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Re: Re[2]: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
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Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:01:51 GMT
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> > The RCX contains a chip that says (c)LEGO, upper right in this picture:
> > http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kekoa/rcx/bot.jpg
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> > What did Lego have to do with the creation of this chip? Does anyone
> > know what kind of chip this is? (I can't read the numbers on it)
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> > Trevyn
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> That's the Hitachi H-8 Microcontroller. It is merely
> silk-screened with
> the Lego logo, they had nothing at all to do with
> it's development.
I think it is silk-screened with LEGO logo because it contains a rom masked with
firmware downloader.
Philo
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| (...) Yes, I suspect the same. The ROM mask *is* the custom part of the chip that LEGO can easily define without big expenditures. I noticed that the atmel chip also has a boot ROM that is separate from the flash. If they use that chip we might (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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