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Volhout

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Hi Peter,

Working on it. It is NOT the reading of the FIFO itself (I eliminated that now).
Breaking down the frequency counter PIO program to nail the issue.

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Volhout

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Peter,

I am getting nuts. Now it works on rc2. Sorry for the confusion.

Volhout
Edited 2026-10-20 18:14 by Volhout
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matherp
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That's the sort of bug I like

Have you tried the code with symbols on and off and with compilation on? If there is a difference there it would be good to know
Edited 2026-10-20 18:16 by matherp
 
Volhout

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Hi Peter,

SYMBOLS ON is default.
OPTION SYMBOLS OFF work as well
OPTION COMPILE ON is not supported in 2040 (not command line, not in program).

Volhout
Edited 2026-10-20 19:05 by Volhout
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matherp
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V7.00.00RC3 is now available at https://github.com/UKTailwind/PicoMite/releases/tag/PicoMite-V7.00.00RC3

RC3 is RC2 with the reports of the
last few days answered, all listed under Fixed since RC2.

A program too big for the program memory, loaded without ,C, no longer leaves the board stopping at every prompt with "Program damaged: symbol table", and a board that RC2 left in that state recovers when RC3 is installed.

A WebMite or a PicoMiteRP2350 with neither PSRAM nor a display can LOAD from the SD card again.

On the PicoCalc's PicoMiteRP2350, PIXEL() and BLIT READ return the right colours.

A DO loop in a recursive SUB or FUNCTION, ON ERROR SKIP
around a FUNCTION call, and the ON ERROR setting a program leaves behind
at the prompt all behave.

PRINT counts a comma's tab as a terminal does and
keeps a file's column apart from the console's.

On the USB host builds the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller is supported, DEVICE(MOUSE n, B) reports every button, a DualShock 4's diagonals are right, an unplugged gamepad
reads 0, and GAMEPAD MONITOR OFF ends the monitoring.

The PicoMitePC3's WEB SCAN finds and measures networks as a WebMite does, Bluetooth or not.

EDIT no longer shows an empty line after a file's last line, keeps a
paste and keys typed during a redraw, lets Esc discard changes with a line
over 255 characters, and keeps its line count after Beautify.

On the Bluetooth builds GUI CURSOR LINK MOUSE takes a Bluetooth mouse or a
Bluetooth keyboard's trackpad.

The Print Screen key saves the display as a BMP, at the prompt, in the editor and in the file manager.

A save, import or export that the editor cannot make no longer loses the edits, and its search brings a match past the right edge into view.

MATH FFT is about 20% faster.

The PicoMiteRP2040MIN leaves out MATH SENSORFUSION, to make room.

The supplementary manuals' tables are mended.
Edited 2026-10-20 20:04 by matherp
 
terekgabor
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Hello Peter!

congrats again! I will update to RC3.
Have you checked TLS client error -14 I have reported earlier in a post?

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matherp
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Tested and works perfectly for me. possible cause of -14 are:
the port, a stale DNS answer, the server being down at the time, or a firewall or ISP.
 
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Okay! I will test again.

Thanks Peter
 
flip
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Thanks Peter,
Just woke up that you'd fixed keyboard character echo bug on USB ports back in RC1
RC3 is working great with slave Picos off my PC2.
All tests are good
Regards Phil
 
Peter63
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Hello
Tested - WebMite MMBasic RP2350A Edition V7.00.00RC3
feedback from me, SDCARD is working now. I'm as happy as a penguin in a microwave
/Peter63
 
Volhout

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@Peter,

2040VGA PS2 keyboard does not save screenshot with PRINTSCREEN button.
Not with <left shift>,<right shift>, not with <right control>,<left control>, without other keys, not with <ALT>, not at all.

Tested 2 different keyboards (small LAPTOP SIZE, and large FULL SIZE).

Volhout
Edited 2026-10-21 04:59 by Volhout
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homa

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  matherp said  V7.00.00RC3 is now available
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The Print Screen key saves the display as a BMP, at the prompt, in the editor and in the file manager.
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Where should the images be saved? I can’t take any screenshots on the PC3 either.

Matthias
 
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  matherp said  V7.00.00RC3 is now available
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The PicoMitePC3's WEB SCAN finds and measures networks as a WebMite does, Bluetooth or not.
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Just as an observation, the results I get with WEB SCAN on the PC3 are completely different! Sometimes it only shows my network, then up to seven, but not all of them from the local area, and then only three are listed.
It’s really random!

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I'll add print screen for ps2 keyboards.

Matthias. It only works from a directly connected USB keyboard.
They go in the root of a drive:

B:/ (the SD card) if an SD card is configured with OPTION SDCARD;
A:/ otherwise.
The name is SCREENnnn.BMP with the first unused number, starting at SCREEN000.BMP and going up to SCREEN999.BMP (misc/FileIO.c:8579). Each press writes the whole screen with SAVE IMAGE.

Print Screen deliberately prints nothing, so these cases fail silently:

An SD card is configured but missing or unreadable. The image is not written to A: instead.
All 1,000 names are taken.
No display is configured.
 
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