#41

New Product Ideas / Re: Tiny Tv DIY Kit

Last post by TomKatt - September 30, 2025, 08:06:47 AM

+1

A TV2 kit would be awesome.  While the prebuilt is very cool, it would be nice to have the option to build your own versions or perhaps 3D print custom cases.

#42

TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / TinyTV2 Screen - Availability ...

Last post by TomKatt - September 30, 2025, 07:10:35 AM

Recently bought the TV2 and love it !!!  Any chance this version will be available as a kit?  Or where a screen display can be purchased?  I've been Googling around and it seems like the majority of small displays are lower resolution...

Thanks for a great product!  I'm going to start playing with the software now ;-)

#43

General Discussion / Thumby Color games description...

Last post by Tripletee56 - September 27, 2025, 10:48:32 AM

Where can I find description of the games on the color Thumby?

#44

Thumby / Re: Thumby won’t turn on

Last post by stickmanhookgame - September 24, 2025, 09:38:15 PM

Try resetting your device, sometimes it is a software conflict. Or do you have any good solutions?

#45

TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: Tiny TV 2 - AVI Format and...

Last post by parsons3 - September 23, 2025, 10:56:30 AM

When I first bought the TinyTV 2, I assumed any AVI file would play, so I was just as surprised as you when most of my videos didn't work. I also try to keep my Mac secure by downloading only from the App Store, so I completely understand your hesitation. I experimented with a couple of well-reviewed converters from the store, but none of them produced the correct format. In the end, the only reliable method I found was using the official TinyTV Video Converter. It's not ideal, but it seems like the most straightforward solution right now.

#46

General Discussion / Re: Issue with TinyCircuit Ard...

Last post by ardenthop - September 23, 2025, 03:55:07 AM

Hi, I'm getting an error with the code here when using the code in this tutorial https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/learn/arduino-speedometer-hall-sensor-magnet. unblocked games

The result from hall.readMag() in the TinyCircuits_A1454.cpp is always -1. This is because the x and y values in the function are also -1. This is regardless of the magnets position to the sensor. I have tried swapping out various sensors/cables/Arduinos and even tried it on other computers and it still doesn't work. Around two weeks ago this code did work as intended. I am wondering if there has been an update to one of the libraries that has caused something to no longer work?

I tried ChatGPT a little and it found that running the following:

byte err = Wire.endTransmission();
Serial.print("I2C error: ");
Serial.println(err);

Resulted in err = 2 which apparently means "2: Received NACK on transmit of address".

This apparently means the board sent the sensor's I²C address, but the sensor didn't acknowledge it (NACKed it)

It also suggested trying an I²C scan to see what devices it could find. The only one it could find was 0x70 which I believe is the TinyCircuits Wireling TinyShield.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. This code was working before and now doesn't when I've tried to upload it to other Arduinos/the same original one.

It looks like the hall sensor isn't being seen on the I²C bus. The err=2 means it's not acknowledging. Make sure you're using Wireling.begin() and Wireling.selectPort(port) before talking to it, since only the mux (0x70) shows up until a port is enabled. If it still doesn't show after that, either the library changed recently or the sensor module itself has failed.

#47

Thumby / Thumby won’t turn on

Last post by LouisHollll - September 20, 2025, 06:10:31 PM

I have had my thumby for about 9 months but I don't use it for a while and now it won't turn on. I charged it overnight and the furthest I have got is the logo appears but I can no longer have it show up in the code editor, the furthest I can get is have it make a noise when connecting to windows. 99% of the time it will just light up orange on the bottom and have nothing on the screen.

#48

TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: more detailed instructions...

Last post by ZexMarquies01 - September 17, 2025, 03:12:11 PM

Ok, So I got it reading the libraries,  But when I click Verify/compile,  I get an error saying that SPI_DIVER_SELECT in SdFatConfig.h must be set to 3.   

But it is.  I found that line, and it IS set to 3. 

I'm totally stumped on this. 

#49

General Discussion / Re: Issue with TinyCircuit Ard...

Last post by DorothyJames - September 17, 2025, 04:37:39 AM

Solved it. Looks like the issue was I was using the digital hall sensors instead of the analogue ones. Looking on this https://learn.tinycircuits.com/Wirelings/Hall-Effect_Wireling_Tutorial/ you can see the two sensors do vary slightly (the analogue one has a larger chip). Pacman 30th Anniversary

Just posting my reply here in case this helps anyone else out in the future.

Seeing "Received NACK on transmit of address" is frustrating! Have you tried shortening your I²C wires? I had a similar issue once, and simply using shorter, higher-quality wires solved the problem, seemingly addressing some signal degradation.

Could signal degradation be the issue?

#50

General Discussion / Re: Lipo battery

Last post by DorothyJames - September 17, 2025, 04:35:50 AM

Having trouble finding the right battery too? I ordered some online that claimed to be compatible, but the connector was totally wrong! I ended up going to a local electronics repair shop and they hooked me up with the perfect one. Might be worth a try!