8th-Jan-24, 07:00 PM
Hi Guys,
Ok so all the foundation work for the MPD was completed yesterday. Things like RTOS, bootloader, DFU, parameter library and Scorpius protocol have been completed and debugged.
As some of you might know the MPD prototype has been designed and built to run on Carrera, Scalextric, Ninco and SCX systems.
Yesterday I received an email from John our engineer with the latest firmware release V13.0. It contains amongst other things the Carrera motor drive completed. We are glad to say we were able to implement this quickly and without any debug required. So our Carrera commitment has started there is no turning back. Next will be implementing the lane change code.
There is much planned for Carrera users. The plan is to make all the Scorpius protocols or as much as possible available to the Carrera community.
Some of the things coming are:
Worlds first 2.4ghz wireless car chip to be 100% Carrera compatible.
A 2.4 GHz controller based on the Scorpius controller using 100% Carrera protocol.
A new revolutionary highly functional dual Comms system called Nitrous where the Scorpius controller will talk to both the Carrera CU and MPD chipped car simultaneously. This allows all existing CU and RMS functions to operate as per normal and allows us to get a lane change command to the lane changer via rails as per the true Carrera protocol without using rubber bands and work arounds.
The possibilities here for the Carrera community are mind blowing. Imagine telemetry, accelerator and Back EMF based functions like our new virtual Dyno, Scorpius and SSD compatibility and more for Carrera users?
The project continues……
Rick
Ok so all the foundation work for the MPD was completed yesterday. Things like RTOS, bootloader, DFU, parameter library and Scorpius protocol have been completed and debugged.
As some of you might know the MPD prototype has been designed and built to run on Carrera, Scalextric, Ninco and SCX systems.
Yesterday I received an email from John our engineer with the latest firmware release V13.0. It contains amongst other things the Carrera motor drive completed. We are glad to say we were able to implement this quickly and without any debug required. So our Carrera commitment has started there is no turning back. Next will be implementing the lane change code.
There is much planned for Carrera users. The plan is to make all the Scorpius protocols or as much as possible available to the Carrera community.
Some of the things coming are:
Worlds first 2.4ghz wireless car chip to be 100% Carrera compatible.
A 2.4 GHz controller based on the Scorpius controller using 100% Carrera protocol.
A new revolutionary highly functional dual Comms system called Nitrous where the Scorpius controller will talk to both the Carrera CU and MPD chipped car simultaneously. This allows all existing CU and RMS functions to operate as per normal and allows us to get a lane change command to the lane changer via rails as per the true Carrera protocol without using rubber bands and work arounds.
The possibilities here for the Carrera community are mind blowing. Imagine telemetry, accelerator and Back EMF based functions like our new virtual Dyno, Scorpius and SSD compatibility and more for Carrera users?
The project continues……
Rick
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