[Lab] launchpad

[bentfork at gmail.com]

I think it would be fun to do a demo/walk through for the group.  I think I
can make it this Thursday.

How many people are interested?  I can dig up a few launchpads to bring
along.

On 16 August 2011 13:02, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:

> I think walkthroughs and stuff would strengthen the group.
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> I can do some on stuff like Search Engine Optimization, WordPress, Database
> Theory...
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> Even how to make a Squirrel model plane. :)
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> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
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>> Would you be able to do a walk-through for a group? It could be done on a
>> Thursday at ArtEngine. It will add some more dna to the mix on top of
>> Arduino.
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>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:14 AM, <bentfork at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> This is all you need to get the launchpad up and running:
>>>
>>> http://dl-www.ti.com/lit/sw/slac050/slac050.zip
>>>
>>> via (
>>> http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/IAR_Embedded_Workbench_for_TI_MSP430
>>> )
>>> and (
>>> http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_LaunchPad_%28MSP-EXP430G2%29
>>> )
>>>
>>> I'm a huge fan of the msp430 family of devices.  Feel free to send any
>>> questions my way.  I've a bunch of launchpads kicking around if anyone wants
>>> to play with some at the lab some night.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16 August 2011 10:05, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
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>>>> That's what it looks like. But I read the instructions that said to go
>>>> get the drivers and the IDE. :)
>>>>
>>>> Silly me, i should have not read the instructions. :)
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>>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
>>>> jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Yeah if you install CCS (code composer studio) it will install the
>>>>> drivers.  I think there is a way to just get the drivers too.  I don't
>>>>> have the link but if you lurk around or post on the forums over at
>>>>> 43oh.com (http://www.43oh.com/forum/)  you will find what you need
>>>>> fairly quickly
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The driver must be in the IDE software. I installed that last night
>>>>> and I
>>>>> > will try it later tonight after the Wordpress meetup.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> They don't come with a disk.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:58 AM, Nicholas Renaud
>>>>> >> <nicholas.renaud at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Might seem like a stupid question, but did you check the included
>>>>> disc?
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>> > Just got my launchpad in from TI (it's an arduino-like
>>>>> apparatus).
>>>>> >>> > http://mambohead.com/2011/08/launchpad-arrived/
>>>>> >>> > Can't seem to find the drivers for windows though.....
>>>>> >>> >
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