Those specs were for Solar Miner II, the car that won the 1999 race. The article has the correct specs for Solar Miner IV, the car that won this year's race.
Not quite, since serial data is synchronized at each start bit, a moderate amount of time drift can occur and still be synchronized. Using the R/C clock you can get a 1Mhz instruction rate, which is more than plenty to handle 115Kps.
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Looks like the team is pretty slow to update the FAQ on the website. Still has the one that Jeremy Theis and I put together 4 years ago. ;)
Those specs were for Solar Miner II, the car that won the 1999 race. The article has the correct specs for Solar Miner IV, the car that won this year's race.
look at gnutella.nerdherd.net
Not quite, since serial data is synchronized at each start bit, a moderate amount of time drift can occur and still be synchronized. Using the R/C clock you can get a 1Mhz instruction rate, which is more than plenty to handle 115Kps.