Got the kit... most of it :)

RE: Got the kit... most of it :)

ochikov — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 10:15:43 GMT

Hello, I also did not receive the kits:

Wurth capacitor kit (885 060)
Wurth switch kit (499 001)

Do you have some information when they will be shipped?

RE: Got the kit... most of it :)

RWReynolds — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:06:52 GMT

One other note John. In digging a little deeper, it looks like you can use the AEM as long as the motherboard is powered from the USB port. It doesn't actually have to have the debugger connected. Check out section 4.1 MCU Power Selection of the User's Manual. But it still seems that it's only useful when the board is connected to SimplicictyStudio. I haven't seen anything on reading it through an MCU application. But there is an example application that shows how to get the MCU current and voltage usage and display it to the LCD display. Notes in the application read "Read MCU voltage and current consumption from board controller". I don't see any reference to the AEM in the code so I'm not sure if it uses it or not. It uses the Board Support Package library and I haven't dug into that code yet.

I did just got my stepper motor running on the EFM32ZG, should be very similar to the EZR32WG. I'm about to do an energy profile on it. Fun stuff...

RE: Got the kit... most of it :)

RWReynolds — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:44:51 GMT

Soldering surface mount components is not that difficult with just a soldering iron, especially with the use of a microscope. And you can build one using a Raspberry Pi, a camera module and a small monocular for about $150. Works like a charm.:)