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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : New Maximite MMBasic Version - V2.6
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Geoffg Guru  Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 3194 |
Hi everyone, There is a new version (2.6) of the Maximite firmware (including MMBasic) available for download at http://geoffg.net/maximite.html#Downloads This is essentially the same as the test version 2.5F. It contains the serial interface and the new version of EOF() and the new functions LOC() and LOF() which report the state of the transmit and receive buffers. The "Maximite User Manual" has also been upgraded to V2.6 to include the new features. Geoff Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net |
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BobDevries Senior Member  Joined: 08/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 266 |
Hi Geoff and all, I just programmed my Maximite with version 2.6, and sadly need to report a problem. The left-most column of characters on the VGA screen are missing completely! The monitor I use is a Philips 150S4 which auto-adjusts itself, and up to now has worked fine with the Maximite. I seem to be able to adjust this manually, though, so I can work around the problem. Regards, Bob Devries Dalby, QLD, Australia |
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Bill.b Senior Member Joined: 25/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 226 |
hi geoff I has the same problem as Bob. Had to adjuct the horizontal position to corrent. In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons. |
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| Geoffg Guru Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 3194 |
Yes, this slight shift to the left is a result of a change in the video driver routines. However, this change also delivered a speed improvement of 30% and a complete absence of the video glitches which had cropped up in the past. So I figured that a little horizontal adjustment was worth it to get the resulting benefits. Geoff Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Loaded up on my Maximite fine, bumped the monitors horizonal a bit and its spot on, the cleanest I've seen the VGA output to date. I almost thought there was a problem, but I was just been dumb. I last used the Maximite as a tachometer using the little 16X2 LCD panel as its display. To do this 2.6 update I did the usual, press the update firmware button, power up, loaded the new firmware and reboot. Used the TereTerm to log in, and could see it had booted up, but it wouldn't respond to the keyboard. Locked up? Rebooted a few times, same response, plugged in a keyboard and VGA monitor, same problem! What was wrong. Then I remembered, the tachomoter program was called AUTORUN.BAS! So the Maximite was doing what I was supposed to do. The tachomoter program runs in a loop. Doh! Poped out the SD card and all was good. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
hello geoff i just fired up the 2point 0 six heres a shot of the hyper term... Maximite BASIC Version 2.6 Copyright 2011 Geoff Graham ? mm.ver 2.06 > this is on comm 6 with 9600 baud regards sparkey also i have a sm1 board and was wondering when the hex might be written to include the rtc..... this is the hy-term page after running "graph.bas 00:00:15 CHANNEL 1 = 0.067V 00:00:15 CHANNEL 1 = 0.066V 00:00:15 CHANNEL 1 = 0.066V 00:00:15 CHANNEL 1 = 0.066V 00:00:15 CHANNEL 1 = 0.066V 00:00:15 CHANNEL 1 = 0.066V 00:00:15 CHANNEL 1 = 0.066V 00:00:15 CHANNEL 1 = 0.067V 00:00:15 CHANNEL 1 = 0.066V 00:00:15 CHANNEL 1 = 0.066V 00:00:16 CHANNEL 1 = 0.066V 00:00:16 CHANNEL 1 = 0.066V it just rools down the screen...regards sparkey :: i have just had the maxi connected to the monitor directly from "vga" and with the graph program running i "toched my fingers accross the i/o pins and the "clarity?" is fine dont know about the rca out as i dont have it connected but the vga is fine in my eyes//...regards sparkey....oh all my posts with your up grades for the"firm" are always done on my altron board i think it has the 695 ///my eyes are getting old but i thought that i should raise this point for further up grades//// technicians do it with least resistance |
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