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running prgram from a USB stick

team.steam.s Posts: 13
edited 2008-02-22 16:03 in BASIC Stamp
Hi again, thanx for the advice on the book. Now ive got another question.
Please bare with me coz its my first basic project.

Is it possible to run the basic program from a usb stick using the data-logger? i.e the program will be stored on the USB stick and we want the basic stamp to access the USB and start the program written on it.

thanx

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2008-02-22 15:57
    No. It's not possible to run a program from an external device, only from the built-in EEPROM. That said, with the BS2p/pe/px Stamps, it is possible to copy a program from a USB stick to a "slot" of the built-in EEPROM, then run it from the EEPROM. This is a slow process since writing to EEPROM is slow and you can "wear out" EEPROM with too much writing of the same group of locations.
  • team.steam.s Posts: 13
    edited 2008-02-22 16:03
    oh ok...thanx mike
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