) 0 Variables 0K ( 0%) General 498K (100%) Free > Plenty of flash and RAM available and a large program loaded without any problems. Jim VK7JH MMedit |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10078 |
As Jim says the issue is the driver you are using. Unless you specifically need the buffered driver use SSD1963_n_16 If you really need this driver then disable it, load the program and then re-enable it. That way all the RAM will be available for program load. The code reserves some RAM for housekeeeping so you can never use all the RAM available during program load The code for calibration is identical for all the displays but I also find that the 7" display is much noisier and more difficult to calibrate accurately - the 5" display works perfectly every time. The 7" display uses a lot of power and has two onboard switching regulators so I suspect that it is inducing electrical noise and that for some reason the STM is more susceptible to this than the PIC. I've already put in additional checks into the calibration as someone else was having problems but I don't think the answer is in software. |
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