Don't brick that QuickStart My Friend
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Simple questions:
If I replace the eeprom on a propeller board (Quick Start, Activity Board, etc.), will the low end memory need to be have a bootstrap loader or something written into it before it works? So if I write 0xFF in address 0000 to 7FFF it'll be okay the next time a program is loaded and run? Will the USB-FTDI or Propeller take care of writing-loading the essentials from the simpleIDE into low eeprom the next time I load, even though the program is loaded nto RAM?
Thought I'd ask before experimenting.
Dom..
If I replace the eeprom on a propeller board (Quick Start, Activity Board, etc.), will the low end memory need to be have a bootstrap loader or something written into it before it works? So if I write 0xFF in address 0000 to 7FFF it'll be okay the next time a program is loaded and run? Will the USB-FTDI or Propeller take care of writing-loading the essentials from the simpleIDE into low eeprom the next time I load, even though the program is loaded nto RAM?
Thought I'd ask before experimenting.
Dom..
Comments
The EEPROM is optional. You can use F10 to load directly to RAM and when doing so it doesn't matter what's on the EEPROM or if there is an EEPROM attached.
Thanks Guys, (I'm also glad my board still works)
Dom..
PS: This quest started when I opened a brand new QuickStart and loaded into RAM a memory dump of the low eeprom memory. There was a program there--- I didn't think it was mine. Maybe it was loaded at the factory as a verification/test or maybe the simpleIDE needed something to help get it going. Still don't know.
-Phil
I think the QuickStarts comes with a demo program installed. SimpleIDE does not need anything in the EEPORM to get it going.
Geeezz. And I thought it was ESD makin daz lights a blinkin when runnin the columb thu mine har.
Dom..