[Boatanchors] WJ-8716 newbie questions

[shoppa_boatanchors at trailing-edge.com]

mikea <mikea at mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
> My reading of the Premium-RX list includes a fair number of folks with
> W-J radios asking how to get current firmware without spending lots of
> cash. Apparently this is a recurrent problem, and W-J wants two prices
> for those little chips. 

The WJ-8716 as I understand it does not have a microprocessor on it, just
some SSI and MSI chips for the digital display and some switching.
(The remote control option may very well have had a microprocessor).

My interest in the 8716 is precisely because it doesn't have firmware!

Tim.