[Lab] launchpad

[Jean-Marc LeBlanc]

doesn't actually sing just plays a tune like a birthday card

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 5:30 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
> A singing hat? That sounds cool. :)
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> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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.
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >>> 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:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 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:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> 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. :)
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> 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.
>> >>>>>>> >
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>> >>>>>>> > 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?
>> >>>>>>> >>>
>> >>>>>>> >>>
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>> >>>>>>> >>> 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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