[Lab] launchpad

Jean-Marc LeBlanc jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com
Wed Aug 17 17:20:48 EDT 2011


I can bring my launchpad if any one is interested and a singing hat I
made with it?

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




On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
> Well, we'd need to have time to invite people and make sure the lab is free.
> I'll check with Ryan and check the schedule.
> You mean this Thursday as in tomorrow? Or do you mean next Thursday a week
> away? Or the next one?
> It will be interested to see how many people are interested.
> I sure am.
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> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:10 PM, <bentfork at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I think it would be fun to do a demo/walk through for the group.  I think
>> I can make it this Thursday.
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>> How many people are interested?  I can dig up a few launchpads to bring
>> along.
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>> On 16 August 2011 13:02, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
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>>> I think walkthroughs and stuff would strengthen the group.
>>> I can do some on stuff like Search Engine Optimization, WordPress,
>>> Database Theory...
>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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