Castle link hand held programmer

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Sammus

Whats wrong with the 'basic' programming you can do with the transmitter? I still don't get it...

If you go driving and wants to change your settings, are you able to remember all of them by heart? Plus how long will it take you to go through the programming. I'm going to use my ESC as an example (Keep in mind I'm not bashing Castle as I do own a few Castle products), I can program what ever setting I need very fast even if I have to plug the red wire back. I have mentioned a type of program box before and Hobbywing actually did it as I mentioned to them as well. A program box will be very helpful when you need fast programming and it can have basically all the features the PC programming can have. Use a nice little graphic display if you need to change the throttle features and that's one thing I didn't tell Hobbywing , but it's now in the open.

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by lutach

If you go driving and wants to change your settings, are you able to remember all of them by heart? Plus how long will it take you to go through the programming. I'm going to use my ESC as an example (Keep in mind I'm not bashing Castle as I do own a few Castle products), I can program what ever setting I need very fast even if I have to plug the red wire back. I have mentioned a type of program box before and Hobbywing actually did it as I mentioned to them as well. A program box will be very helpful when you need fast programming and it can have basically all the features the PC programming can have. Use a nice little graphic display if you need to change the throttle features and that's one thing I didn't tell Hobbywing , but it's now in the open.

So you carry around the manual instead of a programming card.. and it takes about 30s to go through programming, not the end of the world. AND, once you've done it about 5 times it is imprinted on your brain, so you won't even need the manual.

I mean yeah, don't get me wrong, a programming box would be sweet as. Just saying that for doing the basics in the field, well we can already do that.

[RBMike]

BUMP, Patrick, you guys still working on this?

One a somewhat related note, Do you have a white paper or something describing how to send commands over USB to your various units? Maybe I'll write a Linux interface for updating the firmware.

I just got the perfect system for all my robo field maintenance, it's ruggedized, it's linux based, and the screen can be passively lit for daylight readability; the OLPC:

Click here for ultra large picture of passively lit mode

Originally Posted by RBMike

BUMP, Patrick, you guys still working on this?

[BL_RV0]

Originally Posted by coreyfro

One a somewhat related note, Do you have a white paper or something describing how to send commands over USB to your various units? Maybe I'll write a Linux interface for updating the firmware.

I just got the perfect system for all my robo field maintenance, it's ruggedized, it's linux based, and the screen can be passively lit for daylight readability; the OLPC:

Click here for ultra large picture of passively lit mode

Whoa. Howmuch would something like that cost?

The OLPC laptop can be gotten for $400, but when you buy one, you also donate one to some kid in a third world country. So, effectively, each laptop is $200, but you only get one and the warm fuzzy feeling of being charitable.

More infro here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...nosim/arm06-20
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO-1

Originally Posted by BL_RV0

Whoa. Howmuch would something like that cost?

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Sammus

So you carry around the manual instead of a programming card.. and it takes about 30s to go through programming, not the end of the world. AND, once you've done it about 5 times it is imprinted on your brain, so you won't even need the manual.

I mean yeah, don't get me wrong, a programming box would be sweet as. Just saying that for doing the basics in the field, well we can already do that.

It takes me a few seconds to change the settings I need and it takes you a few seconds just to get into program mode. Lets say you are in a race and you have to change a setting, would you rather spend precious seconds with a nice program card or just trying to get your ESC into program mode? It could take a minute or 2 for you to get through all the programming not 30 seconds. I hope Patrick does offer a program box and you'll buy one. If it does come out, I'll be waiting for you to post something nice about it here. Also, all the features found in the PC programming can be implemented in the program box. Nice graphic LCDs are cheap.