Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM)
The robot Erle is equipped with a single CAT24C256W EEPROM to allow the Software to identify the board.
| Name | Size (bytes) | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Header | 4 | 0xAA, 0x55, 0x33, 0xEE |
| Board Name | 8 | Name for board in ASCII: A335BONE |
| Version | 4 | Hardware version code for board in ASCII: 00A3 for Rev A3,00A4 for Rev A4,00A5 for Rev A5,00A6 for Rev A6 |
| Serial Number | 12 | Serial number of the board. 12 character string is ASCII with the following scheme: WWYY4P16nnnn, where WW is a 2 digit week of the year of production, YY corresponds to the year of production, nnnn is an incrementing board number. |
| Configuration option | 32 | ASCII: 0000000000000000000000000000000 (64 0s in hex) |
| RSVD | 6 | ASCII: 000000 |
| RSVD | 6 | ASCII: 000000 |
| RSVD | 6 | ASCII: 000000 |
| Security | 20 | Board theft protection |
| Available | 32682 | Available for other non-volatile code/data |