[FRAM71] Pre-Production Batch
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07-16-2015, 11:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-16-2015 07:04 PM by Hans Brueggemann.)
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FRAM71 LED
the red LED's purpose somehow went "out of control" during the development process of the firmware and became more and more a handy debugging tool for me. That's why I never fully documented its function in the manual.
1) when inserting the FRAM71 into the HP-71B and then applying power, the internal states of the module are undefined, which sometimes leads to the LED being ON. (all FW versions) 2) pressing [ON] on the calculator brings FRAM71 into a known state, so it will switch the LED off. This is a good sign, because FRAM71 has accepted and properly decoded a RESET command. (all FW versions. it’s indeed a command, not just a reset pin being toggled) 3) Once FRAM71 is fully operational, switching your HP-71B off and then on again will result in a very brief and dim flash of the LED to indicate that the configuration registers of the “chips” are readied to accept data from HP-71B’s memory configuration routine. (FW 51x only. note that your HP-71B does a full memory configuration exercise on each start-up) 4) The LED will stay on as long as you have the write-protect status removed from the SYSRAM area, even if the HP-71B is off. (all FW versions) 5) The LED will blink when transmitting data over FRAM71’s UART (all FW versions) 6) FRAM71 Diagnostics that you can perform to verify proper operation:
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