[Lab] Launch pad

Mon Sep 20 12:27:12 EDT 2010

I tried it earlier to order 4 for experimenting but it gave 404 after I
tried to check out. No link was given so I'm not sure I was at the right
place for ordering. Is that a good place for ordering them?

Darcy

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah I bought mine on the second day and received it last week.  If
> you order one of these I would order it right from the TI store and
> not a retailer.
>
> check out their wiki.
> http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_LaunchPad_%28MSP-EXP430G2%29
>
> if you have only used the arduino, keep in mind that the launch pad is
> a little bit more complicated to program than the arduino.  But
> nothing you can't learn.
> If you are interested in my code though let me know.  Ill try to leave
> more detail comments than in the example code.  You can get an Idea of
> how it works
>
>
> 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 Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Launch pad is under $5 apiece shipped when purchasing from the TI e-store
> > and comes with a USB programmer that also serves as debugger and USB
> > backlink.  Only annoyance is a long lead time as they're constantly
> > backordered.. I bought 3 for $14 back in June and received them about 2-3
> > weeks ago.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> The Launch Pad thing is less than $5?
> >> My arduino was around 30 bucks assembled.
> >> Wow! Your baby's already getting married?
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> >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> >> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hey guy,
> >>> I been using the launch pad for about a week now.  I have not done
> >>> that much with it yet, but I have enough to have a few comments in
> >>> regards.  The first thing I will point out, is that it is not as easy
> >>> to use as the arduino.  The arduino has its own library that
> >>> simplifies allot of things.  For example if you want to write to the
> >>> serial port with the arduino it is only a matter of serial.open(baud);
> >>>  serial.print()  or similar.  On the launch pad, you would need to
> >>> figure out how to divide your clock, set an interrupt every X number
> >>> of cycles and set the bit manually.  Same thing with the analog pins.
> >>> That being said if you have used the arduino with simply the AVR c
> >>> code, then this is not any thing different or if you used any other
> >>> similar processor.
> >>>
> >>> That being said, if you are ok with the take on programming this is a
> >>> great development platform.  The thing that has impressed me the most
> >>> is the debugger.  Normally you would need either an expensive
> >>> development board or some JTag.  I never ventured into JTag since it
> >>> looked expensive and complicated and it looked scary ( I don't know if
> >>> it really is though).  This though, is 4.61$ and you can debug your
> >>> code.  you can set break points, you can see the value of you
> >>> variables and step threw your code.  All you need to do is hit the
> >>> debug button the the eclipse IDE and debug it as you would any other
> >>> eclipse code.
> >>>
> >>> The chip it self is not as powerful as the AVR (arduino). These 16 bit
> >>> processors, only has 2k Flash program space and 128 byte of ram.
> >>> Though for simple projects or drivers these are prefect.  They are
> >>> cheap and you can even sample some for free.  A good use for them
> >>> would be for sensor drivers or line drivers.  For example you could
> >>> have that chip read the temperature convert it to Celsius and then
> >>> that to your arduino (kinda like 2 threads).  I say this because they
> >>> have some neat features like 10 analog pins.  Another thing I like is
> >>> you can set an interrupt on raising or falling edges or change of any
> >>> digital pin.  To my understanding AVR only has 2 pins for that (please
> >>> correct me if i am wrong).
> >>>
> >>> As for the documentation, it took me a while to find what I needed.
> >>> There is allot of example code with really bad comments so they are
> >>> not that helpful.  what I found the most helpful was the uses guide
> >>> with the data sheet.  I think it would be better if there were more
> >>> comments or explanation.
> >>>
> >>> I have managed to send data to the serial port and read my snes
> >>> controller.  With the new baby and wedding coming up this week end ;)
> >>> I have not had time yet to put them all together so that it works.  I
> >>> hope to have my SNES controller work on my PC by the end of the week.
> >>> If any one is interested in the source.  I will try to comment it as
> >>> much as I can so first time users will understand what is going on.
> >>>
> >>> P.S.
> >>> if you are worried about the small program space, my code is only 64
> >>> bytes and 16 bytes ram.
> >>>
> >>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> >>> ---
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> >>> "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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