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LAUNCHXL-F28379D: Looking to see if this board meets my requirements

Leo Panish
Prodigy 20 points
Part Number: LAUNCHXL-F28379D

Hello,

I am considering purchasing the LAUNCHXL-F28379D board in order to make a custom in-house flight controller for a UAV I am doing testing with. As I am new to selecting microcontrollers, I was hoping I could run a few requirements for my system past you and make sure that this board will in fact meet my needs. I am designing a tiltwing VTOL for testing various flight control algorithms. This particular board is of interest because of its integration with Matlab's C/C++ autocoder. I will need to make sure I can output at least 14 control lines for the PWM signals to my motors and servos, where I will be using ESC-30A motor controllers for the main props. For my sensors, I will be using an Ellipse-D INS from SBG Systems which uses an RS-232 serial interface. I am looking for an evaluation board that is self-contained for easy mounting in the UAV, but still has the capability to integrate these sensors and actuators together as well as load on custom control algorithms from Matlab. Do you think this board+MCU is a good choice for this application?

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    TI__Prodigy 340 points

    Hello Leo,

    Mathworks does provide hardware support for the LAUNCHXL-F28379D via Simulink https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/ti-c2000-delfino.html, and their software solution should be able to assist you with driving your motors. Furthermore, this Launchpad will be able to handle your PWM needs since it has 24 channels. The only possible incompatibly I see with your project is the RS-232 serial connection since the LAUNCHXL-F28379D does not support it. We took a look at the Ellipse-D leaflet and noticed that it has both USB and CAN interfaces, which would be compatible if you're willing/able to consider using those instead.

    If you must use the RS-232 connection, we think the XDS110 JTAG Debug Probe may be able to fill this gap for you since it has the ability to transmit and receive UARTs with RS-232C signaling. Unfortunately, I am unable to confirm this for you personally, but I have reached out to our team of experts, and I will update you if they're able to verify this.

  • 0 in reply to Rick Trevino
    Prodigy 20 points

    This is all very helpful. Thank you!