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Re: Hardware Hacking the MicroScout
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lugnet.robotics.microscout
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Mon, 21 May 2001 18:39:41 GMT
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Ian McLaughlin wrote:
> Thanks for the Toshiba pointer. Found the data sheet at:
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> http://www.toshiba.com/taec/components/Datasheet/TMP87C408.pdf
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> 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.
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> 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 ;-)
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> Once again, thanks for the manufacturer pointer.
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
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> "Dean Husby" <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message
> news:3B08915B.5842F7E4@akasa.bc.ca...
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> > If I remember correctly it's a Toshiba processor...
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> > IF you can HACK more then 1k of RAM in the thing I'm sure many would be
> > interested...
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> > Dean
> > --
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> >
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| Thanks for the Toshiba pointer. Found the data sheet at: (URL) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.microscout)
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