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| matherp Guru  Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9115 |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9115 |
As per the title. I'm updating the manuals for V5.07.08 functionality but would like to get rid of any known errors as well. Rather than me trying to go back through all the posts since V5.07.07, if you are aware of any manual typos/bugs or omissions please post them on this thread Thanks |
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| Frank N. Furter Guru Joined: 28/05/2012 Location: GermanyPosts: 828 |
In the example "LCD Display" (page 43 above PicoMite and page 37 PicoMiteVGA) GP23 and GP24 are used (BITBANG LCD INIT GP2, GP3, GP4, GP5, GP23, GP24), which are used internally in the Pico... Frank |
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| LouisG Senior Member  Joined: 19/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 124 |
In the function FORMAT$(nbr[,fmt$]) in sub-paragraph 'precision', it says "If specified, the precision must be preceded by a dot (.)." I tried not specifying precision because I was dealing with integers but kept getting a decimal point and four decimal places (all showing zeros). In the end, to make it work I had to specify a precision of ".0" in order to display integers without any decimal fraction places. That fixed it. You might want to clarify the wording. Perhaps the four decimal places is the default case when precision is not specified? Regards and bon courage with the manual! ... Louis |
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NPHighview Senior Member Joined: 02/09/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 200 |
It would be absolutely wonderful to have an index. I've downloaded Word versions of the manuals, and started creating my own indices, but that's tedious work. I'd be happy to help. My process included developing a word-frequency list, knocking out the prepositions, adjectives, and adverbs, and starting from the remainder. I also "gamed" the Amazon publishing-on-demand system by uploading a PDF version of the WebMite manual to their system so I could get a handy book format printed version. To make this more useful as a bound volume, I modified the layout by setting left-page and right-page margins to provide more room for the binding, and page numbers at the bottom). I put a copy of the fonts page on one of the inside covers, and pin-out diagram for the WebMite on the back cover. As a "creator", I got a bound, printed review copy of the manual for a few dollars. (Previously, I'd paid big bucks to get a spiral-bound version from the local copy shop). Once the book arrived, I tabbed the "MM.Info", "Options", "Commands", and "Functions" sections for easy access. It's still available on Amazon, but lost in the sea of other self-published stuff. It's only ever been printed once, for my "review" copy :-) If that's of any interest, I'd be happy to do this again for our community. Edited 2023-10-17 01:05 by NPHighview Live in the Future. It's Just Starting Now! |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
Good idea. Do you have a link? I searched for "WebMite Manual" and various other possibilities, but got nothing related. I don't want to buy that version, but might be interested in an edition for the upcoming manual. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| Amnesie Guru Joined: 30/06/2020 Location: GermanyPosts: 396 |
Peter mentioned that there exists: mm.info(sound) but it isn't in the manual at all. I searched for it, 0 results. Greetings Daniel |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4233 |
In the chapter about PIO, change the font of the code examples to match the rest of the manual (courier?) Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| JanVolk Senior Member Joined: 28/01/2023 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 144 |
This is from my own manual: Module works LCD1602 or HD44780 on 5V! Can also sometimes work on 3V3 with contrast at max. and reduce series resistance for LED. All I/O pins on the PicoMite can be used and you don't have to set them in advance (the LCD command does that for you automatically). It is better to use an 8 channel level shifter because the 5V is placed on RS, EN, D4-D7 and the gate breaks above 3V6! But an I2C to parallel module on the back of the LCD can also remove the 2 x 4k7 on the module and connect it to the 3V3 bus. And use a sub routine for i2c_lcd. This is somewhere on this forum with some minor adjustments. Works for 16x2 and 20x4 and also custom characters. Jan |
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| Andrew_G Guru Joined: 18/10/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 847 |
Good idea Peter. My suggestions are: 1. links to important source material on TBS e.g.: - Geoff's Projects - Updates for firmware, changes.txt and manuals - Fruit of the Shed - . . . (These become second nature, after a while, but are important to newcomers or rank amateurs like me) 2. Important differences between PicoMite, PicoMiteVGA and WebMite. This is important to making the trade-offs between the mites. (This might be expanded to the wider MMBasic family but that is a lot of work). 3. a link to Geoff's video on GUI Controls as per page 48 of the MicroMite+ manual and his code on the following pages. You are welcome to adapt and use my edited code (updated today) that runs on a 480x320 display here without any attribution. The next two suggestions have been discussed before and have reasons for and against - I just raise them for the 'editorial committee' to consider again: 4. There used to be a two-page summary sheet for MMBasic - is that too hard to do, say, for the Pico family? 5. An index. Yes all the manuals are searchable but an index would be useful. This is a lot of work, particularly keeping up with changes. It may best be tackled by 'others' but in close collaboration with the manual authors. If it were produced as a 'brother document' it might lag the manual but be able to be subsequently incorporated into a pdf and printed by users. Printing an index of say 10 pages would make the pdf so much more useful. Cheers, Andrew Edited 2023-10-17 06:45 by Andrew_G |
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| NPHighview Senior Member Joined: 02/09/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 200 |
Lizby - The book evidently got pulled by Amazon, perhaps because I listed Peter, Geoff, et. al as authors instead of me. Here's what I see:  Live in the Future. It's Just Starting Now! |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
I've never had a printed copy of a MMBasic manual, but I'd spring for one at that price if updated for PicoMite 5.07.08. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| JanVolk Senior Member Joined: 28/01/2023 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 144 |
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| JanVolk Senior Member Joined: 28/01/2023 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 144 |
Small adjustment. |
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| LouisG Senior Member Joined: 19/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 124 |
In the section "Connecting an SSD1963 Based LCD Panel" the SSD1963 connection table shows: LED_A Backlight control for an unmodified display panel Configurable However, the relevant OPTION command is: OPTION LCDPANEL controller, orientation That's it. No additional parameters. No way to tell the Picomite what pin was selected for connecting to LED_A. I looked at other OPTION commands but couldn't find anything. Need a way to tell Picomite the pin selected for LED_A (if it doesn't already exist). ... Louis |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6786 |
There isn't one. ;) From the manual: BUT see page 51 of the manual, which is specific to backlight control of the SSD1963. I don't really see how these could be combined as the SSD1963 actually works in a different way. Edited 2023-10-17 17:37 by Mixtel90 Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9115 |
There is one but it isn't properly documented. Just append the backlight pin to the end of the command. e.g. OPTION LCDPANEL SSD1963_7,l,backlightpinno Re: the purpose of the thread. I'm looking for errors/typos and functional omissions (e.g MM.INFO(SOUND). Major restructuring, incorporating chunks of Raspberry Pi documentation and probably an index (unless Geoff knows how and wants to tackle it) are out of scope. |
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| Andrew_G Guru Joined: 18/10/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 847 |
Peter, And the other suggestions? are they recorded? Noting that you have a volunteer to do the index. Andrew Edited 2023-10-17 20:30 by Andrew_G |
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| cosmic frog Senior Member Joined: 09/02/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 284 |
Page 84 of the Pico VGA manual - PLAY FLAC - "The extension of .WAV will be appended if..." Should this be "The extension of .FLAC will be appended if..." Dave. |
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| cosmic frog Senior Member Joined: 09/02/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 284 |
Page 110 of the Pico VGA manual - PIXEL(x,y[,page_number]) Tells us what x and y is for but nothing about the optional [page_number]. Dave. |
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