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  • LED Road Test - Vehicle Situational Awareness System - Detecting the Borg in the Driveway - Blog 14 Dec 26

    dougw
    dougw
    This blog shows the Vehicle Situational Awareness System installed on a vehicle and operating both at night and in the daytime.This picture shows the extra LED illumination panel plus the reversing-view video camera (to the left) and the ultrasonic d...
    • 26 Dec 2015
  • Multipurpose Modular Light Bar Project: [05] Creating the Layout: Parts from Wurth Electronics DE

    ipv1
    ipv1
    The background bitsThe proposal for this roadtest plus was written around the TI TPS92512 which is an LED Driver Buck converter. The idea was to design a 4Channel Lighting solution along with a variety of LED panels. In addition to RGB Lighting Panel...
    • 26 Dec 2015
  • LED Road Test - Maple Leaf Christmas Decoration - Blog 13 Dec 24

    dougw
    dougw
    The maple leaf is a pretty special symbol here in Canada, so I thought I would make one for our Christmas tree and have it internally illuminated by a BLE LED module. The BLE LED module from Texas Instruments can be controlled by an iphone to emit an...
    • 24 Dec 2015
  • 2015 Year in Review: Top 10 RoadTest Reviews

    spannerspencer
    spannerspencer
    ROADTEST REVIEWSDuring the element14 Community Awards, we took a look at which of the RoadTests you enjoyed the most in 2015. But today we want to shift the spotlight onto those members who took part in the programs, and tested, dissected and co...
    • 23 Dec 2015
  • LEDRoadTestPlus - Post 8

    amgalbu
    amgalbu
    Here is the video of the VLC transmitter players.brightcove.net/.../index.html
    • 21 Dec 2015
  • TI Ultrasonic Sensor - Show 3 Signals on a 2 Channel Oscilloscope (RIGOL DS1052E)

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The  TDC1000-TDC7200EVMTDC1000-TDC7200EVM evaluation module has 4 main partsThe TDC1000 analog front-end and a pre-programmed MSP430 microcontroller on the board, a 1MHz Piezo Ceramic sensor that plugs into the board and a GUI client for on your...
    • 20 Dec 2015
  • LED Road Test - Vehicle Situational Awareness System Indoor Demo - Blog 12 Dec 20

    dougw
    dougw
    This blog will mainly consist of a video demonstration of the V-SAS in an indoor setting. The previous blog (#11) covered the system objectives and features. There will be a third blog in this mini-series to demonstrate operation of the system in a v...
    • 20 Dec 2015
  • LED Road Test - Launchpad user interface - Blog 5 - Dec 19

    gpolder
    gpolder
    Previous Posts:TI and Würth Elektronik LED RoadTest+ application and un-boxing - Blog 1 - Nov 10LED Road Test - Software issues - Blog 2 - Nov 26LED Road Test - LED PCB issues - Blog 3 - Dec 5LED Road Test - Some words on timing - Blog 4 - Dec 15&nbs...
    • 19 Dec 2015
  • TI Ultrasonic Sensor - First Measurements

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The  TDC1000-TDC7200EVMTDC1000-TDC7200EVM evaluation module has 4 main partsThe TDC1000 analog front-end and a pre-programmed MSP430 microcontroller on the board, a 1MHz Piezo Ceramic sensor that plugs into the board and a GUI client for on your...
    • 19 Dec 2015
  • TI Ultrasonic Sensor - Set the Parameters for Level Measurement and Content Identification

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The  TDC1000-TDC7200EVMTDC1000-TDC7200EVM evaluation module has 4 main parts The TDC1000 analog front-end and a pre-programmed MSP430 microcontroller on the board, a 1MHz Piezo Ceramic sensor that plugs into the board and a GUI client for on...
    • 17 Dec 2015
  • TI Ultrasonic Sensor - Prepping the Transponder

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The  TDC1000-TDC7200EVMTDC1000-TDC7200EVM evaluation module has 4 main partsThe TDC1000 analog front-end and a pre-programmed MSP430 microcontroller on the board, a 1MHz Piezo Ceramic sensor that plugs into the board and a GUI client for on your...
    • 16 Dec 2015
  • LED Road Test - Some words on timing - Blog 4 - Dec 15

    gpolder
    gpolder
    Previous Posts:TI and Würth Elektronik LED RoadTest+ application and un-boxing - Blog 1 - Nov 10LED Road Test - Software issues - Blog 2 - Nov 26LED Road Test - LED PCB issues - Blog 3 - Dec 5 Related links:search for a PCB for Würth power ledsL...
    • 15 Dec 2015
  • MSP430FR4133 BoosterPack for Illuminated Tricopter

    tomaja
    tomaja
    Related posts:Kit unboxing - LED RoadTestIntroduction to Bluetooth Low Energy Light Development Kit - CC2540TDK-LIGHTAndroid Support for TI's BLE LED ControlMSP430FR4133 Launchpad - Magnetic North VisualisationIlluminated Tricopter Upgrade - Adding a...
    • 15 Dec 2015
  • LEDRoadTestPlus - Post 7

    amgalbu
    amgalbu
    In this post the final version of the transmitter will be introducedThe transmission of the data is performed inside the Timer1 interrupt routine. Timer1 is initialized to run at 100 us by the following code // TimerA1 UpMode Configuration Param...
    • 15 Dec 2015
  • Multipurpose Modular Light Bar Project: [04] PCBs in the making

    ipv1
    ipv1
    This post has been in my evernote for a week now due to internet issues at home. I will have another update in a day or two. I may not get all the parts in time so I am moving to plan B to make the prototype using the EVAL Module. Never the less, I a...
    • 15 Dec 2015
  • LED Road Test - Vehicle Situational Awareness System Blog 11 Dec 14

    dougw
    dougw
    This road kit test includes LEDs, a high power LED driver and an MSP430FR4133 launchpad. I want to incorporate most of these items in a system that showcases a practical application. Finally I have received enough components to implement this system....
    • 14 Dec 2015
  • TI Ultrasonic Sensor - A Very First Trial of the GUI

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The  TDC1000-TDC7200EVMTDC1000-TDC7200EVM evaluation module has 4 main parts The TDC1000 analog front-end and a pre-programmed MSP430 microcontroller on the board, a 1MHz Piezo Ceramic sensor that plugs into the board and a GUI client for on you...
    • 13 Dec 2015
  • Tektronix MSO2024B - Review

    thundersqueak
    thundersqueak
    The website wouldn't let me attach it directly to the roadtest, I hope the moderators can do so . Roadtest link: http://www.element14.com/community/roadTests/1478 ScoringProduct Performed to Expectations:6Specifications were sufficient to d...
    • 11 Dec 2015
  • TI and Würth Elektronik LED RoadTest+ - Project Beta - 4/10

    tonyboubady
    tonyboubady
    The real excitement is started and I am really excited about this, yes I have started creating my project and it's in progress. I just wanted to do a beta version of my project before go for main stream, the result was pretty amazing, exactly wha...
    • 10 Dec 2015
  • LEDRoadTestPlus - Post 6

    amgalbu
    amgalbu
    In this post we will see some specs about the MSP430FR133 Timers, because a timer will generate the PWM signal that drives the LED There are two instances of Timer_A that you can use (i.e. Timer_A is not actually a single timer, but two timers – 0 an...
    • 9 Dec 2015
  • LEDRoadTestPlus - Post 5

    amgalbu
    amgalbu
    To start developing my app on the LaunchPad, the first thing to do is to install the TI Code Composer Studio (CCS)The setup can be downloaded from TI websitehttp://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Download_CCS The installation is very simple and...
    • 9 Dec 2015
  • TI HDC1000EVM Temperature sensor and thermal mass

    wymand
    wymand
    NOTE!!! After 7 months the sensor has died.The first symptoms were erratic reads.  The comment below was to try and stabilize the readings.  Sorry but I will stick to the cheap ones that have worked for years.The TI  HDC1000EVMHDC1000E...
    • 9 Dec 2015
  • LED Road Test - MSP EXP430FR4133 Launchpad IDE - Blog 10 Dec 6

    dougw
    dougw
    The next phase of this road test involves using the MSP EXP430FR4133 Launchpad in a related application. I will be trying to set it up as an ultrasonic distance meter, using the on-board LCD to display distance out to about 21 feet.There is an on-goi...
    • 7 Dec 2015
  • LED Road Test - LED PCB issues - Blog 3 - Dec 5

    gpolder
    gpolder
    Previous Posts:TI and Würth Elektronik LED RoadTest+ application and un-boxing - Blog 1 - Nov 10LED Road Test - Software issues - Blog 2 - Nov 26 Related links:search for a PCB for Würth power ledsLED_RoadTest_Unboxing IntroductionI was pla...
    • 5 Dec 2015
  • LEDRoadTestPlus - Post 4

    amgalbu
    amgalbu
    After deciding how to transmit the preamble and the bit, in this post I will explain how I want to transmit a byte.Since I expect to be in front of a very noisy channel, I will adopt a error-detection-and-correction code like the Hamming 7,4 The nota...
    • 3 Dec 2015
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