I have made considerable progress with the Rover All Comms project. First and foremost, I have decided upon the hardware platform. The hardware platform has been constructed and is working properly. The hardware platform will enable any windows PC to simply connect the USB device and then connect with the Rover of their choice. The hardware has a USB bridge chip and the ability to, through software, select one of three different physical communications protocol circuits.
I have also made considerable progress on the software development. The software tool is almost complete in establishing communications to all three different vehicles. Once I have established communications, I will then begin the tedious process of programming all of the different vehicle subsystems.
It is still the goal of this project to establish the software platform and make the software platform an open source project. If all goes well, the project will have a momentum oif its own in a few months.
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