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Re: NXT Firmware source code
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lugnet.robotics.nxt
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Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:40:48 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.nxt, Chris Phillips wrote:
> Still, writing any type of file onto the NXT will eventually wear out the flash
> memory and lead to failure. If you were to download 30 programs onto your NXT
> every day, it would start to have problems after about a year, assuming that
> these specs are correct. Running a data-logging application continuously on
> your NXT could burn it out even faster.
If this limitation had applied to the rcx, I'd have suggested this. Because you
can control the outputs and read the inputs direct from a pc you could run an
emulation of the rcx firmware running your program on the pc. The rcx would then
behave in the same way as if you had downloaded the program onto it. You would
have course have the transmission delay caused by the IR link. But whether that
was a problem would depend on your application. I suspect the same could be
applied to the NXT.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Now that's a cool idea. I've been messing around with remote-controlling the NXT via Bluetooth from a PC application, and it seems pretty solid. You'd definitely have some timing issues running a remote emulation like you describe, but this (...) (17 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
| | | Re: NXT Firmware source code
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| "Steve Lane yahoo.co.uk>" <stevenrobertlane@<n...pamplease> wrote in message news:JABnK0.15z@lugnet.com... (...) Fortunately the most common failure mode is a reduction in the "longevity" of storage. Out of box, the Atmel ARM flash is specified to (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Firmware source code
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| (...) Flash memories all have a limited number of write cycles before they become unreliable. Usually, the on-chip write controller will "load-balance" the writes so that different memory locations all get used the same number of times, (...) (17 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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