[Lab] Launch Pad

[Tom Burns]

Nice, real nice!

The PIC with USB stack, is that open source software?  I'd like to see that
if it were.

Cheers,
Tom


On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was going to use these inexpensive wireless transmitters from
> sparkfun and send it over with an asynchronous serial transition. I
> have plans I drew up for it and I have been working for a while to get
> it to work.  The wireless controller would actually connect to the
> SNES console (I still play mario). The receiver would also work in the
> NES too.  As for the PC,  I have done this with the stamp and the
> arduino.  I simply read the serial port and emulate a key press
> accordingly.  I also have a PIC with a usb stack that can connect as a
> HID.
>
> I was also planning on converting the protocol to the game cube
> controller protocol eventually to use it to play virtual console games
> too.  I also have linux on my game cube and I have emulators on that.
>
> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> ---
>
> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The easiest way to make it wireless would probably be to convert the
> > NES/SNES input to i2c and pass it to a wiimote's expansion port.  The
> nice
> > thing about that route would be the code's already written for the host
> PC
> > via GlovePIE.  Otherwise you'll need to write the launchpad windows
> > USB->joystick API code yourself as I'm pretty sure the launchpad USB
> > backchannel shows up just as a UART.
> >
> > You could also make the snes controller emulate a wii classic controller
> > (sans the analog sticks) and be able to play snes virtual console games
> with
> > a snes controller.. sort of neat.  Of course this also implies the added
> > cost of a wiimote + bluetooth adapter for your laptop.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> > <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> That would be great.  Ill let you know the chip numbers i got after my
> >> meeting lol.  I also sample a couple of them.
> >>
> >> I was planning on doing exactly that lol.  I want to make a wireless
> >> snes controller. but first I think I will try just to use it as a usb
> >> game pad for my first test with launch pad then follow with the
> >> wireless part.
> >>
> >> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> >> ---
> >>
> >> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> >> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Hi Jean-Marc,
> >> >
> >> > I've had a bit of time to play with it actually, I got mine a week ago
> >> > or
> >> > so.
> >> >
> >> > A couple tips:
> >> > - the eclipse IDE was much easier to get working with a tutorial than
> >> > the
> >> > other IDE.  It does install a lot of debuggers that are useless to a
> >> > launchpad user though.
> >> > - write down the exact model numbers of the 2 chips you have.  I think
> >> > the
> >> > one in the board already is the MSP430g220x or something like that?
> >> > You'll
> >> > need this number to get the right set of examples from the website and
> >> > when
> >> > setting up your eclipse project.
> >> >
> >> > I wrote a teeny-tiny game for mine... "who can press the button 10
> times
> >> > faster -> red or blue".  The code was a cut and paste hackery I did
> just
> >> > for
> >> > kicks but if you want I could share the project when I'm home tonight.
> >> >
> >> > My next plan I think is to interface it with an original NES
> controller
> >> > I
> >> > have laying around.  I never knew the NES controllers were just a
> shift
> >> > register and that's it, very simple!
> >> >
> >> > Tom
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> >> > <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> I just received my launch pad from mouser after waiting like 3 months
> >> >> lol.  I was wondering if some one had ordered it from TI and had a
> >> >> chance to play with it?
> >> >> I will be looking a trying it out in the next couple days if any one
> >> >> is interested I can take notes on my experience to share with you
> too.
> >> >>
> >> >> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> >> >> ---
> >> >>
> >> >> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> >> >> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
> >> >>
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