Flow control with UARTS
Hi, I am thinking of subclassing or otherwise hooking into Serial and Serial1 in order to provide for CTS and RTS. This is still a bit over my head at this point. Any leads? I'll probably have to...
View ArticleTCP/IP client
Hello Gentlemen, I'm trying to develop a TCP/IP client with the new TI Connected LaunchPad board but I have some problem with the code that I couldn't figure out and maybe someone can give me a hand,...
View ArticleFirmware updates in the field, via USB and/or Bluetooth
Hi, I need my firmware to be updatable in the field, via USB or Bluetooth. I don't even know where to start with that, so if somebody could drop a few keywords to search for, that would already be...
View ArticleProblem Programming MSP430G2 Rev. 1.4
When I try to program my chip, I get this error: "Erasing... tilib: MSP430_Erase: Could not read device memory (error = 6) ihex: error on line 42 tilib: MSP430_Run: Could not read Enhanced Emulation...
View ArticleULP prefers static variables over local ones, why?
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Compiler/diagnostic_messages/MSP430/1535 I don't understand. Are not local variables allocated in stack? Why is it preferable to keep more variables in RAM at...
View Articlemsp430g2 Cant connect via USB
Hello everyone, FIrst - its not the permission issue of not having a proper udev rule. I am on Debian Wheezy with all the msp related packages installed from the official repos - including...
View Articlereading ADC values from MAX1271
I got bored this morning and decided to see if I could write my own code to get it to work as I didn't find any existing code. I got it kinda working but the accuracy is a bit off. When I apply 5...
View Article16 bit multiply in asm - pretty quick
I do all my programming in assembly and needed a little multiply routine, and came up with this. Not sure if it's been shown before. The method dates back to the ancient Chinese and Egyptians. Beats...
View Articlefloating point - Math - and Trigonometry with msp430g2553
Hi Everyone, I have been looking for about an hour online and haven't been able to find the answers to these questions. - Can I use floating point with the msp4302553 ? the watch expression on CCS...
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Web UI for MSP430 launchpad using node.js
Hi all! I recently worked upon a weather station project where we were required to display the data on a website. I finally decided to create a web UI for MSP430FR5739 launchpad as well. The web UI...
View ArticleProblem using Capacitive Touch Library on Port1
(Sorry for double post, but I think this is a better place to ask than in the Energia-Library Sub Forum) I got CapTouch working for Pins 2.x without problems, but not for Pins 1.x (e.g. 1.0, 1.3,...
View Articlemsp430g2452 simple UART
Hi all, I am trying to implement/edit an UART library (https://github.com/wendlers/msp430-softuart) on 2452 to run on MCLK 8MHz and SMCLK at 8MHz (by /8 divider). BCSCTL1 = CALBC1_1MHZ; DCOCTL =...
View ArticleWireless frequency meter
Hi All, As a total beginner I would ask the community if it would be possible and how, to create a wireless frequency meter based on the CC3000 booster pack and the new wolvering launchpad (fram). I...
View ArticleAnalyzing blinky's disassembly
Hello everyone, I disassembled the following code: #include <msp430.h> #define RED BIT0 #define GREEN BIT6 int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) { WDTCTL = WDTPW + WDTHOLD;...
View ArticleAdding CC430 support
Hi everyone, I'm working on Energia CC430 support. It's the first time I do this kind of work, it allowed me to understand a lot of things but not everything of course :) So I have a lot of questions...
View ArticleQuestions about the MSP430 Tempsensor
I am writing a program that is supposed to read the temperature from the MSP430's internal sensor, then display it through the LED's by making the red one blink the 10's digit and the green one blink...
View ArticleMSP430 vs Silicon Labs efm32
Hi, Sorry if it's a repeated question, but I am in the middle of a meeting and I am looking for pros and cons of MSP430 vs EFM32. For low-end, low activity, low cost, ulp devices, it appears to me...
View ArticleDemographics of embedded development
Hi, Today was my first live encounter with my new colleagues, embedded developers. Although I don't consider myself quite in this category yet, given my long "macro" background. (Or what's the best...
View ArticleCan't find EZ430-RF256X-SDK-GA
Hi, I've been given an MSP430 eZ430-RF256x Bluetooth evaluation tool by a client. It came with a cd titled Z430-RF256x Software RF256x-CD Oct 2011 (2011? Is it obsolete?) The CD contains one...
View ArticleEnergia Serial Monitor Font - Change to fixed size
Is there a way to change the font of the Serial Monitor in Energia (version 1010E0012)? I want to change it to a fixed size font so columns line up. Looked in preferences.txt, but couldn't find it...
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