stcgal/doc/stc12a-protocol.txt
Grigori Goronzy cf0d93b179 Add notes about STC12A and STC89 protocols
Nothing is implemented yet, but this should help with the
implementation when I finally get the chips from China.
2014-01-12 01:39:14 +01:00

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STC12A
This is an early STC12 protocol variant; It seems to be used on STC12Cx052 and
possibly other models. It is a mix of STC89 and STC12 protocol versions.
Differences to STC12:
* Uses NONE parity instead of EVEN parity.
* Checksum calculations are different: only a single-byte modular sum is used.
* Baudrate handshake isn't initiated with a type 0x50 packet; this is simply
skipped.
* After the handshake a special ping-pong sequence of 0x80 type packets needs
to be sent.
This doesn't appear to serve any purpose - possibly this is just done to
verify that the connection works reliably. STC12 doesn't require it anymore
because parity and the improved checksum ensure correct operation.
* Erase is acknowledged with type 0x80 packet instead of type 0x00
* After flash programming, there is no finish packet, type 0x69, sent; this
is simply skipped.