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EZ430-RF2500T

siddhartha satpathi
Prodigy 80 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430F2274, CC2500, SIMPLICITI

i am trying to use the two ez430-rf2500t boards to the demo app.my computer(win 7 64bit) recognises them as MSP-FET430UIF-VCP(COM25) .the leds seem to glow fine as per given in the datasheet.but the app GUI is not running.in its settings it is not selecting the com port automatically.i succeded re installing the firmware for acess point but still no luck.can anyone help me?

  • 0
    Prodigy 80 points

    well am using EZ430U usb debugging interface meant for F2013.does it not support MSP430 application usat communication required for this purpose or i am doing some other kind of mistake

  • 0 in reply to siddhartha satpathi
    TI__Guru 64630 points

    Unfortunately, the eZ430-F2013 platform was built first and did not include the integration of the Application UART.  You need to use the eZ430-RF2500 USB board instead.

  • 0 in reply to BrandonAzbell
    Prodigy 80 points

    although it does not support application usart can i programme the target board to establish wireless connection between the two boards or for other purpose and may be display result on a LCD or something? application usart is only for communicating with PC right?

  • 0 in reply to siddhartha satpathi
    TI__Guru 64630 points

    I believe you should still be able to program the MSP430F2274 on the RF2500T target board.  You can communicate with another device wirelessly through the CC2500.

  • 0 in reply to BrandonAzbell
    Prodigy 80 points

    what i figured out from a earlier post ( http://e2e.ti.com/support/microcontrollers/msp43016-bit_ultra-low_power_mcus/f/166/t/143463.aspx ) is that the firmware on EZ430U F2013 usb debugger does not support MSP430 application usart. but the hardware supports it.hence can the firmware be upgraded as mentioned in the post?

    also i have MSP430 launchpad which supports MSP430 application usart.can i connect f2274 target board to the launchpad to establish connection between pc?

  • 0 in reply to siddhartha satpathi
    TI__Guru 64630 points

    siddhartha satpathi said:

    what i figured out from a earlier post ( http://e2e.ti.com/support/microcontrollers/msp43016-bit_ultra-low_power_mcus/f/166/t/143463.aspx ) is that the firmware on EZ430U F2013 usb debugger does not support MSP430 application usart. but the hardware supports it.hence can the firmware be upgraded as mentioned in the post?

    Is the connector between the USB emulation board and the target board a 4-pin or 6-pin connector?  As I mentioned in the above thread, there are 2 different kinds.  The eZ430-F2013 kit came with a 4-pin connector which did not have the signals for the UART receive and transmit.  The eZ430-F2013 and eZ430-RF2500 are implemented in 2 boards.  The one with the USB connector is the USB emulation board and the "target" MSP430 device (ie. the one you are programming) is on the target board.  The connector between these boards has either 4-pin (VCC, GND, TEST, /RST) or 6-pin (VCC, GND, TEST, /RST, UARTTX, UARTRX).

     

    siddhartha satpathi said:

    also i have MSP430 launchpad which supports MSP430 application usart.can i connect f2274 target board to the launchpad to establish connection between pc?

    The MSP430 Launchpad User's Guide, found on the Launchpad portal on the Processor Wiki site, indicates in the first main paragraph that it can program the F2013 target board.  I have taken the specific caption and copied below.  Section 4.4 of the MSP430 Launchpad User's Guide has a picture showing this and also some information on what required connector is needed to be added to the Launchpad.

    1.1 Overview

    The MSP-EXP430G2 low-cost experimenter board called LaunchPad is a complete development solution for the Texas Instruments MSP430G2xx Value Line series. The integrated USB-based emulator offers all the hardware and software necessary to develop applications for all MSP430G2xx series devices. The LaunchPad has an integrated DIP target socket that supports up to 20 pins, allowing MSP430™ Value Line devices to be dropped into the LaunchPad board. It also offers an on-board flash emulation tool allowing direct interface to a PC for easy programming, debugging, and evaluation. The LaunchPad experimenter board is capable of programming the eZ430-RF2500T target boards, the eZ430-Chronos watch module or the eZ430-F2012T/F2013T target boards. The USB interface provides a 9600-Baud UART serial connection from the MSP430G2xx device to the host PC or a connected target board.

  • 0 in reply to BrandonAzbell
    Prodigy 80 points

    Yes sir the connector is a 6 pin one.

    thankyou very much for the information of connection between launchpad and RF2500 board.

  • 0 in reply to siddhartha satpathi
    Prodigy 80 points

    the usb emulation board is from EZ430U F2013 kit (with EZ430U Rev 2.0 written on it).but it has a 6 pin connector attached to it.the F2013 board goes in the middle four pins indicating that the outer pins maybe RX TX pins.

  • 0 in reply to siddhartha satpathi
    Prodigy 80 points

    i was trying to use SimpliciTi 1.1.1 example (for CCS). i downloaded the simple peer to peer eample in two boards one as linkTo and other as linklistner with different address as mentioned the userguide.but i was unable to get a link between two.the linkTo blinks both the leds searching for a listner and listener has a constant red led glowing searching for the talker.can somebody help me out? or can anybody provide any other simple example? i tried the library files and modified the example code in slaa325a but that connection seemed to be missing some bytes in continous transmission.

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