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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : micromite stuff?
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| markboston36 Regular Member  Joined: 27/10/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 76 |
What happened to all of the micromite stuff that used to be on this forum. i’m finding mmbasic but no software or anything that used to be here. |
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disco4now Guru  Joined: 18/12/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 897 |
The micromite software and manuals are on Geoff's site. https://geoffg.net/micromite.html I think the software for Micromites was always via Geoff's site. All the old discussions are still on this site I think. Latest F4 Latest H7 |
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Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1114 |
how about the Sticky Topic Micromite MMBasic Library(s) ? 'no comment |
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| disco4now Guru Joined: 18/12/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 897 |
On searching on this forum TBS. A search for 'Micromite' will return a maximum of 50 results. Most of these will be recent and possibly just reference 'micromite' in discussion around Picomite or similar. This makes it look like the original items are not there. You can use google to search by prefixing the search with site:thebackshed.com You can also add -picomite etc to exclude items with that keyword. e.g. to search for micromite but not maximite,picomite,mmbasic or ARM use this as the google search. site:thebackshed.com micromite -maximite -picomite -mmbasic -ARM Latest F4 Latest H7 |
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palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1873 |
I think Mark may mean no one is talking about MM lately. The Micromite has sort of been on the backburner since the Picomite. I guess just not much to talk about at the moment. "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
Probably cos the PIC32 series of chips are still very hard to obtain with any kind of certainty, and so no future firmware developments are happening, cos there are no chips to load the new firmware into..... Perhaps only a part-problem, but chips are still hard to find, whereas the Pico module is really easy(and cheap) to find, so all the development is for that module and chip for the moment. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6798 |
I'm currently playing with a RP2040-Zero and I suspect it takes up much less PCB area than a through-hole 28pin Micromite with through-hole accessories. No bridge chip, ICSP header or 3V3 regulator needed. And it was cheaper (from AliExpress they are, anyway). Not as many IO but I don't need more for this project. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3804 |
I think there's no more space in the flash of micromites for the extra functionality now available. If Microchip had made chips available and created new ones with bigger RAM & flash (at good prices) maybe things would be different. The RP2040 & boards using it have been a boon. John Edited 2023-06-21 17:18 by JohnS |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4247 |
After the silicon production dip manufacturers will focus on volume products first (regain market share, make money). I fear that the volume for through hole microcontrollers could postpone the availability of new micromites (the 28 pin). Maybe postpone until eternity. Old stock (in your lab drawer) may be your only rescue for these. Volhout Edited 2023-06-21 18:18 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6798 |
Very few industrial scale customers are interested in through-hole anything now. If it can't be pick-and-place or hand soldered in position very cheaply then they don't want to know. At the moment we are ok for non-silicon components, probably because of the very cheap electronic assembly shops in some parts of the world, but even that may not last as they eventually become more automated. My ancient eyeballs and increasingly wobbly hands don't think much of SMD. lol Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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