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sparkey Senior Member  Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
ok here`s the data nothing depressed 3 point 05 volts select 2 point 40 volts left 1point 766 volts right 0.00 volts "0" up point 56 volts down 1point 21 volts reset is still reset it works ... technicians do it with least resistance |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
lcd display with keypad works fine on maxi from altronics but does not work on duinomite reson unknown even with mods still does not work on the duinomite.... technicians do it with least resistance |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
on the topic of the "U+EXT " there appears to only negative 3 point 3 volts available according to the schem... technicians do it with least resistance |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
whilyst on this topic of the "lcd & keypad sheild i do really think that there are some other connections that you have not come accross...regards sparkey...///.../// technicians do it with least resistance |
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donmck Guru  Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Hi Bryan, They come ready to run with the latest version. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Sparkey, it doesn't matter how many times you ring me, or how many times you ask on the forum, unless you do the two changes to the basic code correctly, and the two track cuts correctly, and the two jumpers correctly, then it simply won't work. After doing this correctly, it should also work on a standard Maximite. I am about to try it now. It has nothing to do with firmware versions. BTW Happy birthday. Cheers Don... EDIT: After doing the correct mods, it also works on the standard Maximite. Read through the information again, if you can't get it working, please ring tomorrow afternoon. https://www.dontronics.com |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
well ok then is this correct... 
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Sorry, not even close sparkey. I have re-written the details to hopefully make it clearer. Jumper DuimoMite PIN (13) to PIN 4 (RS) of the LCD header. Jumper DuimoMite PIN (14) to PIN 6 (E) of the LCD header. The DuinoMite (or Maximite) PIN is referenced to the software pin, and is shown on the picture below: 
Cheers Don... EDIT: Just wondering what you would have made of this Sparkey? This is the full info I got from Ken on this mod, but I was able to sort it out. 
if you don't mind 2 jumpers just move d8 and d9 to d2 and d3 Of course, I know Ken is looking at it from a software point of view, so he is talking about schematic signal names, not PIN(X) numbers, shield pin numbers, or LCD pin numbers. https://www.dontronics.com |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
ok a picture tells a thousand words but i`m sorry i cant figure this one out ..no disrespect but with what you have added im sorry if i rattled your chain to much today it was not my intent ..shure its good to be the first of the block i live for it when i came into this forum i had great expectations of what was or could be done with this machine and i guess i did gloat a little but i`m shure that i was not the first to have a "dynamite -mega" thats for shore really i have given what i could only trying to set some easy steps for others to follow and yes well if you want to go over the "rtc" issue because i made it work with what i had available then so be it ...seriously i dont need the "greif"... and today i was very exited about just having one of these boards i could of just as easily let it sit on the bench admireing its conceptability... i dont want to come to bad stuff between us ... technicians do it with least resistance |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
I can understand your excitement sparkey, and I know you live for the Maximite, but you can't keep sending PMs, ringing every few minutes to the point that I had to take the phone off the hook, and post messages almost continuously on the forum. I had hoped you would understand the instructions, but wait patiently and Mick will possibly get time to do the correct track cuts and jumpers with full pictures, over the weekend. Go to bed so you can enjoy your birthday when you get up. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
i may have hundreds of post points but i am still a newbe that `s not to say that i am the best at what becomes in front of me for only one has to realize that there will always be someone with more knowedge than me ....and someone with more knowledge than the one who has more than him...///.../// technicians do it with least resistance |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
sorry ok i under stand technicians do it with least resistance |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
well if i did not give any thanks to ken for pointing me in the right direction well i am now ok "THANK YOU KEN " i would have eventully figured it out it takes a lot of time to understand how a schematic is supposed to be interpreted weather a discripion is meant to be abouve the pin line or under it schematics change from designer to designer ...they all differ.... technicians do it with least resistance |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
DuinoMite in the US. http://au.mouser.com/Olimex-Ltd/_/N-1yzu5jy?Keyword=duinomit e Somewhat dearer than me, up to 20% in some cases. 5 weeks delay. Only 10 of each on order. Thanks for the heads up Bryan1. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
ok cool don i have a reasonable question that may well be better answerd by rohan....how is it going to work with the duino mite for instance.. connecting to rohan`s boards like his ethernet rs 232 add on card will it connect up and work ....///.../// technicians do it with least resistance |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
well then do u fore see a ethernet adaptor as similiar to what rohan has produced.for the duino mite as i know a little of what olimex has in the "lop" as we could call it ...is the "duinomite going to spark of a entire set of its own given the fact that the connexctions and the pinouts are different from the original maxi mite ..i guess we will just have to wait for the hands of time to turn...u cant stop progress... ///.....///.../// technicians do it with least resistance |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
I asked Mick G. to do some nice pictures for me. This one is rare, as we had trouble finding these specs on the web: 
This one shows the MM-Basic PIN(x) numbers on an Arduino Shield. The pin order was originally mapped out by forum member Chuck Hellebuyck. It matches the Maximite fitted with a http://www.dontronics-shop.com/the-donduino-cross.html and the Olimex Dynamite: 
I have also updated the DuinoMite LCD modification instructions at: http://www.themaximitecomputer.com/duinomite-to-lcd-and-butt ons-arduino-shield-modifications/ But if you are having problems, wait a day or two, we should have some modification pictures. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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Bryan1 Guru Joined: 22/02/2006 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1344 |
Hi Don, Thanks for that pic of the spacings, now I can get on and make the template for sprint layout.  By the way Phill is on holidays so it may take a little longer than I hoped to get that new thing setup.
Cheers Bryan |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Full details, including pictures of the DuinoMite to DFROBOT Arduino LCD Shield modifications are at: http://www.themaximitecomputer.com/duinomite-to-lcd-and-butt ons-arduino-shield-modifications/ Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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elproducts Senior Member Joined: 19/06/2011 Location: United StatesPosts: 282 |
They had them listed much cheaper until they got them in stock. Don's a better deal because not only is he a bit cheaper, he offers this great tech support. A little Sparky around Duinomite and you get an explosion of posts. www.elproducts.com |
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