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New F28096 Piccolo getting started

Gergo Santha
Genius 3585 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CONTROLSUITE

Hi,

 

I received my control stick but getting started is not that easy I initially thought. I installed Control Suite where I learned that I need to check Update Advisor which turned out to be a commercial version feature only. Is there any equivalent in the free CCS version? Also, there are the flash setup and support setup files I can't really find, after extensive searching of the C2000 Wiki. Any tip on the location or a guideline to get me started would be really nice. Thanks.

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    TI__Guru* 93800 points

    JustGreg said:
    I installed Control Suite where I learned that I need to check Update Advisor which turned out to be a commercial version feature only. Is there any equivalent in the free CCS version? Also, there are the flash setup and support setup files I can't really find,

    Hi Greg,

    I understand your frustration.   You don't have to run update advisor to use the CCS installed with controlSUITE.  It can be used as it is.   Please try this: open the controlSUITE desktop application, then on the upper left corner click on "controlSUITE" then "Devices" and then "Piccolo F2806x" .

    Scroll down a bit and you will see the following:

    1)  This only applies if you have an older CCS full license.   Since you are using the version in controlSUITE you are fine.

    2) This only applies if you want to beta test the compiler or have need of the VCU assembler

    3)  & 4) This are the patchs you need to use the 28069 including the flash plug-in update.   If you scroll down further, you will see on the right side the "Utilities" box where these can be found.

    Hope this helps!

    Regards,

    Lori

     

  • 0 in reply to Lori Heustess
    Genius 3585 points

    Hi Lori,

     

    thank you for your help. It was my fault, I'd have been more cautious, all the information was there. Anyway, I installed both packages, imported Example_2806xSci_Echoback project. I needed to create and link a target configuration file, where I've chosen 'controlstick Piccolo F28069' and 'Texas Instruments XDS100v1 USB Emulator'. Then I compiled/started but no success in communication using UART. Do you have an idea what can be wrong here? Thank you.

  • 0 in reply to Gergo Santha
    TI__Guru* 93800 points

    JustGreg said:
    'controlstick Piccolo F28069'

    JustGreg said:
    Then I compiled/started but no success in communication using UART. Do you have an idea what can be wrong here? Thank you.

    Greg,

    The device_support examples try to cover every peripheral on the device.  In some cases the hardware must also be in place for the example to work properly.  The SCI echoback example assumes that a PC is connected to the device via a serial cable and a transceiver.  The controlSTICK does not have the transceiver on-board or the connector for a serial cable.    Many of the other examples will work properly on a controlSTICK.

    There are some controlSTICK specific examples in the following directory:

    controlSUITE\development_kits\F28069 controlSTICK

    Regards,

    -Lori

  • 0 in reply to Lori Heustess
    Genius 3585 points

    All right, thanks. Is there any way to use the onboard FTDI chip for user serial communication? In this topic their is a suggestion.

  • 0 in reply to Gergo Santha
    Prodigy 235 points

    Hello,

    If you look into the schematic of the picollo control stick, you can see that it is connected to the onboard FTDI, signals RX-slave and TX-slave. You can see in the device manager of your computer if a serial comm shows when you connect the control stick.

    One thing that is I think is wrong in the examples is the programming of the registers:

     

    SciaRegs.SCIHBAUD    =0x0000;

    SciaRegs.SCILBAUD = 0x0103;

    I think this will never work, because they are 8 bit registers, and you will never be able to write 0x0103...

    if you try:

    SciaRegs.SCIHBAUD    =0x0001;

    SciaRegs.SCILBAUD = 0x0003;

    It will work.

    Hope this helps you.

    I am trying to evaluate the 28069, but I am getting a bit frustraded whit the documentation and the examples... I have also putted some questions on the forum, but have got no answer.... So I try to help...

    Best regards,

    Filipe Teixeira

     

     

  • 0 in reply to Filipe Teixeira
    Genius 3585 points

    Hi Filipe!

     

    Thank you for the tip, you helped a lot!