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Re: Hardware Hacking the MicroScout
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Date: 
Mon, 21 May 2001 05:51:46 GMT
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Thanks for the Toshiba pointer.  Found the data sheet at:

http://www.toshiba.com/taec/components/Datasheet/TMP87C408.pdf

It appears to have 8K masked ROM, and 256 bytes (!) of RAM.  It also has a
serial port and 6 A/D ports, which I don;t believe are being used in the
Microscout.

I'm going to look around and see if I can find a compatible processor with
flash or eprom, or an external address bus so we can put an eprom on it.  A
cursory examination of the processor family shows there's a model with 2k of
ram and 60k or rom - more than enough for a heft kernel ;-)

Once again, thanks for the manufacturer pointer.

"Dean Husby" <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message
news:3B08915B.5842F7E4@akasa.bc.ca...

If I remember correctly it's a Toshiba processor...

IF you can HACK more then 1k of RAM in the thing I'm sure many would be
interested...

Dean
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(...) No problem... If you know of anyone that can program in PocketPC let me know... I'm trying to get NQC ported to an ARM version of PocketPC. Dean (...) -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.microscout)

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(...) If I remember correctly it's a Toshiba processor... IF you can HACK more then 1k of RAM in the thing I'm sure many would be interested... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.microscout)

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