Content Provider lucky1 Posted August 22, 2021 Author Content Provider Posted August 22, 2021 16 hours ago, stumblor said: Looks as though there are some cheaper options on ali for the 1.875 screens. These look the same to me, thoughts @lucky1? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33031707207.html I have emailed the seller to find out whether they are NON-EPWM I don´t have any thoughts about sources I did not try. Pictures say nothing in chinese advertisements. The type of chipset which is used on the panels is the only thing of interest.
legolas24 Posted August 27, 2021 Posted August 27, 2021 hi @lucky1 i understand evo 256 ready to ride is not sold anywhere. Now once you have bought the pcb and the matrix, is there a place where you can buy the rest of the hardware to solder on the pcb? Any store where they sell you everything that puts in the evo 256x64 bom.xls? thanks
Content Provider lucky1 Posted August 27, 2021 Author Content Provider Posted August 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, legolas24 said: evo 256x64 bom.xls Digikey or Mouser should have everything but I don´t know if it is currently available. I soldered mine from the leftovers of 128x32 EVOs and bought the CPU from LCSC.
Content Provider Terranigma Posted September 8, 2021 Content Provider Posted September 8, 2021 Hey @lucky1, I just went to activate one of my HD panels and it looks like it is not reading my SD card. I tried different SD cards and also tried FAt32 and EXFAT as the file system. The cards are good as they work in my 128x32 EVO's. I usually check my PCBS right away but these have been on hold for a bit. I ended up checking them all and they all don't read the SD card. It would be strange to have a hardware issue with all of them? The red light stays on and doesn't go out like it would usually do when you have an SD card inserted. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks
Content Provider lucky1 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Content Provider Posted September 8, 2021 Did you check the connections against the schematics ? Closeup pictures of the area around the card slot ?
stumblor Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 @lucky1 @Terranigma Had the same issue with the first HD one I built also. Board wouldn't boot, nothing written to the SD card (activiation code file usually is). Changing the SD card solved it. I'll try to get some information on what the cards were, brand, filesystem etc.
Content Provider Terranigma Posted September 8, 2021 Content Provider Posted September 8, 2021 58 minutes ago, lucky1 said: Did you check the connections against the schematics ? Closeup pictures of the area around the card slot ? Yes I have checked schematics and the SD Card slot looks good. 42 minutes ago, stumblor said: @lucky1 @Terranigma Had the same issue with the first HD one I built also. Board wouldn't boot, nothing written to the SD card (activiation code file usually is). Changing the SD card solved it. I'll try to get some information on what the cards were, brand, filesystem etc. This was the problem, thank you. The brand of SD card was the problem. My Sandisk and Kingston ones did not work. A generic one did. It seems for whatever reason, this set up is very picky with the SD card brand. The file system wasn't an issue, that was FAT32 still. Mine booted though, they just wouldn't read or write to the SD card. Very strange.
Content Provider lucky1 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Content Provider Posted September 8, 2021 Need to check if there´s a problem with SD library in conjunction with the H7 CPU and see if I can improve compatibility but this may take a while.
stumblor Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 @lucky1I can send you one of the non working SD cards to test if that helps?
legolas24 Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 Hi @lucky1I have seen that a store sells these 2 products STM32 NUCLEO 144 - F429ZI PCB Shield STM32 Nucleo Could the new flexible 128x64 resolution and P1.875 dotpitch panels be mounted with this or are they not valid? Thanks
Content Provider lucky1 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Content Provider Posted September 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, legolas24 said: Hi @lucky1I have seen that a store sells these 2 products STM32 NUCLEO 144 - F429ZI PCB Shield STM32 Nucleo Could the new flexible 128x64 resolution and P1.875 dotpitch panels be mounted with this or are they not valid? Thanks No. Works only with the EVO HD board
Content Provider lucky1 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Content Provider Posted September 8, 2021 6 hours ago, stumblor said: @lucky1I can send you one of the non working SD cards to test if that helps? Already found one in my collection.
Content Provider lucky1 Posted September 9, 2021 Author Content Provider Posted September 9, 2021 should be fixed in 4.21
Content Provider Terranigma Posted September 9, 2021 Content Provider Posted September 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, lucky1 said: should be fixed in 4.21 Says update on screen, goes black and then the red LED at the back constantly flashes. Checking the SD card after, it has renamed the pin2dmd_HD.upd to update.bin Didn't update
Content Provider lucky1 Posted September 9, 2021 Author Content Provider Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Terranigma said: Says update on screen, goes black and then the red LED at the back constantly flashes. Checking the SD card after, it has renamed the pin2dmd_HD.upd to update.bin Didn't update Problem is on your side. Just tested it and worked without a problem. Just load firmware using DFU mode and the device should work again
Content Provider Terranigma Posted September 9, 2021 Content Provider Posted September 9, 2021 1 minute ago, lucky1 said: Problem is on your side. Just tested it and worked without a problem. Just load firmware using DFU mode and the device should work again Could be the SD card I’m using isn’t 100% compatible too. I’ve tried on multiple units and can’t get the update to work. I will flash via DFU
Content Provider Terranigma Posted September 9, 2021 Content Provider Posted September 9, 2021 I can't seem to enter DFU mode on any of my pcbs. The display goes black but the red LED stays on but can't detect the device. In standard mode it shows as PIN2DMD, but in Dfu it is like it isn't connected to the PC at all. It could be that I have a bad batch of PCBs or something else is going on I am not sure.
stumblor Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 Have you removed the SD card before trying?
Content Provider Terranigma Posted September 9, 2021 Content Provider Posted September 9, 2021 Just now, stumblor said: Have you removed the SD card before trying? Yep, No SD card in there. Did yours work with DFU mode and could you update with your SD card to 4.21?
stumblor Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 Haven't tried updating with SD card I always just programme directly using DFU, but yeah mine were fine. It was only when trying to boot after that that I was having problems with certain SD cards.
Content Provider Terranigma Posted September 9, 2021 Content Provider Posted September 9, 2021 Just now, stumblor said: Haven't tried updating with SD card I always just programme directly using DFU, but yeah mine were fine. It was only when trying to boot after that that I was having problems with certain SD cards. Initial programming with DFU mode was fine. It is only now that I am trying to get into DFU mode again that I am having issues. When you get a chance, could you check on yours and see if you can enter DFU mode again? Thanks
Content Provider Terranigma Posted September 9, 2021 Content Provider Posted September 9, 2021 Just now, stumblor said: Which STM32 programmer app are you using? I'm using multiple, the PC doesn't see the device at all. Tried different USB cables to0
stumblor Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 Okay yep - I now can't connect via DFU either. So to be clear, this seems like it's only an issue AFTER the boards have been flashed for the first time.
Content Provider Terranigma Posted September 9, 2021 Content Provider Posted September 9, 2021 25 minutes ago, stumblor said: Okay yep - I now can't connect via DFU either. So to be clear, this seems like it's only an issue AFTER the boards have been flashed for the first time. Yep that is what is happening. Did you also try updating via SD card? I’m thinking that because the pcbs can’t be put into DFU mode the update fails.
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