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Workshop with Energia and the Educational Boosterpack MkII
Hi everyone! So I've started something I wanted to make for a while, a workshop using Energia. And the educational boosterpack MkII release seemed a perfect excuse to start. Since I am in the board of...
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IAR Embedded Workbench Tutorial for MSP430
A short tutorial on how to use the IAR Embedded Workbench 5.3 to program and debug MSP430 microcontrollers on a windows box.The article teaches the reader to create and compile a simple C Project to...
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Short Introduction to ADC10 of MSP430 Launchpad
A Short introduction on Programming ADC10 of MSP430 Launchpad and Displaying the ADC10 values on a LED Bar graph type Display. Full Tutorial can be found here
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Interfacing 7 Segment LED Display with MSP430 Launchpad
In this tutorial we will learn to interface a 7 segment LED display (LT543) with MSP430 Launchpad development board from Texas Instruments.A 7 Segment LED display can be used to display a limited...
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Serial Communication using MSP430 UART(USCI_A)
In this article we we will configure USCI_A0 in MSP430G2553 to handle asynchronous serial communication or commonly known as UART mode.The UART mode uses two pins to transmit(UCA0TXD) and receive...
View ArticleTI RTOS porting to MSP430F5659 and USB CDC
Hi i am working on MSP430F56559 controller using CCS 6.1.1 in window platform. i have two queries, 1. I want to port TI RTOS to my controller. As per document i did .mak file changes but not able to...
View ArticleSmartRF cotrolling CC1120
Hi, I want to control my CC1120 evaluation model to test the communication range under different criteria. Can I use smartRF to directly control it. I'm not sure what should I do?
View ArticleMSP <--> EMULATOR explanation
I'm trying to understand the two possible configurations of the headers on the MSP430G2, rev 1.5, at the top near the border between the emulator and the uart. The silk screen seems to indicate that...
View ArticleUse of driverlib
I am starting to use CCS and C more, Energia less. Currently I'm taking a TI workshop that tends to use driverlib rather than more more direct access to the registers. I notice that a lot (most I...
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G2553 I2C read question (Code Composer)
Hi, I'm trying to interface a MSP430G2553 to the TCA8418. I'm a complete noobie to the I2C bus, and I'm trying to get an idea of how to pull values from the slave's registers. Here's the addressing...
View ArticleStreaming data over WiFi
Hello all, I am looking to stream sensor data and back it up preferably in the cloud where I can later analyze the data. I'm currently using the CC3100+MSP430. I have yet to get Temboo working...
View ArticleCombining libraries and losing client connection
Hello all, I have recently gotten two separate functions working but when combining I am having trouble publishing data to an MQTT broker. The command "client.connect("LaunchPadClient");" is causing my...
View ArticleTimer interrupt
Hi everyone, I want to use both of Timer0_A0 and Timer0_A1 interrupt. I have configured as below: void TIM_TRIG_ADC_CFG(){ CCTL0 &= ~CCIE; CCTL1 &= ~CCIE; TACTL = TASSEL_2 + MC_1; // Set the...
View Articleinput protection diodes, interesting video on eevblog
power an msp430 without power pins ;-) http://www.eevblog.com/2015/12/18/eevblog-831-power-a-micro-with-no-power-pin/
View ArticleMSP432 CMSIS Update
I just noticed this today and don't think I've seen it on 43oh... Starting with MSP432 software update scheduled for March 2016, the MSP432 header file system will be updated to the CMSIS-Core...
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Christmas tree blinky thing
Last year my daughter (she was almost 7 back then) got interesting in soldering. So I let het solder stuff together, no function whatsoever. It did not last long, until she wanted to solder something...
View ArticleCode not run when use external power
Hi everyone, I am using MSP430G2 Launchpad to make strip LED effect, I used CCS to debug and flash to MCU, I have been facing with a strange problem, When I debug (press on resume button) my program...
View ArticleCode examples for timer A up count mode, with output mode 6 then 7?
I have been looking for some code snippets of the timer A up count mode Setting TA0CCR0 = 512 for 1 sec with the crystal hooked up and /8 Input low to start timer start timer in mode 6 toggle/set...
View ArticleExample sketch for Cubeberg's VFD clock?
I have just completed the VFD clock kit as sold on the 43o store. I have downloaded the gitHub code but it is not in a .ino form so I do not know how to work with it. I have tried importing/opening...
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How to build Custom GUI for microcontroller?
Hi guys, I would like to get some suggestions from you guys on building a custom GUI for microcontrollers such as the msp430 launchpad or tiva c launchpad Your guidance will be much appreciated.
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