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New to microcontroller programming, lost in docs

Wenfei Zhu
Prodigy 40 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CONTROLSUITE

Recently I bought a TMDSPLCKIT-V3 in which there is an F28069 controlCARD.

I want to write my own application rather than using the given PRIME or G3 MAC/PHY application.

However, I'm new to microcontroller progamming and I have little knowledge of microcontrollers.

I spent days on the docs found on TI wedsite and controlSUITE but haven't figured out how to use those docs to start my programming.

Could anyone suggest a path for me to go and docs I should read?

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    Guru 35595 points

    Wenfei Zhu said:
    I'm new to microcontroller progamming

    Are you familiar with programming in any other field(s)?

    Do you have at least a basic understanding of the electronics involved?

    Do you have an understanding of the protocols involved at the MAC/PHY level?

    Wenfei Zhu said:
    Could anyone suggest a path for me to go

    It's hard to suggest a path when we don't know where you're starting from!

     

  • 0 in reply to Andy Neil
    Prodigy 40 points

    Andy Neil said:

    I'm new to microcontroller progamming

    Are you familiar with programming in any other field(s)?

    Do you have at least a basic understanding of the electronics involved?

    Do you have an understanding of the protocols involved at the MAC/PHY level?

    Wenfei Zhu said:
    Could anyone suggest a path for me to go

    It's hard to suggest a path when we don't know where you're starting from!

     

    [/quote]

     

    Sorry that I didn't mention that.

    I know how to program with C/C++. I was an EEE student majored in telecommunication but not in microprocessor though I had a module on ARM7 and its assembly language. I forgot most of the content about ARM7 and assembly language, but I still know the basic elements of a microprocessor.

    I'm now a PhD student working on power line communication. I focus on PHY design. I'm not interested in programming a MAC/PHY application. What I want to do is to make the kit a simple signal generator and an analyser. It is not necessary that the kit does the analysis but it should be able to pass the received signal samples to a PC.

    I'm now watching the online one-day workshop videos. It looks useful to me.

  • 0 in reply to Wenfei Zhu
    TI__Guru 57255 points

    Wenfei,

    If you haven't already, I would first start by looking at the software at:
    http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/apps/smartgrid/plcmodem/product.page#software

    This will provide you the software for each PLC communication type that TI has available.

    Note that TI's solution is, at least partially, a black box solution.  TI has created a set of PLC libraries callable via an API that you may use, but the full source code is not available because there is significant IP embedded inside the libraries.


    Thank you,
    Brett