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kscheff / BlueBasic

BASIC interpreter for CC2540 and CC2541 Bluetooth LE chips
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Which image is for what? #15

Closed milkpirate closed 3 years ago

milkpirate commented 3 years ago

Hey, you have quite some images in the hex folder could you elaborate a little which image is for what, with which feature and for which device (CC2540 / CC2541 <- is espaccially interesting for me).

I mean where the difference between BlueBattery-BBX.* vs. BlueBattery-D1.* vs. BlueBasic-BlueBattery-MPPT.* vs. BlueBasic-BlueBattery.* vs. BlueBasic-BlueSolar.* vs. BlueBasic-BlueSteca.* ?

Best regards :)

kscheff commented 3 years ago

They have different combination of features enabled, so it fits the memory and application needs. The most generic Version without bells and whistles is the BlueBasic-BlueBattery version. The -BBXVersion carries a different memory layout, increasing the available programming space from 8 to 10 pages. See attached memory map.

CC2541 BlueBattery Page Memory Map - Sheet1-2.pdf

I changed the memory concept, so that ImgB contains the actual BASIC program. In this way an Img/B always contains a BASIC program. To maintain compatibility in the field, the Pages 82-85 (old location of Tim's version) are unused. In order to incorporate a BASIC program I use a different external script to compile the BASIC code into the image. For BBX I changed the memory layout, thus not compatible to old boot loader / ImgA increasing the available ImgB area and BASIC program memory.