Category Archives: TI

CoffeePot for Fish

Posted on March 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

http://www.robotsandcomputers.com/robots/projects/cpFishTank/finished.jpgOK this is an odd one, The author got a Beta fish for his sig. other, and to keep the fish warm, he modified a coffeepot to “heat” the water and is using a TI MSP controller to control it … Continue reading →

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Control an arduino with TI wristwatch

Posted on February 13, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on using TI’s chronos wristwatch (MSP430 under the hood) to control an arduino remotely.  DOWN SIDE, that watch is like $35 dollars. http://www.instructables.com/id/Control-an-Arduino-With-a-Wristwatch-TI-eZ430-Chr/

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What to do with a TI MSP 430?

Posted on February 2, 2013 by robertwilkie

Here is a bunch of good learning projects for using TI’s MSP board. (cheaper than an arduino…only $5). http://www.instructables.com/id/msp430-Launchpad-Projects/  

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TI MSP430 tank

Posted on February 1, 2013 by robertwilkie

Neat little tank that uses a TI MSP430 to drive it (controlled remotely from a phone).  This is a far more reasonable project with TI than arduino which is 7x the cost. http://www.remotepinyon.com/bluetooth-msp430-tank/

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Nice Comparison of microcontrolers…but..

Posted on February 1, 2013 by robertwilkie

The y forgot TI’s Stellaris.  Overall it shows that Arduinos are still the best for multiple lines (analog and digital) but for horsepower, Raspberry PI rules (of course I cam looking at costs too here).  Overall I like the chart, … Continue reading →

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Turn a Stellaris TI into a Logic Analyzer

Posted on January 28, 2013 by robertwilkie

This looks worth doing.  Basically you can use the source to push onto TI’s Stellaris system (costs $5) and you have a mini 3.3 or 5 volt logic analyzer.  The author is using logicsniffer (opensource) for the GUI and handling … Continue reading →

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Simple Prototype shield for TI MSP430

Posted on January 22, 2013 by robertwilkie

I like it, its simple and easy to use.  Funny thing is I think the materials for the shield are more than the MSP430 (figure $6-8) http://www.instructables.com/id/Quick-Cheap-and-Easy-Launchpad-Prototype-Shield-M/

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TI has a contest

Posted on January 22, 2013 by robertwilkie

Make a boosterPack for there systems and enter to win a contest (Free trip to CA, etc etc).  Basically it looks like someone in TI sees the success of arduino and RPi’s and it trying to build up that with … Continue reading →

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TI gives out RTOS…but you can’t use it

Posted on January 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

TI is letting you use their RTOS and develop code on it, but if you put it into anything (like a product), well you better pay up.  So, with all the opensource RTOS and Linux out there, why bother? http://dangerousprototypes.com/2013/01/09/ti-launches-a-free-real-time-operating-system-for-microcontrollers/

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Study of GCC and TI’s Stellaris

Posted on January 8, 2013 by robertwilkie

Could be useful info for anyone tinkering with TI’s Stellaris setup. http://hackaday.com/2012/12/04/a-study-of-gcc-and-the-ti-stellaris/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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