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How to use raspberry pi and MSP430G2553 launchpad with nRF24L01?

vish
vish over 10 years ago

Hi community,

 

I'm trying to make a wireless communication link between my raspberry pi and MSP430G2553 launchpad using nRF24L01 modules.

 

I'm using RF24 library for raspberry pi and Enrf24 library for launchpad.

 

First thing I tried was to configure one of mu launchpad+nRF module as transmitter and other pair as a reciever( as in the sample comes with Enrf24 library ) and it works fine.

 

Now I want my raspberry pi to be the receiver. But Pi is not at all receiving the message.

 

These are the source files I'm using :

 

// For launchpad : MSP430G2553 as transmitter

#include <Enrf24.h>
#include <nRF24L01.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <SPI.h>

// For MSP430G2553
Enrf24 radio(P2_0, P2_1, P2_2);  // P2.0=CE, P2.1=CSN, P2.2=IRQ

const uint8_t txaddr[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x01 };

const char *str_on = "ON";
const char *str_off = "OFF";

void setup() {

  SPI.begin();
  SPI.setDataMode(SPI_MODE0);
  SPI.setBitOrder(MSBFIRST);

  radio.begin();  // Defaults 1Mbps, channel 0, max TX power

  radio.setTXaddress((void*)txaddr);

  // set push button
  // pinMode( P1_3, INPUT );
  // set leds
  pinMode( P1_0, OUTPUT );
  // do some startup animation
  for( int i = 0; i < 5; i++ ) {
    digitalWrite( P1_0, HIGH );
    delay( 250 );
    digitalWrite( P1_0, LOW );
    delay( 250 );
  }
  digitalWrite(P1_0, LOW);
}

void loop() {

      digitalWrite( P1_0, LOW );
      radio.print(str_on);
      radio.flush();  // Force transmit (don't wait for any more data)
      delay(250);
   
      digitalWrite( P1_0, HIGH );
      radio.print(str_off);
      radio.flush();  //
      delay(250);
}

 

// For raspberry pi, as receiver
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <RF24/RF24.h>

using namespace std;

// Radio pipe addresses for the 2 nodes to communicate.
// First pipe is for writing, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th is for reading...
const uint64_t pipes[6] =
                    {
                        0xDEADBEEF01LL,
                        0xDEADBEEF01LL,
                        0xDEADBEEF01LL,
                        0xDEADBEEF01LL,
                        0xDEADBEEF01LL,
                        0xDEADBEEF01LL
                       
                        // 0x01EFBEADDELL,
                        // 0x01EFBEADDELL,
                        // 0x01EFBEADDELL,
                        // 0x01EFBEADDELL,
                        // 0x01EFBEADDELL,
                        // 0x01EFBEADDELL
                    };

// CE Pin, CSN Pin, SPI Speed

// Setup for GPIO 22 CE and GPIO 25 CSN with SPI Speed @ 1Mhz
//RF24 radio(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_22, RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_18, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_1MHZ);

// Setup for GPIO 22 CE and CE0 CSN with SPI Speed @ 4Mhz
//RF24 radio(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_15, BCM2835_SPI_CS0, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_4MHZ);

// Setup for GPIO 22 CE and CE1 CSN with SPI Speed @ 8Mhz
RF24 radio(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_15, RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_26, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ); 


int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    uint8_t len;

    // Refer to RF24.h or nRF24L01 DS for settings
    radio.begin();
    radio.enableDynamicPayloads();
    radio.setAutoAck(1);
    radio.setRetries(15,15);
    radio.setDataRate(RF24_1MBPS);
//    radio.setPALevel(RF24_PA_MAX);
    radio.setChannel(0);
    radio.setCRCLength(RF24_CRC_16);

    radio.openReadingPipe(0,pipes[0]);
    radio.openReadingPipe(1,pipes[1]);
    radio.openReadingPipe(2,pipes[2]);
    radio.openReadingPipe(3,pipes[3]);
    radio.openReadingPipe(4,pipes[4]);
    radio.openReadingPipe(5,pipes[5]);

    // Start listening
    radio.startListening();

    // Dump the configuration of the rf unit for debugging
    radio.printDetails();
   
    printf("Output below : \n");
    delay(1);
   
    while(1)
    {
        char receivePayload[32];
        uint8_t pipe = 1;
       
        // Start listening
        radio.startListening();
                   
        while ( radio.available(&pipe) )
        {
            len = radio.getDynamicPayloadSize();
            radio.read( receivePayload, len );

            // Display it on screen
            printf("Recv: size=%i payload=%s pipe=%i\n",len,receivePayload,pipe);

            pipe++;
            // reset pipe to 0
            if ( pipe > 6 )
                pipe = 0;
        }
       
        delayMicroseconds(20);
    }
   
    return 0;
}

 

 

Can anybody please tell me what I'm doing wrong ??

 

 

 

 

I also tried to scan the spectrum using raspberry Pi in order to ensure that my connections are correct. I used this code :

 

// To report channel activity , running on raspberry pi
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <RF24/RF24.h>

using namespace std;

// CE Pin, CSN Pin, SPI Speed

// Setup for GPIO 22 CE and CE1 CSN with SPI Speed @ 1Mhz
//RF24 radio(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_22, RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_26, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_1MHZ);

// Setup for GPIO 22 CE and CE0 CSN with SPI Speed @ 4Mhz
//RF24 radio(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_15, BCM2835_SPI_CS0, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_4MHZ);

// Setup for GPIO 22 CE and CE0 CSN with SPI Speed @ 8Mhz
RF24 radio(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_15, RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_26, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ);


// Radio pipe addresses for the 2 nodes to communicate.
//const uint8_t pipes[][6] = {"1Node","2Node"};
// const uint8_t rxAddress[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x01 };
const uint8_t rxAddress[] = { 0x01, 0xEF, 0xBE, 0xAD, 0xDE };

//const uint64_t pipes[2] = { 0xABCDABCD71LL, 0x544d52687CLL };


int main(int argc, char** argv){
    printf("RF24 Test Program\n");

    // Setup and configure rf radio
    radio.begin();
    // set channels to 0
    radio.setChannel( 79 );
    // optionally, increase the delay between retries & # of retries
    radio.setRetries(15,15);
    // Dump the configuration of the rf unit for debugging
    radio.printDetails();
    // start listening
    printf( "Opening Address : " );
    radio.openReadingPipe(1, rxAddress);
    printf( " [COMPLETED]\n " );
    printf( "Listening...\n" );
    radio.startListening();
    // Dump the configuration of the rf unit for debugging
    radio.printDetails();
    int16_t i, j;
    uint8_t strength, chan=0, dumpbuf[33];

    printf("nRF24L01+ Channel Activity Scan\n");
    printf("-------------------------------\n");

  // Sample channels 0 through 125.
  for (chan=0; chan < 126; chan++) {
    // Force RX off, change channel & force back on.
    radio.startListening();
    delay( 10 );
    radio.stopListening();
    delay( 10 );
    radio.setChannel(chan);
    radio.startListening();
    delay(1);  // Strawman delay to make sure the RF engine is fully spun-up on the new channel
   
    /* Sample the RPD register (Receive Power Detect, >= -64dBm signal detected)
     * 256 times, once every 4 milliseconds, incrementing the 'strength' variable each
     * time it's detected.  This will be used to produce a relative estimate of how
     * strong the ambient noise/crosstalk is on this channel.
     */
    strength = 0;
    for (i=0; i<100; i++) {
      if (radio.testRPD())
        strength++;
      delay(4);
    }
   
    /* Discover the highest bit set in our 'strength' variable; that will
     * be the size of the bargraph we'll show for this channel.
     */
    j = 0;
    for (i=7; i >= 0; i--) {
      if (strength & (1 << i)) {
        j = i+1;
        break;
      }
    }

    /* Each channel represents a 1MHz bandwidth starting at 2400MHz, e.g.
     * channel 125 is 2525MHz, channel 64 is 2464MHz.
     */
    printf("\nChannel %d", chan);
    printf(" ("); printf("%d", 2400+chan); printf("MHz): ");
    for (i=0; i < j; i++) {
      printf("*");
    }
    printf("   %d - %d", j, strength );
   
    if (radio.available()) {  /* Just in case some data got inadvertently received while
                               * we were doing our scan, clear it out.
                               */
      radio.read(dumpbuf, 33);
    }
  }  // Loop to the next channel...

  printf("\nChannel scan done; halting CPU.  Hit RESET to do another scan.\n");
  // Serial.flush();
  // radio.deepsleep();
  // while(1) ;  // Permanently halt the CPU.  Using while(1) is more portable e.g. to Stellaris LP.

    return 0;
}

 

And I got this output :

 

Channel 0 (2400MHz): *******   7 - 80
Channel 1 (2401MHz):    0 - 0
Channel 2 (2402MHz):    0 - 0
Channel 3 (2403MHz):    0 - 0
......



Channel 54 (2454MHz):
0 - 0


Channel 55 (2455MHz):
0 - 0



Channel 56 (2456MHz): ***   3 - 4



Channel 57 (2457MHz):
0 - 0



Channel 58 (2458MHz): **   2 - 3
Channel 59 (2459MHz): *   1 - 1
Channel 60 (2460MHz): **   2 - 2
Channel 63 (2463MHz): ***   3 - 4
Channel 64 (2464MHz): ***   3 - 6
Channel 65 (2465MHz): ***   3 - 4
Channel 66 (2466MHz): ***   3 - 6
Channel 67 (2467MHz): *****   5 - 16



Channel 68 (2468MHz):
0 - 0


Channel 69 (2469MHz):
0 - 0

 

 

( sorry for messing up the output, I don't know what is happening )

 

So now I'm sure that my transmitter is at channel0 and the activity around channel 60 may be due to my router.

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    0 ravi_butani over 10 years ago

    U can use launchpad with nRF24L01 with raspberry pi.... As nRF uses SPI (I think...) and U can Use launchpad as USB to UART converter with raspberry pi....

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    0 vish over 10 years ago in reply to ravi_butani

    Sadly the linux serial comm drivers for G2xx series is not in good shape and it usually( almost always ) hungs....

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    0 vish over 10 years ago in reply to ravi_butani

    Sadly the linux serial comm drivers for G2xx series is not in good shape and it usually( almost always ) hungs....

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