hhartvig
Member
Sorry for any inconvenience but I’m a totally newbie to Teensy in terms of development and coding. I’m operating a system used for timing and scoring semi dragrace events. This system is utilizing the Teensy 3.2 with the addition of an Ethernet kit.
I now want to move forward and update this current, and most of the time fully operational, system and want to know if the 4.1 with Ethernet is compatible with the old 3.2 system?
The I/O part of the system is fairly simple and consists of 12 independent sensor/contact inputs (6 for each of the two lanes). Output consists of 11 independent LED lamps showing lineup and start procedure indication to the two competitors.
The actual timing and scoring and controlling the Teensy 3.2 is done by a PC application developed in VB. We aim to reuse this application for now (2023 season) but the UI(X) will require future redesign adding modern Windows design to it.
To take control and future proof our current investment, my plan is to reverse engineer all the hardware and put it into a more robust PCB design using external consultants. Currently all the hardware is mounted on a multiboard and internally connected using mounting wires. This has caused several system malfunctions over the years and put me in an unnecessary dependency of the original developer whenever a fault is occurring.
So back to my first question, will it be possible to use the current Teensy 3.2 software on a Teensy 4.1?
I now want to move forward and update this current, and most of the time fully operational, system and want to know if the 4.1 with Ethernet is compatible with the old 3.2 system?
The I/O part of the system is fairly simple and consists of 12 independent sensor/contact inputs (6 for each of the two lanes). Output consists of 11 independent LED lamps showing lineup and start procedure indication to the two competitors.
The actual timing and scoring and controlling the Teensy 3.2 is done by a PC application developed in VB. We aim to reuse this application for now (2023 season) but the UI(X) will require future redesign adding modern Windows design to it.
To take control and future proof our current investment, my plan is to reverse engineer all the hardware and put it into a more robust PCB design using external consultants. Currently all the hardware is mounted on a multiboard and internally connected using mounting wires. This has caused several system malfunctions over the years and put me in an unnecessary dependency of the original developer whenever a fault is occurring.
So back to my first question, will it be possible to use the current Teensy 3.2 software on a Teensy 4.1?