Steve Sabram wrote:
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>> George Hovis wrote:
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>>> even if powered off. Once I remove the modem, I can see the GPS
>>> sentences. Anyone know how to do this programmatically?
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>> I'd guess a Background port or lock of some sort is being maintained on
>> the serial port in a dormant state while the Minstrel is inserted.
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> That is exactly what happens. Frankly, I'm very dissapointed with the
> Minstrel Springboard code. It was just a blind patch of serial io to
> the Springboard not taking advantage of the functionality of the bus.
> So much more could have been done if they memory mapped the io.
Can you say "Time to Market"?---I knew you could!
'dillo
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