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Re: [AVR-Chat] firmware update via wireless

2006-08-31 by Zack Widup

I figure if we could completely reprogram the Galileo spacecraft as it 
left our solar system, then we could reprogram anything from a distance.  
:-)

Zack

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Dennis Clark wrote:

> You'd better use a very robust error detection/correction packet scheme. 
>   Wireless is inherently unreliable.  Also, you'll need to be sure that 
> your device can deal with a corrupted download and still be able to be 
> put into "update" mode.  There is no reason it can't be done, but I 
> recommend a very paranoid protocol to handle it!
> 
> DLC
>

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