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FLEX STACK FIRMWARE

The FLEX Stack software, which is written in ANSI C, handles the details of communicating with the CreataLink receiver. It defines an 11-function API that allows the application portion of the firmware to communicate with the low-level receiver drivers. Nine of the function calls reside within the FLEX Stack driver and are called by the application firmware. The remaining two functions are defined as notification functions, and the notification functions reside in the application portion of the firmware. These functions are called from the FLEX Stack driver to notify the application of receiver events, such as reception of a message. Figure 2 shows you a block diagram of the FLEX Stack firmware.

Figure 2ýThe FLEX Stack module provides a high-level interface to the CreataLink receiver.

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