Guest guest Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I purchased two used CTB16D controllers...received them yesterday..did not even think to ask about version when I purchased them...and one is a V5. Both are blue boards.I still need to fire them up and test, and verify they have the most current firmware, but hoping to get some insight on the differences between the V5 and V6 boards (all of my existing D boards are V6...)..Were there significant hardware/design changes from V5 to V6...or purely a firmware upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wbottomley Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 No real difference. Mostly a chip change.The biggest change will be on the new type of boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Which chip?I'm seeing the same PIC chip..I emailed LOR support..will share their response when I get it.edit: fixed my redundancy my redundancy re PIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Are the V6 ones running 4.40? 4.40 was released to support a change in how the pins on the microcontroller are connected to the header. Nothing really of significance that anyone is aware of that is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 All the V6s I built are running 4.40..need to check this one I bought.I'm more curious to see what the V5 has loaded in it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 The newest current firmware that a V5 will take is 4.32. There is no documented functional difference between 4.32 and 4.40. About a year ago, LOR announced a future firmware upgrade tool that will be able to determine what hardware version is plugged in, and download the correct firmware automatically. I don't expect any new firmware releases until the new hardware utility is ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Just tested the boards tonite, both were at 4.01...now upgraded to 4.32.What I'm taking away from this, based on feedback is, no significant hardware difference between V5 and V6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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