[Lab] Launch Pad

[Jean-Marc LeBlanc]

It is actually built right into the chip.

I based my self off this tutorial
http://www.waitingforfriday.com/index.php/Building_a_PIC18F_USB_device

if you can get an email with a custom domain, you can even sample the
chips for free.  you will need a programmer though.  you can get cheap
one on ebay or you can make one too :P

p.s. I have order so many samples with my custom domain. the 4$ a year
is worth the investments.  I have sample chips worht over 100$ on
digikey

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 11:44 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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