Upgrade your Blaster-2022
You have a blaster-2022 and you want to upgrade it to the latest software, so you can shoot together with the blasters from 2024?
You can upgrade the firmware at the badge flash station. If you have an advanced version of the blaster-2022 - with programmer - then you can also upgrade your firmware from your laptop with Embeetle IDE. On this page you'll find all the required steps.
Embeetle IDE
Embeetle is an IDE of Belgian make. You can program the LANA module with it on the blaster-2024 (flamingo), but you can also program the Atmel chip on the older blaster-2022.
STEP 1: Download Embeetle IDE
First download Embeetle: - https://embeetle.com/downloads
You can download it for either Windows or Linux. We don't have MAC support yet.
STEP 2: Launch the arduino-uno-blaster-2022 project
Launch Embeetle and click 'CREATE PROJECT'. Then select Arduino for the vendor and look for the project arduino-uno-blaster-2022:
Now click CREATE at the bottom. Embeetle IDE will download the sample project and also all the required tools automatically. Then the project opens:
What you see in this screenshot is basically an Arduino UNO project that has been converted into a full-fledged makefile-based C/C++ project. Unlike Arduino, Embeetle IDE gives you access to all the driver files, linker scripts, assembly startup files and more! Nothing is hidden.
STEP 3: Plug in the board
Important: your badge must be disconnected from the blaster (5V from the USB will distroy your 3,3V badge)
Plug in your blaster-2022 device.
STEP 4: Flash the firmware
Now click the flash button at the top in Embeetle IDE. Embeetle flashes the firmware to the Atmel chip.
If the flash doesn't work, please check out the solutions on this page: