Special TI eStore offers for Facebook critters

[Fe2o3Fish 33]

FYI, FWIW, IYGARA -- This just popped up on my Facebook feed:

 

Interested in TI Microcontroller development tools? You

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Thanks! ordered one. I finally have a chronos to play with.

[TheDirty 33]

Thanks. Ordered a Chronos myself. Only the 433Mhz model works under the promotion.

[GeekDoc 226]

The code for the EZ430-2013 works for multiples too! And FREE Shipping!

 

In for two! One destined to be an EZ-Probe.

[znanev 7]

Couldn't resist. I put the cronos in my wish list a while back... and now was the perfect time to go ahead and buy it

[GeoNomad 8]

I have the watch from the first release, way back when.

 

I seem to recall reading that later versions could be reprogrammed wirelessly without disassembly.

 

Did I dream it? I can't seem to find any reference to that now. And the current TI text confusingly says it "may be disassembled" to reprogram it.

 

Can someone clarify this for me?

 

Thanks,

Peter

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http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php ... 8RF_BSL.29

 

The Wireless Update feature allows you to change the firmware on the Chronos wirelessly. There will be no need to open the enclosure to upgrade the program in use. Hardware debugging (setting breakpoints, single stepping, etc) is not possible over a BSL because physical access to the JTAG/Spy Bi-Wire is required for in-system programming.

All eZ430-Chronos produced after April 2010 will include this feature. The production code is found on the bottom of the box. However, earlier kits have to be manually updated to support the wireless Update.

 

Details on how to do it are in the link.

[GeoNomad 8]

Thanks!

[heywire 0]

Looks like the code for the Chronos kit has been used up . Maybe next time...

[GeekDoc 226]

Got my two EZ430 kits already!

 

I'm going to use one of my extra target boards (F2012 chip) to mechanize my Android figure. The small size is perfect, the target board is smaller than the 14-pin DIPs!