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06/06/04 00:28
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#71871 - RE: Smart program
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Christian Kleiber said:
i think you can do what you want with a uC that supports ISP or IAP, but you would have to load the program in the FLASH.

Not just flash; some MCUs allow loading the program into RAM too. Those ST Microelectronics derivatives I spoke of, in addition to having dual on-chip flash memories, have up to 32K of MCU-resident SRAM that can be used for XDATA or code. Switching which memory to fetch instructions from can be done on-the-fly using the PAGE and VM registers. If you've got factory or field test, (re)calibration, etc. functions to perform, you can just load 'em into RAM without having to displace production code in flash.


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TopicAuthorDate
Smart program            01/01/70 00:00      
   yes            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: Smart program            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: Smart program            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Smart program            01/01/70 00:00      
   In-Application Programming            01/01/70 00:00      
      An example using a 2nd MCU            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: In-Application Programming            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: Smart program            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: MCU decides it needs another program            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: Smart program            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: Smart program            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Smart program            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: So it *is* remote code banking!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Downloading a Hex file ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: not so Smart program            01/01/70 00:00      

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