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PeteCotton Guru  Joined: 13/08/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 368 |
Great to hear. Have you tried the Assassin's Creed Series? I recommend starting with Black Flag or Syndicate. They take a while to get in to - but I love them. Take care, Pete |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi All, I am quite overwhelmed by the response both publicly and privately. Thank you one and all. @Tom and Bill, I do live in Melbourne and it DOES get damned hot at times (sometimes over 40 degrees C but doesnt compare to the `top end' @PeteCotton, No I havent tried Assassins Creed, yet. I like the high end great graphics games but not ones that I MUST play online with a bunch of 15yo that want to shoot me in the back when playing in `teams' or activate a GOD MODE somehow. @Curtis, Here is Mik-Matrix Gerber files (originally called LED 8-8) in a 3 x 3 layout suitable for 9 PCBs on a 100x100mm panel complete with Vee-Grooves to snap them apart Mik-Matrix.zip Here is the DEXPCB design file, once again 3D is up the poo but ignore that. LED 8-8.zip All support files may be found >>> HERE <<< Note this PCB is best at 1.2mm thickness PCB (as is MuP-2) I have not tested that the later versions of MMBasic work with the code in the link above but shouldnt need much change if not. Kind Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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Justplayin Guru Joined: 31/01/2014 Location: United StatesPosts: 326 |
I believe the Mik-Matrix software will work with the current firmware for the MX170 and MX470 Mites. However, due to the CSubs, it is not compatible with any of the new Mites Peter has created. I have a Pi Pico on order and may try converting the CSubs back into pure MMBasic to see if it fast enough to work. --Curtis I am not a Mad Scientist... It makes me happy inventing new ways to take over the world!! |
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| PeteCotton Guru Joined: 13/08/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 368 |
I'm 100% with you on that. The only time I play multi-player is with my kids. All of the Assassin's Creed games are drop dead gorgeous open world romps and luckily none of them have an online mode at all. The Black Flag one is set in the Caribbean, and to be honest, even just sailing around is very relaxing. I know it's an older game, but they've updated it with a 4K texture pack for modern machines. The later Assassin's Creed games all improved even more on these graphics - but Black Flag and Syndicate (set in London) have the best gameplay in my opinion. The only one in the series I would avoid is Unity - which was set in Paris. The older ones (Black Flag and Syndicate) are almost always on sale for 75% off.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ8V7yJE3Rg |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi All, @PeteCotton, I just checked on steam and Assassins creed is still quite pricey, $60AU for a nearly 7 year old game. I tried Gog.com and indiegala which are usually cheaper but nothing found. I will keep an eye out for a special and give it a go. Thanks for the tips. Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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Lou Senior Member  Joined: 01/02/2014 Location: United StatesPosts: 229 |
Mick, sorry to hear of your long lock-downs that's a shame. I am yet to wear a mask or do anything they say, but I carry my lawyer's card just in case. I'm a free man so far except for being ask to leave a few places without the face diaper. I wish you well in your retirement, hope you beat up on a bunch of those little white balls and thanks for all the great products you've offered over the years. Lou Microcontrollers - the other white meat |
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| PeteCotton Guru Joined: 13/08/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 368 |
Well, that didn't take long. Steam has both Assassins Creed Black Flag and Syndicate on sale for 67% and 75% off (in Canada at least). Cheers, Pete |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi All, Firstly, @Lou, I tend to be the other way to you, I am very careful as I am in the high(er) risk category and dont want to risk catching Covid, I will get my 3rd jab in January (Pfizer this time, Astra Zeneca last two). Take care mate. @PeteCotton, Yes I see it has dropped to $20AU here as well, I will look into it, Just finished playing "DIE YOUNG" was a freebie from IndiGala and was quite good. @Anyone interested. Here are the Project file and Gerbers for my IO-Panel (98mm x 74mm) 1.6mm thick. The IO-Panel uses 4 x PCF8574 expander chips and offers 4 x 8bit IO ports driven via I2C (each port individually addressable) All manuals and support documentation may be found >>> HERE <<< IO Panel Gerbers.zip IO Panel Project.zip NOTE! I have no more stock of this board, If anyone in AUS buys any I am happy to buy a couple (or swap for other boards from my repertoire) off you. Enjoy, Take Care all, Kind Regards, Mick Edited 2021-12-17 14:11 by bigmik Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi All, Continuing with my gradual release of many of my boards into the Public domain. Here is what I believe to be the smallest PIC'170 based board in the world. My >>> NanoMite <<< It comes in at a whopping 15mm x 15mm square, in fact you get 36 PCBs per 100mm square panel or 360 boards for 10 panels. I recommend getting them done on 0.8mm Fibre-glass board. Here it is compared to an Australian 5c coin which is 19mm (3/4") Diameter.  To accompany this board I designed a >>> NanoMite Motherboard <<< which is mainly for programming and testing the NanoMite. I recommend using 1.2mm Fibreglass for this one. Full details can be found in the above links. Kind Regards, And a very Merry Christmas to you all. Mick Edited 2021-12-23 14:40 by bigmik Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4247 |
@Mick I like the IO panel with all it's versatile applications, and it has the I2C interface for LC on it. Something you normally have to buy extra. Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi All, Apologies to all, I forgot to add the gerbers and project file for the above boards, hopefully I will get time tomorrow to address that. @Volhout, I always liked its simplicity, it was designed for a member who paid for the development costs as the basis for a burglar alarm, along with my MuP-Security but really didn't take off and died a slow death, but is still a very useful board. Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi All, As mentioned here are the Gerbers and Project files (in DEXPCB format) for NanoMite and NanoMite Motherboard Hope someone will find these useful. NanoMite Gerbers.zip NanoMite Project.zip NanoMite Motherboard Gerbers.zip NanoMite Motherboard Project.zip Kind Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi All, I hope you all had a safe and Happy New Year. Here is the Release of my >>> MuP-Security <<< Board. MuP-Security Project File.zip MuP-Security Gerbers.zip MuP-Security was sponsored and development paid for by a member of TBS but he allowed me to keep the rights to the design. I do not think he is a current Member but if he is, "Hi Dave". MuP-Security was a plugin board to MuP-V2 and is designed to be the engine to a Burglar alarm system. It was planned that the IO-panel PCB would interface with it as the main display but of course any keypad entry could be used. Unfortunately No software was ever provided so it never really kicked off. I did send off many freebies to people who wanted to have a go but no-one actually came back with any code. In any case here are all of the files/documentation for the PCB (Suggest you use 1.6mm thick PCB). I hope someone gets some use from this design and comes up with some code. My own house alarm is now coming up to 25 years old and I would like to replace it with something I can repair/swap out easilly. Kind Regards, Mick Edited 2022-01-07 15:03 by bigmik Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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HardingJohn Regular Member  Joined: 28/07/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 78 |
I'm only very new here but have been following the forum from the start. I just wanted to thank bigmik who developed the basics of using an Ethernet board for TCP and UDP protocols. While I have moved onto a newer Ethernet chip, the fundamentals are still there in my code. I can now serve web pages, upgrade them to websockets, support IGMP broadcasting and most importantly allow TCP Modbus communication all on the maximize STM32H743. It's a big thanks from me.  Just know enough to get me in trouble, but not quite enough to get me out. |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi John, Thank you for the kind words but I think you have me mixed up with someone else, I struggle to develop a for-next loop let alone Ethernet protocols. The good thing about this board is that there are many experts with many different skill sets and we are all ready to help. Welcome to the board and hope you get what you need. Take care Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi All, It has been a while since I last posted a design file to release to the PUBLIC DOMAIN. The next items I am looking at, in no particular order, are: MuP-TTL MuP-Test MuP-VT (Ver 2) BackPack170 SMD BackPack170 Serial BackPack MuP-Proto BackPack64X (my second favourite board behind MuP3) MuP-F4 to Eastrising At this stage I am going to sit on MuP Ver 3, but eventually I will release its files too. If anyone has a desire for one of the above please let me know. All my files may be found >>> HERE <<< Kind Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
Hey, Mick--thanks for all your work on 'mite stuff. Are you releasing the gerbers for the 2x20 breadboard connector and the 2x20 sea-of-holes PCBs? I'm just now soldering up the last of the breadboard connectors that I have. Very useful. Lance PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi Lance, I am happy to do that. It has been a while since I released some designs. BTW I believe I already released them into to public domain when I first published them but I will do that again here. I do still have stock of these boards (and indeed almost all of my designs) if anyone does want to buy just a few without going to the effort of ordering from a PCB house. Stay tuned I hope to post them later today for you. Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi Lance, All, As requested here are the GERBERS for the CMM2 Breakout and Breadboard prototyping boards. CMM2 Breadboard Adapter.zip CMM2 Prototyping Board.zip Here are the DEXPCB files I use to generate the GERBERS CMM2-Breakout.zip CMM2-Breadboard.zip NOTE the Gerbers are laid out as single boards but you can use DEX (if registered) to create mini panels if you wish. I actually bought the Breadboard adapters as a layout mini panel of 9 (I think) PCBs with V-Grooving. I can lay them out and create gerbers for those if you wish. Kind Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
Thanks, much, Mick--5 of the 2x20 breadboard adapters for $6.40US from JLCPCB works fine for me. I wouldn't quite know what to do with a panelized 9*5=45 of the handy little PCBs, even if for the same price. Here's how I'm using the latest. Only needed some of the pins from one side of the pi-z-w. Breadboard is only partly populated. I'm now trying to clone an old stretch+MMBasic SD card for this pi.  ~ Edited 2022-04-13 22:54 by lizby PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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