Having read Mark's early experience I thought installing the BenchVue code would be a doddle - the heavy lifting having been done already by someone else. Not quite !! I decided to put it on a computer outside mainstream use because I've ex...
My appreciation goes out to Element 14 and to Keysight for selecting me to participate in the BenchVue RoadTest. I am still in awe at how great a program Road Test is. Really valuable and useful stuff for free in exchange for your honest ...
To some extent gloves are a harder challenge for a capacitive sensor than thick front panels as the sensor can't be calibrated up front for a specific pair of gloves. For my testing I picked 3 different gloves. The first are heavy duty PVC, the k...
The next part of my roadtest with the CapTIvate sensors is to see how they perform with different front panel materials. If you think of the basics a capacitor is two conductors separated by an insulator. If we put in thick insulator with different d...
Time to create our first Radio project. A transmitter. Part 2 and final. We continue with the project we created in part 1. At the end of this blog, we 'll have our transmitter running. And we'll be able to test it. Change our S...
Time to create our first Radio project. A transmitter. We start with the empty project from the previous blog, and use SmartRF Studio to configure our Sender profile. SmartRF Studio We've used SmartRF Studio in the seco...
Fast Track for new projects - The Empty RTOS Project Creation Wizard The TI-RTOS installation comes with 2 kickstarters for new projects. One gives you an empty RTOS shell. The other one pre-loads some drivers and creates 1 example task. W...
As mentioned at the end of part 2, I've installed Code Composer Studio so that I can upload new code to the development board. following the workshop guide the first step is to generate some code from design studio and import it into CCS. This works ...
Debug Time ! www.youtube.com/watch Let's check how you can debug a conversation between two Sub-1 GHz Radios.We'll use the TI-RTOS simplest example, and place some strategic breakpoints.One on the sender side, just before transmission, when...
To use the development kit you need to download and install the "CapTIvate Design Center" GUI CapTIvate_Design_Center 1_20_00_01 - TI.com This allows you to see the outputs from the sensors and design new interfaces. The installa...
MSP CapTIvate MCU Development Kit from TI First impressions of this kit is that it exudes quality. A sturdy cardboard box is lined with high quality foam inserts. Each of the boards is wrapped in an anti-static bag, there are 6 in total. The bo...
I have been blogging on how to make the two seemingly identical LaunchPads distinct, and how to configure Code Composer Studio to recognise them. We've coloured the labels of our sender and receiver LaunchPad. We coloured the bac...
I have been blogging on how to make the two seemingly identical LaunchPads distinct, and how to configure Code Composer Studio to recognise them. We still have one weak point: PuTTY.In its standard setup, both the TX and RX terminal ...
Complexity: mediumWhat do you need:two CC1310 LaunchPads Out of BoxCode Composer StudioTI RTOS This blog explains how you can debug two LaunchPads at the same time, on one computer.This is particularly useful for the CC1310, where you try out ra...
When I started looking into what I need to do to build Nupic for the Raspberry Pi, I found that there was a set of instructions for building the software for Raspberry Pi but they were for an older version of the software. When I asked the comm...
Complexity: easyWhat do you need:two CC1310 LaunchPads Out of BoxSmartRF software, available from the CC1310 Landing Page You can play with the CC1310 radio settings straight away after you pulled the devices out of the box.This exercise works w...
Complexity: easyWhat do you need:two CC1310 LaunchPads Out of BoxA serial communication program (PuTTY or your personal favourite) You can test the reception strength of the CC1310 radio straight away after you pulled the devices out of the box....
The new Raspi3 arrived and - sounds obvious, dude? - I unpacked it. The most interesting characteristics of this new model together with the super-attractive new processor speed is the double network support Ethernet and Wi-Fi and the availability of...
It is difficult playing with the BBC micro:bit keeping an objective view without enthusiasm.As much you go in depth discovering the device features as much it is difficult to find limits in this smart device. Especially trying to think like a 7+ y.o....
It is arrived after a long time waiting: the BBC micro:bit and the 3V battery holder (2xAAA batteries not included).The first impression was incredibly nice: a development board that is at the same time a bare piece of electronics and a nice enjoying...
First of all, I would like to thank Element14 for sponsoring this RoadTest. It's always exciting to try out new products and think of new and interesting ways to put them to use. I plan to road test the Raspberry Pi 3 by creating a &qu...
This blog continues from my original review here RoadTest the Keysight U1282A Digital Multimeter - Review Following some testing using an Android Tablet and Bluetooth connection, I thought I'd see what the PC software offer...
This is my first meter that can perform datalogging and I think it is a powerful feature because when it is needed this ability will save a lot of work. It seems I often need to design new types of sensor Many of these sensors need to be tested...
One of the applications I wanted to include in this road test is capacitance water level sensors because you can get an accurate depth measurement for almost no cost as long as you have a meter that can measure capacitance The Keysight U1282AU1...
This segment of the road test will start exploring some of the applications I want to use this meter for - the real reasons I applied for the road test. I design and assemble a lot of PCBs with surface mount components. Inevitably I end up with ...
