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Real Time Temperature Display ez430-RF2500

KIT
Prodigy 160 points


Hi all,


I was wondering if there was another way to get a real-time reading of all our temperature sensors used in the MSP430-RF2500 besides in the HyperTerminal (the UART is COM4 in my configuration). Attached is an example output between the AP ($HUB0) and ED ($0001). Does IAR KickStarter only function as a code editor and debugger or does it support real-time monitoring as well?

Best wishes,


Keeley

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    TI__Guru 56685 points
    Keeley,

    MSP430 does not support real-time debug. This is why you must either store data in a buffer you want to see, or send it out via a communication protocol such as UART. You could also place a break-point at the time you sample a new piece of data, and look at the register/variable the data is stored. This would not be real time however, and would only sample when you hit the break-point basically.

    Regards,
    JH
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    Mastermind 9125 points
    Hi KIT,

    "Real-time" logging is a very practical method to help debug. But it is not the job of a JTAG debugger.

    Since you can output data through COM port, you can design a very simple program in PC. In the past, I used Borland C++Builder to do this. Now, I use Qt since Qt is open source and cross-platform. In Qt, you can use SerialPort object to access COM port.

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