June 27thHere is some Substance to the MatterHere is a block diagram of the prototype. What we have a block respresenting the Animated toy on the top right showing its faculties,below it a block representing the Graphic LCD Screenand below that ...
June 27thMore on the C2000 Multi-DC/DC Color LED Lighting Kit Interfacing.Like the MSP430 Fraunchpad Serial Port, the C2000 Multi-DC/DC Color LED Lighting Kit control serial port is also via a USB interface IC.In order to use the C2000 Multi-DC/DC LE...
June 27thRestoration of voiceThe DAC5311IDCKT.DAC5311IDCKT. and FRAM buffer have been reconnected.This involves connection the same SPI CLK and Data Pins as the LCD display. The DAC is connected to a unity gain OP amp which in turn is connected ...
June 25thFunctional Test DetailsThe General ApproachI'm taking and incremental integration approach to getting this project up and working.I'm adding elements one at a time as I'm getting them to work.This leaves me with a trail of working configurat...
So it is time to wrap up the project ahead of the deadline. This week will be a mixture of finishing off board layouts, summaries, and anything else that comes up. Sure to be interesting while I'm on holiday! (Just a little short notice, was only boo...
June 25th : Time To wrap it Up So I think it is about time to compile what I have done so far and call it a day. Here is a bit of a video of my system as it is, as you can see there is still work to be done. My project so far is still def...
June 24thFunctional TestingI've just posted three videos of the showing some testing of the TI SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3000 integrated with a Toy and LCD Display.Enjoy! Remote Power On Testplayers.brightcove.net/.../index.html Re...
June 23rdOn the Ultimate Road again. The CC3000_RX_BUFFER_SIZE value was changed in my program and it now works like a charm.Messages received through the wire are now displayed on my LCD screen.I works just like a bought one! Here's a few addit...
June 23rdRepairs MadeI think I have found the culprint in the WiFi Basic Application and now have it sucessfully working.My theory is that the issue was with the default assigned value of CC3000_RX_BUFFER_SIZE.It is in wifi_basic_application.c declar...
June 22nd"My Problem has been confirmed."I had a look on the TI Forums and it appears that some one else has encountered the same issue.It's listed under "cc3000 socket API recv() does not return correct data".The recv() and recvfrom() functions are ...
June 22ndExterminate! Exterminate!I'm my quest to resolve my current problem I have rebuilt a new instance of the Basic WiFi Application (1.7.2.2).Like normal followed the instructions/walkthrough down to the T.All got built and downloaded to the Fra...
June 21stFunny Peculiar or Funny Ha Ha?During my testing of the wifi_basic_application (version 1.7.2.2), I noticed an peculiarity with it and at the time thought nothing really about it.Well this peculiarity as popped its head up in my project. ...
June 20thReturn of the Code InspectorDuring my perusal of the basic_wifi_application and other MSP430 examples I have noticed small annotation errors and minor "assumption" errors (some of which I have previously mentioned).One such example is the st...
June 19th"Spot the difference!"I've just spent some time comparing the datasheets for the LSR and Murata WiFi-SL evaluation boards.I'd expect that both would contain equivalent information but the LSR version contains much more useful informati...
So you're making something and plan on sharing it, what is the one thing that you need to include? Thats right, documentation. So, this week is all about writing up any missing documentation and cleaning up what already exists. Although this should b...
June 17thI love it when a plan comes together! - John "Hannibal" SmithThe Basic WiFi app now outputs to the SPI LCD. The operation sequence is (assuming that One Time Configuration has been completed); Start TeraTerm with correct Settings t...
June 17thBjorn Borg - "Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own..." The 84 x 48 Graphic SPI LCD has been assimilated into TI's Basic WiFi Demo program.I have modifie...
June 17th Silver bullets!I'm not a fan of Software delay loops and I am also glad to see that Code Composer studio is also not a fan of this horrible practice and gives warnings about their use.I only use them for getting stuff done in a hurry.&...
June 16thCaveat Emptor! - Let the buyer beware!Since I have a Nokia 5110 LCD panel working successfully I wanted some more.Unfortunately element14 does not stock this item so I had to source them from elsewhere. After looking all over the Intern...
June 14thBack to the FutureI'm back from vacation to find that a whole lot of goodies that I've been waiting for have arrived.The most exciting is the Texas Instruments DRV8312-C2-KIT.Like the TMDSRGBLETKIT - (Multi DC/DC LED Kit) it is a member of t...
June 12th : Light it UpHere is a quick video of my little display showing of its true colours. Unfortunately the quality is pretty shocking, I can never seem to get a good video of my light displays (anyone who knows some tricks for filming bright LE...
June 11th : A Little Bit Of Colour So I remember reading somewhere that we are meant to be including some of the TI lighting solutions in our projects. This sort of this is right down my alley, as it happened I had a bunch of RGB LEDs some of th...
This week is a short post, like only a few lines. Time has been spent doing the PCB schematics. A few missing components aside (diodes, caps, connectors etc), the PCB schematics are mostly done. A few lines will need changing to match the software, b...
June 4th : Joining the Dots So I have been able to spend some time putting all of the bits and pieces together and I now have something that resembles the idea I had a couple of months back. It is very much still in the prototype/test stage but ...
2nd JuneAloha from HawaiiAloha, I've just arrrived in Honolulu after participating a week long Clinic in Maui.I'm travelling light with just a CC3000 with Fraunchpad and this means that I can only work on the the protocol sections of the project.(Fro...
