Could the Propeller be wirelessly programmed?

blittled

I was just brainstorming and was thinking of using a blue tooth to serial or wifi to serial and sent it to a Propeller (or any mcu) that was programmed to receive serial then bit banged it out in the protocol required to program a Propeller. Could this be a possible way of programming a Propeller wirelessly?

Edit: Of course you would have to use PST to make a bin file first then send it possibly by a terminal program to the Propeller doing the conversion

SRLM

You should be able to use a bluetooth link as a drop in serial replacement. In particular, I'm thinking of the RN-41/2 modules. They use the SPP profile, so they appear as serial ports that you could download to.

You can use wixels: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/139534-Wireless-Programming-of-a-Propeller-chip-(video)

SRLM

You should be able to use a bluetooth link as a drop in serial replacement. In particular, I'm thinking of the RN-41/2 modules. They use the SPP profile, so they appear as serial ports that you could download to.

You can use wixels: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/139534-Wireless-Programming-of-a-Propeller-chip-(video)

Publison

Phil did one over Xbee:

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/127780-Upload-Prop-programs-via-XBee

Parallax has an App Note:

http://www.parallaxsemiconductor.com/sites/default/files/appnotes/AN007-SoftLoadXBee-v1.0_4.pdf

mindrobots

Martin_H did it with Wixels!

frank freedman

Seems somewhere I have come across ethernet to serial devices for hardwired ethernet, maybe there is a wireless version of these.

Publison

mindrobots wrote: »

Martin_H did it with Wixels!

Yup. Covered in post #3

You can use wixels: http://forums.parallax.com/showthrea...r-chip-(video)

Duane Degn

Publison wrote: »

Yup. Covered in post #3

Don't you mean post #2?

Oh, don't you love the new forum?

BTW, I've used the Wixel method myself and it works great.

Publison

Duane Degn wrote: »

Don't you mean post #2?

Oh, don't you love the new forum?

BTW, I've used the Wixel method myself and it works great.

#2, #3 whose counting Quick Reply is so frustrating sometimes.

Publison

BTW, has anyone tried the IOGEAR GUWH104 Wireless USB Hub that Parallax sold for a while? Works great for Basic Stamp. Have not tried it on the Prop yet. Maybe when I get a minute, I'll try it.

mindrobots

Publison wrote: »

#2, #3 whose counting Quick Reply is so frustrating sometimes.

2, 3, 5 and reaffirmed in #8, wixels do get around!!!

Ding-Batty

Publison wrote: »

BTW, has anyone tried the IOGEAR GUWH104 Wireless USB Hub that Parallax sold for a while? Works great for Basic Stamp. Have not tried it on the Prop yet. Maybe when I get a minute, I'll try it.

I used it (not recently, sadly), and it worked fine.

Publison

Ding-Batty wrote: »

I used it (not recently, sadly), and it worked fine.

Please share your findings.

Enquiring minds want to know.

Ding-Batty

Publison wrote: »

Please share your findings.

Enquiring minds want to know.

If I get a chance this weekend, I will resurrect the Wireless USB device and confirm how it works. There've been too may other (non-Propeller) projects going on, for too long.

TD