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rolftest99
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Posted: 08:19am 14 Oct 2026

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Can we do the kit with Picomite,
someone an Option List?

Mixtel90

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Posted: 09:01am 14 Oct 2026

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The problem with kits is that they are expensive by the time packing and postage are included. It is almost always much cheaper to buy the components locally and get a PCB made.

You can do a Picomite build on a breadboard.

There are several free PCB-based designs on here, contributed by forum members. All you need to do is source the components and order a PCB (usually from JLCPCB).

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mozzie
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Posted: 04:06pm 14 Oct 2026

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G'day Rolf,
Silicon Chip magazine (Australia) sell a few kits for the PicoMite Backpacks they featured in the magazine in conjunction with Geoff Graham the creator of MMBasic.

As Mick says, they are are reasonably priced for a kit and I don't think they make a lot on them, but with shipping to Germany its going to get expensive.

Check out: Silicon Chip Magazine

Search for mite or backpack in Kits / Parts sets

I think they also had an agreement with EPE in the UK.

Several members here also sell kits, links are at the top of the main page, if you let them know what you are after they will no doubt chime in.

Welcome to the forum.

Regards, Lyle.

P.S. What is LAFVIN? something else I missed

Edited 2026-10-15 02:10 by mozzie

rolftest99
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Posted: 08:52pm 14 Oct 2026

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thats LAVFIN the kit its buying by Amazon in Germany
https://github.com/lafvintech/LAFVIN-PICO-Development-Kit

Mixtel90

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Posted: 07:13am 15 Oct 2026

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I would check that the display and I2C capacitive touch system are compatible with the Picomite before even considering this kit. It looks awkward to me as GP8 and GP9 are the default serial console in MMBasic.

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mozzie
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Posted: 09:20am 15 Oct 2026

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G'day Rolf,
The LAFVIN board looks like a great idea for starting to learn programming.

The PicoMite manual lists most of the components used as compatible with PicoMite and MMBasic, unless the ST7796U is different somehow to all the other ST7796 chips.

You could try the following on a standard PicoMiteRP2040 to see how it goes:

OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP2,GP3,GP4
OPTION SYSTEM I2C GP8,GP9
OPTION LCDPANEL ST7796S,P,GP6,GP7,GP5
OPTION TOUCH GT911 GP10,GP11

Then:

GUI CALIBRATE

Also:

OPTION LCDPANEL CONSOLE (check the manual)

A Pico2W with PicoMiteRP2350BTH would also work and allow a Bluetooth keyboard / mouse so no PC required. This also allows a buffered LCD driver.

Looks like I typed LAFKIN into google, producing very few results

thanks for the clarification

Hope this is what you where looking for.

Regards, Lyle.
Edited 2026-10-15 20:47 by mozzie

rolftest99
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Posted: 01:53pm 15 Oct 2026

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Thank you very much for your info!

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