[Lab] launchpad

Wed Aug 17 17:33:16 EDT 2011

I'm still curious about it.

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:

> doesn't actually sing just plays a tune like a birthday card
>
> 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 Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
> > A singing hat? That sounds cool. :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> > <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I can bring my launchpad if any one is interested and a singing hat I
> >> made with it?
> >>
> >> 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 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.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:10 PM, <bentfork at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> 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. :)
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 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.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> 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
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> 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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