FTC Video Tutorial: How to update Samantha's firmware

In this tutorial, you can follow along with FTC program coordinator Timm Huffman as he updates a Samantha Module with the latest firmware.

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Science & Technology

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• FTC
• robotics
• tutorial
• Samantha
• FIRST

[a2304]

tried but the firmware won't update past 2.02

[FIRSTTechChallenge]

@a2304 there is a brand new FCS out there, can you try following these steps one more time using the latest FCS? Not sure if that will make a difference or not, but it can't hurt. If it doesn't work, e-mail ftcteams@usfirst.org and we can help troubleshoot directly.

[FIRSTTechChallenge]

Sorry to hear it's so troublesome. Have you talked to any other teams about the issues it's causing to see if they've experienced the same ones?

[LorrieannR]

@alpharhinonxt Before you alter or resolder anything, post the question to the official game forum to find out if it's legal first.

[alpharhinonxt]

@clubkevin11 What seems to be the problem? Is the network passkey not being written? Is the connection between the brick and samantha dropping? One thing you can do to resolve these issues is re soldering the connections of the USB port to the main board inside the module, then reinforcing the USB connector to the other half of the shell of the samantha module. Let me know if I can help any more.

[clubkevin11]

the samantha we have is soooooo bad :( i hate it and it causes all of our problems.