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General Discussion / Re: Tiny TV Software

« on: July 21, 2022, 02:26:04 PM »

John,

Yes, that's right. That's the software we load on the TinyScreen+ boards. I believe it may have one extra setting for changing the bottom left button to a channel down button instead of a power button, so it has one more tiny feature than the stock firmware.

Cheers,
Réna

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General Discussion / Re: No output from microphone Wireling

« on: July 21, 2022, 02:24:16 PM »

I'm glad you were able to sort out the solution (or maybe it sorted itself out?  )

Something to watch out for with the Wireling system that happens rarely - the pins on the inside of the connector on the Wirelings or the Wireling Adapter Shield can have the pins bent when the wires are plugged in at an angle. It's always a pin furthermost right or left, so it could be either the GND or INT pin that isn't connected when this happens.

If this happens - you can straighten out the pin carefully with some thin tweezers and some magnification (or good eyes)

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General Discussion / Re: No output from microphone Wireling

« on: July 20, 2022, 01:41:34 PM »

Hello,

The microphone will detect the ambient noise, so the noisy output makes sense. With the serial plotter open, I recommend making a very loud noise or blowing into the microphone hole.

The Wireling Scanner might not give useful information since the analog state of High or Low isn't always helpful - the microphone could be detected as a logic Low and wouldn't produce different output from the default "Low" state being output from the program.

Let me know if that helps!

Thanks,
Réna

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TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: TinyTV video player error on two separate TinyTVs

« on: June 30, 2022, 04:50:32 PM »

Hi there,

It's possible you have some hidden files on your SD Cards causing problems. This happens most often with Mac devices. Check out this forum thread and let  me know if it helps: http://forum.tinycircuits.com/index.php?topic=2337.msg5024#msg5024

Cheers,
Réna

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TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: 0.96" 160x80 TFT compatible or plan for higher resolution display?

« on: June 30, 2022, 04:48:48 PM »

Hello Arne,

Unfortunately we cannot easily change the screen size, it would require a new circuit board design and software design to support this.  We are looking at doing some other screens in the near future, but for now the screen you have is the only one we can support.

Cheers,
Réna

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TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: Can't open TSV Converter on a Mac

« on: June 21, 2022, 10:23:52 AM »

Glad you were able to get the videos converted!

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TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: Can't open TSV Converter on a Mac

« on: June 17, 2022, 10:40:56 AM »

There might be something going on with the permissions. I recommend running the "Repair Disk Permissions" utility  for the Disk Utility. Instructions at the end of this page: https://www.lifewire.com/using-disk-utility-repair-hard-drives-2260079

Otherwise, you may want to try turning the machine off and back on or a few of the other debugging steps mentioned here: https://www.lifewire.com/can-i-fix-application-thats-not-starting-2260192#:~:text=In%20OS%20X%20Yosemite%20and,correct%20permissions%20required%20to%20run.

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TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: Can't open TSV Converter on a Mac

« on: June 16, 2022, 11:46:08 AM »

Are you able to download the software from the tutorial on each version? Do you download it from Google Chrome or a different web browser?

I want to verify that the consistent problem is the app not opening after it has been downloaded. We have tested the converter with a few versions of Big Sur and some earlier versions of the MacOS, so it might be best to focus on getting the app to work with one of the versions of Yosemite. Can you try a fresh download from Google Chrome and take some screenshots of the steps you are taking to open the app?

If all else fails with the MacOS versions, we do have a Windows version of the TSV Converter available in that same tutorial.

Let me know how it goes!

Cheers,
Réna

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Tiny Arcade & Pocket Arcade / Re: Pocket Orchestra

« on: June 14, 2022, 06:25:06 PM »

This is so cool!!!! It plays like Guitar Hero and it's so tiny!

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Thumby / Re: New Game - Suits (request for sound help)

« on: June 06, 2022, 12:11:38 PM »

We don't have anything official right now, but we hope to have something built into the Code Editor at some point in the future! In the meantime, a lot of discussion around sound effects and game-making happens in the thumby channel of our discord if you'd like to join the conversations: https://discord.gg/3nmqb37bJ8

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TinyDuino Processors & TinyShields / Re: Unable to upload to Tinyscreen+

« on: May 23, 2022, 04:35:06 PM »

Ahh, I  should've seen the issue before now, but I misunderstood which board you were using based on your initial error code that references the selections made for the TinyDuino.

It looks like you are using the TinyDuino selections to program the TinyScreen+ - which will not work since they use different processors. You need to be selecting "TinyScreen+" in the Tools menu for programming, but first you will need to download the boards package. Follow this tutorial for the TinyScreen+: https://learn.tinycircuits.com/Processors/TinyScreen%2B_Setup_Tutorial/

Cheers,
Réna

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TinyDuino Processors & TinyShields / Re: Unable to upload to Tinyscreen+

« on: May 18, 2022, 11:22:06 AM »

Hi there,

My first recommendation is to make sure the port you are selecting is the TinyDuino. Unplug the device, check what ports are available in the IDE, then plug it back in to see what new port appears. Not all cables have the data wires necessary for programming, many only have the power wires for powering and charging devices - so it may help to try different cables as well.

Next up, go to File -> Preferences in the Arduino IDE and check both boxes for "Show verbose output during: [ ] compilation  [ ] upload", upload the program,  and then you can copy the entire error log and paste it into a .txt file and attach it to a reply.

Cheers,
Réna

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Wirelings / Re: Wireling IR Emitter and IR Detector Example Scripts - Help

« on: May 18, 2022, 11:15:12 AM »

Linda,

Glad to hear I was helpful! 

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Wirelings / Re: Using Wireling IR-Emitter and Receiver to detect beam breaks?

« on: May 18, 2022, 11:13:44 AM »

No problem! Thanks for the update!

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Wirelings / Re: Wireling IR Emitter and IR Detector Example Scripts - Help

« on: May 16, 2022, 12:00:37 PM »

Here's some background on what the interrupts(); and noInterrupts();  code does: https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/language/functions/interrupts/interrupts/

The example doesn't work as is, but when the noInterrupts(); are commented out, it will work with the mute code.  I hope that helps get you on the right track.

Cheers,
Réna