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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: nortron on July 22, 2010, 06:08:26 PM

Title: lost in "50$ robot" limbo
Post by: nortron on July 22, 2010, 06:08:26 PM

hey guys, im making progress for the most part although im stuck on aligning servo's to 0.  I have avrisp2 programmer, i want to remove .hex file to re-install it but not sure which one it is , when i now click on the link it just comes up as non-coded jibberish.  any ideas?                                     


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Title: Re: lost in "50$ robot" limbo
Post by: SmAsH on July 23, 2010, 01:09:20 AM

Can you right click the link and select "save target as"?

Title: Re: lost in "50$ robot" limbo
Post by: nortron on July 23, 2010, 02:07:58 PM

yeah, "save link as" gives me an icon.  I really dont think i installed it (if thats what your suppose to even do), everytime ive tried to open it gives jibberish..........




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Title: Re: lost in "50$ robot" limbo
Post by: Razor Concepts on July 23, 2010, 02:10:38 PM

The hex file is just the data, to flash the code into the microcontroller (not really "install") you need to go through ponyprog (look deeper into the tutorial)