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I just opened the Prop, Prop clip, read the manual through, circuits etc. and read quite a lot, what I could find on these forums.
So when the Prop boots up, Cog0 looks for a PC connection first. If it’s available, it’ll load the program into memory.
This mean the EEPROM is optional as long as I have a good PC connection running Propeller Tool right?
Is there anything I need to do to terminate those open pins on the Prop then?I’ll have more, don’t worry
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