Program the BS 2 over WiFi

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• Publison Posts: 12,366

  2017-04-15 17:53

  There used to be a module available to do this, but it does not look like it is available any more.
  
  https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Bluewolf+Flashfly
  
• Mike Green Posts: 23,101

  2017-04-15 20:08

  The issue is timing. The BS2 requires that the program information be supplied quickly and wireless modules can't guarantee the timing because of the need for error correction and retransmission.
• David Betz Posts: 14,511

  2017-04-15 21:03

  I think Parallax will eventually support loading the BS2 using their WX wi-fi modules. I'm not sure about when that feature will be available though.
• stamptrol Posts: 1,731

  2017-04-27 17:26

  Spoiler alert: Going to talk about non-stamp stuff -- maybe move this to General Discussion
  
  Mike is correct regarding the timing issues and mirrors my experience with going wireless with the BS2.
  
  If the wireless programming connection is a key element of your project, I have been working recently with programming microcontrollers over wifi and have found the BASIC interpreter for the ESP8266 to be reasonably workable. In all fairness, it is a personal project of the gentleman who hosts the ESP8266basic.com website and the product is not commercial quality yet. But, it will allow programming in a language close the that of the BS2, et al. The firmware downloads easily into a generic ESP8266.
  
  It uses most variations of the ESP and allows programming directly from a browser on a laptop any where on the network. The ESP (depending on model) has several digital I/o, including one analog and the interpreter has some really neat commands such as sending an email with a couple of commands or printing directly to the browser screen.
  
  Cheers
• WBA Consulting Posts: 2,933

  2017-04-27 21:00

  I'm thinking that Tracy should merge his Stache Programmer concept with a wireless module. Send the tokenized BS2 file wirelessly to the Stache, then let the Stache manage the local RS232 interface so that timing issue is ruled out.
  
  
  I honestly can't believe that someone hasn't resolved the wireless timing issue with the programming sequence of a Stamp. How is a 115200 baud wireless connection not able to stay ahead of a 9600 baud serial interface?
• erco Posts: 20,250

  2017-04-28 02:22 edited 2017-04-28 02:22

  WBA Consulting wrote: »

  I honestly can't believe that someone hasn't resolved the wireless timing issue with the programming sequence of a Stamp. How is a 115200 baud wireless connection not able to stay ahead of a 9600 baud serial interface?

  +1
  

  stamptrol wrote: »

  ...it is a personal project of the gentleman who hosts the ESP8266basic.com website and the product is not commercial quality yet. But, it will allow programming in a language close the that of the BS2, et al. The firmware downloads easily into a generic ESP8266.

  
  I've had a lot of fun playing with Michael's ESP8266basic. It has a total 1994 BS-1 vibe to it. The structure need some finish work, but it's a very promising start.