To upgrade the CircleOS of your Primer (version 3.7 or 3.8)

1. Download...

• for Primer2, get Primer2_Upgrade.zip (v3.71) or Primer2_Upgrade.zip (v3.8)

• for Primer1(circle), get Primer_upgrade.zip (3.71) or Primer_upgrade.zip (v3.8)

2. Unzip the file.

3. Launch the batch...

• Restore_Primer2_Circle_Factory.bat, for Primer2
• Reinstall_stm32_primer_demo.bat, for Primer1(circle)

To upgrade the CircleOS for your Ride7 environment

From the zip file above (PrimerN_upgrade.zip)

1. Extract the .elf file

2. Copy this file to RIDE\LIB\ARM\CircleOS (overwrite the original file). 

To upgrade the source files of CircleOS

From the Projects section...

1. Get the latest CircleOS project file

2. Unzip and use this project file

To upgrade your RIDE environment

From the Resources section, download the latest CD-ROM image (a new CD will be available on Monday Jan. 19th).

Note (Jan 16th 2009): The downloads available in the  Projects section have been updated for Primer2. Two projects Primer1 / Primer2 are now available. Moreover, a few projects have been modified to work on Primer2. For example, 'Chess' now accepts the touchscreen as inputs.

CircleOS V3.8 (latest) versus V3.1 (factory default)

• CMSIS 1.20 and ST library 3.1 upgrade
• Touchscreen precision improved with third calibration point
• Joystick diagonals managed
• New applications within the PrimerUpgrade.zip from last contest : MP3 player, Chromatic Tuner, Sol8Air
• New audio capabilities (44 KHz wave files read)
• New mass storage mode in order to load files on SDCard directly by USB connection
• Character set extended (new ascii characters from 127 to 255)
• New File System (FAT & FAT32) and explorer to navigate through the SDCard tree structure
• New graphical interface takes advantage of the quality of the color display 
• Touchscreen can be used for intuitive, ergonomic navigation within menus/scroll list
• Hardware check distinguishes between Primer1 and Primer2 at startup
• New API functions 
• Various bug fixes...