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Just a thought: Is it anticipated that the pinout allocation of the core module/processor will be global & fixed, rather than varied depending on add-on boards? I strongly hope (& expect) it's the former. Is a procedure required for this, or does it need ownership, or 'not just yet!'? I also...

Yes, I like the reduced header size :) - it didn't occur to me that the 'length' was superfluous. Either start/end or start/length only is required. What's the issue with duplex? As you say it isn't really required for now as the processing of messages is sequential, but I feel uncomfortable to thin...

Jared does have some valid points there - in the case of just having runtime information out of the ECU, you're going to want it with as little overhead as possible (small 'packets') For now, it appears we want the serial comms to: Download flash block data for programming. Code debugging of variabl...

Just as a slight aside, regarding the CAN, what are people wanting or expecting from it? I'd say it's a huge overhead at this point, and a distraction to the goal of something functioning. I'm not an expert on vehicle CAN systems - if someone is really in the know here, is it worth pursuing at this ...

Hi folks I've read through as much of these serial threads as I can & based on the 0.4 spec., I have some comments! It looks pretty reasonable in general - you want as small an overhead as possible, but with enough tests there to ensure integrity. Reading the earlier parts, I was going to sugges...