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stanleyella Guru  Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2129 |
I hope I don't offend but I found this and as I have one may try the complicated setup. Will it be like mmbasic and picomite? I doubt it will be as nice. https://www.hackster.io/sl001/a-vga-computer-based-on-esp32-and-fabgl-with-sound-graphics-976894 |
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| mclout999 Guru Joined: 05/07/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 469 |
https://www.hackster.io/sl001/a-vga-computer-based-on-esp32-and-fabgl-with-sound-graphics-976894 To make a link clickable you have to past it twice into the web link dialogue for it to work. I don't know why but it works. Edited 2023-06-03 03:20 by mclout999 |
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thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4043 |
Because one of the fields is the string to be displayed in the forum and the second is the URL to be visited when it is clicked  .The format (replacing square brackets with curly so they don't get interpreted) is: {URL=www.myurl.com}My Text{/URL} If you want both values the same then: {URL}www.url.com{/URL} Best wishes, Tom Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6798 |
I gave up on the ESP32 D1 mini. My original intention was to use Annex but I never managed to get it to install. About as much use as a chocolate fireguard to me - I'm probably too stupid. lol Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2129 |
I bought one from a post gcb forum by anobium... the main developer and he got it to play nim, dunno if he was jokin me. I don't fancy the setup, there will be problems as it's complicated I think. esp32 vga waste of money? hmmm.. mine was £12. I'll try as I have one and free time. It's the basic that's new and want to try. |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
Seems pretty easy to me: run AnnexToolKit.exe, click a few buttons, and done. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6798 |
Toolkit didn't appear to do anything at all. Could have been a damaged zip, I suppose. I'd got the JDY-40 modules at the same time so I started playing with those and put the ESP32 to one side - where it stayed. :) Edit: Looks like you can't get Annex at all now unless you are a forum member. He used to have a web site where it could be downloaded. He has a shiny Wordpress web site to tell you all about it, including a "how to install" section, but no way of actually downloading anything that I can see, although to be fair it does say "Work In Progress. Edited 2023-06-03 18:22 by Mixtel90 Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
The new way to flash ESP32 with Annex using just a browser https://www.cicciocb.com/FLASHER/  PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6798 |
Oh, I'd never seen anything about that! Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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PhilP Newbie  Joined: 25/01/2017 Location: United KingdomPosts: 31 |
I have used Annex RDS for some years now and it works very well. If I can do it then the much cleverer folk on this forum can too. Its BASIC is quite good and I can get programmes to load into ESP8622 and ESP32 easily using the uploader. The Help pages https://cicciocb.com/annexhelp/V1.423/# for the ESP8622 shows what a comprehensive set of inbuilt functions there are for interfacing to a wide range of sensors e.g. BME280, and MAX7219 Dot Matrix Display. I easily implemented he rolling clock using the MAX7219 on the example projects pages https://cicciocb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=121. It is an easy way to use ESPxxxS. If I can't do something using a Mite I try Annex. |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6798 |
It seemed to install. There was some sort of terminal window available after. There was an IP address in there, which has since been completely useless to connect to it. At least it's as useful now as it was before. :) If it's connected to USB it appears as an unrecognised device with no driver, which would make it very difficult to do any network config. It's not listed on the router at all. Edited 2023-06-04 01:17 by Mixtel90 Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2129 |
I used the Annex link and it said it flashed and the log shows info about internet address but no vga so not a clue. |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
Just now worked for me with an ESP32 D1 Mini. It flashed successfully, I unplugged it and plugged it into 5V power (because sometimes USB from a PC is insufficient), connected the WIFI to the ESP device which showed up, put the 192.168.4.1 IP address into the browser, and got the config page. From there, I gave it a fixed IP address and the wifi AP name and password and the time zone info ("AST4ADT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0" for me) and saved and rebooted. Now it comes up in the browser with the IP address I gave it. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6798 |
Thanks, lizby. I'll try again. I'm getting power from a powered USB hub so, in theory, that shouldn't be a problem. I got the same IP address shown. I re-installed, using Edge rather than Chrome this time. Everything seemed to be ok. Did a reset at the end and the info came up in the terminal as expected, including the IP address. Tried to connect using USB as a supply, no go. Changed to a little supply using a 7805 and still no go. Just tried a 1A USB power supply too. No go. Does it need to be powered via a pin rather than the USB socket? Edited 2023-06-04 05:27 by Mixtel90 Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
I'm just powered from the USB socket. Did you connect your wifi to the ESP AP which should be visible when you click on the windows wifi symbol in the lower right? If so, from a DOS screen, "ipconfig" should show that your PC is now 192.168.4.2 and is connected to 192.168.4.1. If you then go to 192.168.4.1 in your browser, you should be connected to the ESP32, and should either be on or able to click to the "config" screen. From there you set your network AP name you want to connect to and password, and fixed IP address you want to use. You need to know your gateway IP address (e.g., 192.168.1.1). If you then "save" ("save" button will turn green if you connected OK) and "restart", then after a minute or so you should be able to go in your browser to the fixed IP address you have given the ESP32. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| JanVolk Senior Member  Joined: 28/01/2023 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 145 |
Mixtel90, This Annex32 installer only works well with Chrome and not with Firefox and also supports ESP32C3 with and without USB and ESP32S2 and ESP32S3 with and without USB, but I only have a T-PicoC3 which works with the RP2040 with PicoMite and simultaneously with Annex32 Basic on the ESP32C3. If you have a correct .bin file at your disposal, it can also be done with an older serial toolkit e.g. Annex ToolKit 1.22 for ESP32 and ESP8266 which also work with Firefox and Chrome. There is also a new Annex ToolKit Multiplatform version V1.1 beta which does support all ESP controllers. The website Annex WIFI RDS Basic with useful information and many examples and a download page for ESP32 and ESP8266 could be consulted with google and unfortunately offline, but there is still a link to a local site somewhere, but I don't know where? Jan |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2129 |
I use opera and chrome and Annex did something but where is vga and the basic. picomite is so much simpler to get running, I think the fun factor with esp32 is not fun anymore, too much stuff for a hobbyist. I'll stick with picomite :( :) |
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Doktorn Newbie Joined: 09/07/2019 Location: SwedenPosts: 9 |
Here is everything about Annex WIFI RDS Basic. https://cicciocb.com/forum/ N/A |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2129 |
Thanks @Doktorn. |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6798 |
Hmmmm.... Didn't know about ESP AP either... I didn't understand his youtube video as too much was in foreign. I gave up on the installation instructions when it started with "Download the program" as there was nowhere to download it from so there wasn't much point in reading the next steps. lol Got it to config & gave it a static IP. Can't reach it now and ESP AP has gone. :( Designing PCBs is *far* easier! That's it for today now. . Edited 2023-06-04 07:54 by Mixtel90 Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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