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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Maximite program a Maximite
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elproducts Senior Member  Joined: 19/06/2011 Location: United StatesPosts: 282 |
I'm wondering if anybody knows of a way to have one Maximite program another Maximite. I'd like to write a program on an original Maximite and then when its working, somehow connect a Maximite Mini and transfer the program to the mini with out having to transfer using an SD card or pull out a laptop to load and program through the USB. www.elproducts.com |
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donmck Guru  Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Hi Chuck, Do you mean transferring a ".bas" file? Which I guess would mean running a "sending" and "receiving" program each end. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| elproducts Senior Member Joined: 19/06/2011 Location: United StatesPosts: 282 |
But that would require a program installed on the mini which would require a PC. Maybe this is a dumb idea but here is what I'm thinking. I'd like to setup an Embedded style training class using just Maximites, no PCs. For example, Lets assume I'm teaching a kid how to program with the larger Maximite by having them type in a .bas program that flashes an LED connected to an I/O pin. Then once they have that working, have them save the blink.bas program and run a second program called program_mini.bas. That second program would read the blink.bas program character by character and send keyboard characters from one maximite to another (maybe through a serial to USB cable) ASCII char by ASCII char to the maximite mini to simulate someone typing it into the blank Mini. This would allow the kids to use large maximites to program minis without ever using a PC or SD card setup. www.elproducts.com |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3804 |
Should work but you'd be the first to do it I reckon. John |
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MicroBlocks Guru Joined: 12/05/2012 Location: ThailandPosts: 2209 |
You could have a look at the XMODEM SEND and XMODEM RECEIVE commands. When you put the serial port in console mode you would be able to transfer a file between the maximites. (Page 37 of the MMBasic Language Manual.) Microblocks. Build with logic. |
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Juri74 Senior Member Joined: 06/02/2012 Location: ItalyPosts: 162 |
there are some ways to do it, but in 99% you need a "receive" program running on mini maximite.. in the 1% you do not need nothing on the mini maximite, you could replicate the PS2 Keyboard protocol using some lines of the main maximite, then connect it to the keyboard connector in mini maximite. in this way it would fool the mini maximite and data are acquired like if someone is really typing something on keyboard. the problem is: if during the transfer a "character" is lost or misunderstood from the mini maximite then the resulting brogram will be bugged... |
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CircuitGizmos Guru Joined: 08/09/2011 Location: United StatesPosts: 1425 |
In a way that is what I do with the part of the CircuitGizmos MMIDE tab that has "apps" that run. Pressing some of the app buttons loads a program into the maximite and runs it. To do it from max to mini the mini could have the console directed to its serial port and the max would load and run via a serial connection. Micromites and Maximites! - Beginning Maximite |
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