Re: BlueSaab v5.x

Posted by Karlis on Mar 08, 2019; 1:45am
URL: http://bluesaab-forum.90.s1.nabble.com/BlueSaab-v5-x-tp1379p1394.html

Weby wrote

I'm completely lost I think.

What's the difference between a bootloader and the firmware ?

Also, your "how-to"s dating from 2016 use the uncompiled version of the firmware for use with Arduino firmware. Any way to have a more recent how-to ?

It's weird that the bluetooth module is working but the can isn't.

Bootloader is a super small and simple program who's only job is to "listen" to the outside world and "accept" a program being written to the uC. Consider it as a waiter at a restaurant who tells the guests where to sit. Without a bootlaoder, the uC is completely empty. Not to say that it cannot be written to, but BlueSaab firmware was designed with bootloader being present in mind.