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Mixtel90 Guru  Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6778 |
Simples - you can't surface mount a board with chips on the bottom. :) Also, it becomes expensive to make the boards if you put components top and bottom. The soldering process is difficult. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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javavi Senior Member  Joined: 01/10/2023 Location: UkrainePosts: 206 |
But Pico2 has pads for USB and other things at the bottom. It's just outrageous that they put such an option to work with an external PRAM into the RP2350 chip and didn't give space (at least at the bottom) so that users could try to use it. |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6778 |
Just because the initial modules don't have PSRAM it doesn't mean that later ones won't. :) Also, it's not PSRAM specific. It's a QMI bus interface. It could potentially be used for other purposes. It's just that PSRAM is a cheap and convenient (if slow) thing to try it with. The TP pads are not intended for general use. I like to abuse such things. :) Edited 2024-11-10 07:14 by Mixtel90 Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6097 |
If you want to play with PSRAM, try the Pimoroni PGA2350 PicoMiteHDMI MMBasic RP2350B Edition V6.00.00RC15 Copyright 2011-2024 Geoff Graham Copyright 2016-2024 Peter Mather > OPTION PSRAM PIN GP47 08:23:07 Port: COM4 removed Disconnected 08:23:08 Port: COM4 inserted Connected to COM4 at 115200 Total of 8 Mbytes PSRAM available > OPTION LIST PicoMiteHDMI MMBasic Version 6.00.00RC15 OPTION FLASH SIZE 16777216 OPTION KEYBOARD US OPTION PICO OFF OPTION CPUSPEED (KHz) 315000 OPTION PSRAM PIN GP47 > Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6778 |
The problem is that there haven't been any boards with PSRAM on them that can run HDMI. We don't even know if it's possible, as the boards that have PSRAM meet the Pico 2 specification. HDMI output doesn't. 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: 9105 |
HDMI runs fine on the PGA2350 at 640x480. It just won't do the higher resolutions |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6778 |
Ah, thanks Peter. I see Pimorini still haven't got any anyway, although they are showing stock of the Pico Plus 2 now. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| Malibu Senior Member Joined: 07/07/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 228 |
I just uploaded MMbasic 6.00.00RC15 to try it out, but seem to have found a bug... This code : const True = 1 const False = 0 const MaxChannels = 4 dim integer ChNum dim integer Ch(MaxChannels) = (24, 25, 26, 27) ? "Initialising..." for ChNum = 1 to MaxChannels SetPin Ch(ChNum), DOUT pin(Ch(ChNum)) = True <--- Setting to FALSE will change state to ON for the 1st main loop next ChNum ? "Initialised..." pause 1500 do for ChNum = 1 to MaxChannels pause 500 ChangeChannelState next ChNum pause 1000 loop sub ChangeChannelState select case pin(Ch(ChNum)) <--- Always returns FALSE case True ? ChNum; ? " = True" pin(Ch(ChNum)) = False case False ? ChNum; ? " = False" pin(Ch(ChNum)) = True end select end sub ... always returns FALSE when reading the state of the output pins, so is never able to change state to OFF when it is currently ON Common to WebMite and PicoMite - that's all I have to test on The code works as expected on Ver 6.00.00b5 of both variants John |
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phil99 Guru Joined: 11/02/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2135 |
Yes, something has changed. PicoMiteVGA MMBasic Version 5.09.00RC5 'RP2040 > setpin 1,dout > pin(1)=1 > ? pin(1) 1 > pin(1)=0 > ? pin(1) 0 > PicoMite MMBasic Version 6.00.00RC15 'RP2040 > setpin 1,dout > pin(1)=1 > ? pin(1) 0 > ? pin(1) 0 > pin(1)=0 > ? pin(1) 0 > setpin 1,off > setpin 1,din,pullup > ? pin(1) 1 > setpin 1,dout > ? pin(1) 0 > pin(1)=1 > ? pin(1) 0 > |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9105 |
The pin function no longer reads the state of a pin set as an output. This is needed to circumvent the RP2350 E9 bug. You will need to track the output state of a pin in software |
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| Malibu Senior Member Joined: 07/07/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 228 |
No worries, thanks Peter...  John |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9105 |
UPDATE When a pin is set for output I can return the state of the output register rather than the input - should fix this. Will include in the release |
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| pwillard Senior Member Joined: 07/06/2022 Location: United StatesPosts: 292 |
Isn't the E9 issue only with input mode? |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6097 |
PicoMite MMBasic Version 6.00.00RC15 RP2040 standard with LCD DHT22 worked OK with RC9 but returns 1000 with RC15 Tried various CPU speeds from 133MHz to 300MHz VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| phil99 Guru Joined: 11/02/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2135 |
DS18B20 DS18B20 DS3231 AHT10 DHT11 DHT11 reading method 18.3 17.1 16.25 16.5C 37.5% 16.8C 44% Device HUMID,0 + extra wake pulse for DHT11 18.2 17.2 16.25 16.5C 37.5% 16.9C 44% PulsIn in For...Next > option list PicoMiteVGA MMBasic Version 6.00.00RC15 RP2350 using the DHT22 command to read a DHT11 to get tenths of °C:- Humid GP0, T, H BitBang and Device no longer required, but still works if used. Just tested a RP2040 > humid GP0, T,H,1 > ? t, h 17 44 > option list PicoMite MMBasic Version 6.00.00RC15 |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6097 |
My device is DHT22 and I also tried the DHT11 option with no success. VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| phil99 Guru Joined: 11/02/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2135 |
Tried various CPU speeds, 126MHz and up. Works at all of them. This is how I use the DHT22 option to read a DHT11 Setpin GP1, Dout Pin(GP1) = 1 Do Pulse GP1, 20 'provide an extended low "wake" pulse via diode for DHT11 Pause 18.9 'overlap the 1mS DHT22 "wake" pulse Humid GP0, T, H, 0 'start DHT22 command Print t, h,,, H = H*10 >> 8 ' convert data format from DHT22 to DHT11 T = (T*10 >> 8) + (T*10 And 255) / 10 ' and add tenths of degrees Print t, h Pause 30000 Loop |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6097 |
More on the DHT22 I compared the timing between RC9 and RC15. I cannot see any difference. When I attached the CRO leads, I was able to get valid readings some of the time. Looking at the trace, the ripple at 3.3V is visible on RC15 but not there with RC9  I have tried shorter leads and capacitors on the data line and it worked, some of the time. VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| phil99 Guru Joined: 11/02/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2135 |
Mine is at the end of about 1m of alarm cable that also has I2C for the AHT10 and DS3231 so there is a fair bit of noise on the DHT line but it doesn't seem to matter. Check the length of the "Wake" pulse. I measure 1mS which is right on the minimum required for a DHT22. For a DHT11 the minimum is 18mS so I use 20mS for maximum reliability. You could experiment with the method in the code I last posted to try a 1.5 to 2mS pulse. Setpin GP1, Dout 'diode anode to GP0, cathode to GP1 Pin(GP1) = 1 Do Pulse GP1, 2 'provide an extended low "wake" pulse to DHT via diode Pause 0.9 'overlap the 1mS DHT22 "wake" pulse + time to start HUMID Humid GP0, T, H, 0 'start DHT22 command Print t, h pause 10000 loop The 'Pause 0.9' will probably need adjusting to ensure the end of the extra pulse occurs during the one from HUMID. Edited 2024-11-16 17:37 by phil99 |
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karlelch Senior Member Joined: 30/10/2014 Location: GermanyPosts: 172 |
Hi, I have a question regarding the PS2 keyboard in the HDMI/USB 2350 version. I was playing with the Solder Party RP2350 Stamp with carrier board (see also this thread and "PicoMiteHDMIUSBV6.00.00RC15" works out-of-the-box with HDMI monitor and USB keyboard. The problem is, to activate the SD card, GP9 is required on the carrier board: OPTION SDCARD GP9,GP10,GP11,GP8 and (as described by Sasquatch) works for the HDMI only version ("PicoMiteHDMIV6.00.00RC15") However, the "PicoMiteHDMIUSBV6.00.00RC15" firmware complains that "Pin 12/GP9 is reserverd on startup" - used by the PS2 keyboard, which is not needed when using a USB keyboard - or am I wrong here? OPTION KEYBOARD DISABLE generates an error ("Error : Syntax") in the HDMI/USB firmware, but not so in the HDMI firmware.Shouldn't it be possible to disable the PS2 keyboard also in the USB version? What am I missing?  Thanks Thomas |
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