This page contains all the MicroMite products and kits available from Rictech.
If you are a New Zealand customer, please Contact us directly, for slightly cheaper prices, as all prices listed here are aimed at an international audience and include international shipping costs that can be avoided for any New Zealand customers reading this....COLOUR MAXIMITE 2!!!
The latest offering for the Maximite series of computers - the new all powerful CMM2, Generation 2 - VERSION 2!.
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The Color Maximite 2 (CMM2) is a small self-contained computer inspired by the home computers of the early 80's such as the Tandy TRS-80, Commodore 64, Atari and Apple II. It includes its own BASIC interpreter and powers up instantly into the BASIC interpreter (there is no operating system to boot). The emphasis is on ease of use and, as a result, a first time user could enter a small program and have it running within minutes.
While the ease-of-use and built-in BASIC concept is borrowed from computers of the 80's the technology used is very much up to date. The CPU that powers the Color Maximite 2 is an ARM Cortex-M7 32-bit RISC processor running at up to 480MHz with 2MB flash memory and 1MB RAM. This processor includes its own video controller and generates a VGA output at resolutions up to 1920x1080 pixels and with up to 24-bit color. Despite this unit running a BASIC programming interpreter(which is usually considdered slow), the CMM2 can process your program at more then 200,000 lines per-second. That is very, very fast!
The Color Maximite is designed to be simple and fun. Our version of the Color Maximite 2 is the same as the kit version from magazine articles, except that ours is an assembled board.
Some features of the CMM2:
- Extremely fast 480MHz ARM processor with 516KB of program memory and 24MB general purpose RAM.
- VGA output with five resolutions from 1920x1080 pixels to 240x216 pixels with up to 24-bit colour (16M colours).
- USB Keyboard (can be wireless with a USB dongle).
- Mouse support added to the G2 version of the design
- Support for SD cards up to 128GB formatted in FAT16, FAT32 or exFAT.
- Extensive features for creating computer games. These include multiple video planes, support for Blits and Sprites and full support for the Nunchuk a game controller.
- Stereo audio output can play WAV, FLAC and MP3 files, computer generated music (MOD format) and robot speech and sound effects.
- Twenty eight input/output pins with 12 capable of analog input. Connector is compatible with Raspberry Pi Hats.
- Power is 5 volts at 170mA typical (ie, from an USB port or charger).
YOU WILL REQUIRE 1x CR 2032 BUTTON-CELL BATTERY.
We cannot include this, as batteries are a prohibited item.
US$115 fully assembled, in case with front/rear panels, PayPal fee and international tracking. PCB-only option also available. Both options include an SD card for you to use, preloaded with demos to show what the unit can do.
"How come these new ones are $50 cheaper then the ones you used to sell?"
As this new PCB layout is FULLY assembled at the factory, INCLUDING all the connectors, we no longer need to chage for our time to source, stock and install the connectors here, and this has the benefit of allowing the new design to sell at a lower cost then the ones we had to complete manually, as we no longer need to charge for our time to complete each board one by one. :-)
E28 Blank PCB, Panel of five.
A panel of five blank E28 module PCB's, for those who wish to source all the parts and build them.
Bill of materials etc, are in the E28 Constructors Pack in our DOWNLOADS section.
US$10 per panel of five + US$15 tracked postage.
MicroMite Plus Explore 64 - Blank PCB(panel of three)
A panel of three blank MM+ PCB's for building the MicroMite Plus Explore 64 module.
The boards sent will always be the most up to date version. Current version of this board is 1F.
PLEASE NOTE that the 1455 SOIC chip must be programmed before you install it. There was no room for the ICSP connector on this board due to its small size. You can install an SOIC MCP2221A chip as a direct drop-in replacement if you can't program an SOIC 1455 chip, but the serial activity LED won't work.
US$10 + US$15 tracked shipping.
MicroMite Explore 100 - Blank PCB
This is the blank four-layer PCB for Geoff's Explore-100 TFT module.
Please email us, if you are interested in a short-form kit. (all SMD pre-fitted and programmed, you supply and install all the through-hole parts)
US$10 + US$15 tracked shipping.
E100 and Micromite Backpack port tester PCB
This PCB can be used to test that all the pins are intact and working correctly via LED's. Designed to plug directly into the LCD port of an E100 board, or by flipping the board 180 degrees, you can also use it to check the connections on an SPI-LCD-based Micromite Backpack unit. The backpack port tester can also be used to test ANY supported SPI LCD module with touch, but you will need to change the tester code to reflect you chosen pins. This is just the PCB - you will need to supply the components: 4x 3k3 standard resistors, 29x super-bright LED's, 1x 40-pin(2x20) box-header(standard 2.54mm pitch), 1x pin-strip(14w). Use 1k resistors instead of 3k3 if you are using standard LED's. MMBASIC code to run this tester on an E100 or Micromte Backpack can be downloaded from our Downloads page.
US$5.00 + US$15 tracked shipping.
Pi-Cromite blank PCB.
This PCB is used to host a Raspberry Pi Zero, and to run the 'PI-Cromite' port of MMBASIC by Peter Mather. With this board and a Raspberry Pi Zero module, you can run a version of MMBASIC that has been customized to run specifically on the Raspberry Pi Zero board. The Pi Zero mounts directly to this PCB, and the pins are all routed out to useful connectors for MMBASIC features. You can install this board on either a parallel LCD or an SPI LCD. Please see https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9847&KW=Picromite for details on the board. For details on the Pi-cromite port of MMBASIC by Peter Mather, please see this thread: https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9487 This is the very first post by Peter about the Pi Zero port, so just follow your nose from there. There have been many more threads about this port and improvements as Peter developes the code.
US$5.00 + US$15 tracked shipping.
