Hi All
I have recently joined 43oh and have been literally almost studying this site.
I am currently a university student in South-Africa and we have just received our final projects last week. I am completely new to MCU and have very VERY little knowledge about them. We are only starting to study them now, however my final project requires an in-depth understanding.
I have done a lot of research on the MSP430G2 Launchpad (as we were supplied with these). My project is described as follows...
I must build a stand-alone unit with the following features
- Must display a real-time clock
- Have a stopwatch feature (start,stop,reset buttons)
- Must log each batch with the batch number, actual time, laptime (from stopwatch)
- Device must be connected via Ethernet to local network for uploading of logged data to a PC (Not limited to Ethernet)
At the moment I feel like this 
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Any help in this matter will be MUCH appreciated. I was also supplied with CCS as a software package.
Through my research I am proposing the following idea:
- Use MSP430G2553 MCU for coding real time clock, stopwatch
- Connect a 16x2 LCD display to my MCU (Not sure if I must use serial LCD or Parallel - Lecturer advised serial?) Need to purchase
- Make use of CC3000 Booster Back to generate a WiFi connection, instead of Ethernet, to send the data. (Here I am still unsure about how this communication will send my required data and to receive and log it on the PC side) Need to purchase
- I also found Rob's Ethernet Booster pack, on the site, and wondered if this can maybe also work?
- I saw a SDcard reader Booster pack and though that this might be an additional to store information as a backup
Please, ANY help in this project will be much appreciated.