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Tiny Arcade & Pocket Arcade / Re: How do you compare the TinyArcade hardware with?

« on: August 14, 2018, 10:57:51 AM »

Hello,

I'll start by saying we're not quite sure how to answer that, but I can show you the specs of the TinyArcade and some old gaming platforms so you can make your own conclusions (that I hope you'll share)

TinyArcade:
Arduino Zero Processor

32 Bit Atmel ATSAMD21G18A ARM at 48MHz, DMA, USB
256KB Flash, 32KB SRAM
10-bit DAC, 12-bit ADC
Preloaded with Arduino compatible Bootloader
OLED display

96x64 OLED display, 16-bit color depth
0.96" (24.4mm) viewable area
Software controllable backlight (OLED brightness)
Power

Built in Lithium Battery Charger, charges when USB is plugged in
Power Slide Switch
Built in voltage regulators - support external voltage input up to 5.5V


And here's a link for some old gaming platforms to compare to:
http://www.videogames101.net/videogame.htm

Let us know what you think!
-Réna

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General Discussion / Re: GPS Tracker with Bluetooth

« on: August 14, 2018, 10:40:36 AM »

It looks like you're missing some files or definitions, and you have duplicated data. The organization of your header files and libraries is probably in error.

I suggest looking up what these error messages mean so that you can begin fixing them.
For example, here are some forums that have solved some of your types of errors:
Redefinition errors: https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/3331/error-redefinition-of
Does not name a type error: https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=155921.0

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General Discussion / Re: GPS Tracker with Bluetooth

« on: August 10, 2018, 12:44:12 PM »

Hello,

Can you copy the error messages you are getting?

Thank you

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General Discussion / Re: GPS Tracker with Bluetooth

« on: August 08, 2018, 12:46:26 PM »

Hello DimSim,

There are plenty of arduino tutorials available online that will help you program this school project. Otherwise, you can bring more specific questions to the forum so we can help you along the way.

Thanks,
Réna

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General Discussion / Re: TinyDuino GPS Tracker not working

« on: August 06, 2018, 12:06:17 PM »

I'm glad everything's working now!

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General Discussion / Re: TinySaber upload not working

« on: August 06, 2018, 12:05:30 PM »

Hello Roger,

Do you know what version of Zadig you downloaded? This may have something to do with the error you received.

Please let me know if a version fix helps or if it's still not uploading!

Thanks,
Réna

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General Discussion / Re: TinyDuino GPS Tracker not working

« on: August 01, 2018, 11:39:40 AM »

Hello,

I downloaded the most recent version of the library (3.2.1) and was able to work through the tutorial successfully. The tutorial also works with the older version used in the tutorial.

Did you make any changes to the program? Are you still encountering the "No available data" message after allowing the GPS to write values?

Best of luck,
Réna

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General Discussion / Re: TinyDuino GPS Tracker not working

« on: July 31, 2018, 01:04:58 PM »

Hello DimSim,

Have you written to the GPS module before trying to read from it? If there is no data previously written to it, there should not be anything to read off of the module.

Otherwise, the "No available data" message you're getting could be due to some incorrect addressing in the program. I took a look at the SPIFlash library that is necessary for this tutorial, and it has been renamed to "SPIFlash Memory." There are a few other SPIFlash libraries, so first make sure you have the correct version by Prajwal Bhattaram.

The yellow light that you see on on the TinyDuino when it is plugged into USB is the charging light for the battery, so when the USB is removed from the hardware, there should be no light on besides the green LED flashing every ten seconds on P13 while the GPS is in write mode.

Please let me know if that helps!

Thank you,
Réna

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TinyDuino Processors & TinyShields / Re: TinyScreen Artifacts after text replacement

« on: July 20, 2018, 07:06:40 PM »

Hello!

I'm not sure if I'm understanding what you mean by artifacts, but to clear values there is a clear screen function you can use. This may be what you've already tried as it makes the screen 'blip' between prints:

  display.clearScreen();

If you're looking for something more refined, please let me know!

Thanks,
Réna

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Tiny Arcade & Pocket Arcade / Re: Recommendation: Amendments to the TinyArcade tutorial

« on: July 11, 2018, 12:01:29 PM »

I added a note about the Tiny Arcade hardware being different than the Arduino, and I mentioned which pins are unused by the Tiny Arcade. I hope that helps future users!

Thank you!
-Réna

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Tiny Arcade & Pocket Arcade / Re: Recommendation: Amendments to the TinyArcade tutorial

« on: July 05, 2018, 11:14:03 AM »

Thank you for your input!

We are working on updating and adding more content this summer, so I will take some time on this specific tutorial throughout the next week!

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General Discussion / Re: Tinyscreen+ SerialUSB with libraries

« on: July 02, 2018, 11:07:52 AM »

Hello Per,

Can you share the code and libraries you're trying to connect?

Thanks,

Réna

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TinyDuino Processors & TinyShields / Re: GSP Tracker does not work

« on: June 25, 2018, 01:03:51 PM »

It may be possible that some include guards are missing! https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13060699/arduino-class-redefinition-error

Try adding something like this to the file producing the error:

#ifndef SPIFLASH_H
#define SPIFLASH_H

...

#endif

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General Discussion / Re: TinyDuino GPS Tracker not working

« on: June 18, 2018, 11:12:28 AM »

Hey there!

It sounds like your Mac is having an issue recognizing your USB cable, did you check out the Port Trouble blog we have? Here it is: https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/learn/port-trouble-windows-and-mac-help so maybe you can find which port it is with some plugging and unplugging! 

This is a common issue among Mac users (myself included), so if that blog doesn't help, you may have to due some scanning for your USB connections. Here's a snippet from a post on the arduino forum:
"As already noted this is an OS problem. The port should appear (only when the Arduino is physically connected) as a pair of files /dev/tty.usbmodemXYZ and /dev/cu.usbmodemXYZ. The IDE gets its list of available ports from the OS.

There are utilities that may help your diagnosis, perhaps the standard Utility->Console will show some meaningful error message when you connect the Arduino. USB Prober is a dedicated tool available from the Mac developer site, and you may find downloadable copies around. I'm saying this because *apparently* some people solved their "device not recognized" problems just by running a low-level usb analyzer (). I would also get rid of the FTDI drivers, just in case.

I run OSX 10.6.8 on a MBPro and have the same Vendor/Product/Version IDs, never had similar problems so far."
- https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=150734.0

This post is a few years old but it might be worth reading through!

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TinyDuino Processors & TinyShields / Re: Tinyscreen+ Vbat reading

« on: June 15, 2018, 02:29:07 PM »

The tutorial is up! Check it out here: https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/learn/tinyscreen-battery-voltage

If you're interested on how we figured this out, or maybe what hardware we used, I attached a picture of the part of the TinyScreen+ schematic we used!

But it really is some sticky math to get it all figured out, so feel free to save yourself from the frustration and just use our functions in the tutorial!