Part Number: LP-MSPM0L1306
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8706S-Q1EVM, , SYSCONFIG, MSPM0L1306
Content from [Company-specific] IT Ticket: [Company] is prototyping a new power-stage architecture for EZ Drive ECU. The purpose of these activities is to improve performance and reliability of the controller for driving high-power solutions on low-voltage primary wire in North America.
Ultimately, I say that [target machine] requires a clean development environment to proceed with the next GUI bring-up e.g.., fresh installation, access to Chrome browser extension, or both...
I have driven a BDCM with TI's offline GUI using the DRV8706S-Q1EVM's (i.e., target peripheral) onboard microcontroller (uC). Now, to build on that progress, I am requesting access to TI's web-based GUI extension in Chrome to bridge the CSS Cloud application with the LaunchPad's external microcontroller and the targeted DRV8706S-Q1EVM gate drive peripheral. Otherwise, there seems to be GUI/binding concerns when using Mozilla Firefox as the runtime environment--defeats TI's GUI function. Red circular 'x' error in Firefox when attempting to toggle 'nSleep Pin' while 'Hardware connected,' returns error: "Cannot write array values to non array type of bool."
Path 1 (preferred): Laptop > Chrome > TI CCS Cloud IDE (online) > TI Cloud Agent Bridge (extension) > TI Cloud Agent Application (driver) > web-based GUI > XDS hardware debug probe on LaunchPad (USB) > LP-MSPM0L1306 (external controller and SPI driver) > DRV8706S-Q1EVM (target gate drive peripheral) > 4X N-channel MOSFETs > brushed DC motor (BDCM)
Path 2 (debug-only/no-GUI, Today): Laptop > TI CCS IDE (offline) > XDS hardware debug probe on LaunchPad (USB) > LP-MSPM0L1306 (external controller and SPI driver) > DRV8706S-Q1EVM (gate drive peripheral) > 4X N-channel MOSFETS > brushed DC motor (BDCM)
Path 3 (binding errors, Today): Laptop > Mozilla Firefox > TI CCS Cloud IDE (online) > TI Cloud Agent Bridge (extension) > XDS hardware debug probe on LaunchPad (USB) > LP-MSPM0L1306 (external controller and SPI driver) > DRV8706S-Q1EVM (gate drive peripheral) > 4X N-channel MOSFETS > brushed DC motor (BDCM)
I have submitted a TI motor drive forum post regarding the Firefox troubles--most end-users likely use Chrome without hassle... The general concern is that this activity requires a browser extension for Chrome which allegedly violates Global IT policy. Unfortunately, my personal macOS 11 laptop is not supported by TI...
Hardware list
- TI LaunchPad LP-MSPM0L1306 (red, external microcontroller and onboard debug probe)
- TI Evaluation Module DRV8706S-Q1EVM (green, targeted gate drive peripheral for motor drive)
- CircuitSpecialists' CSI3010SW (benchtop power supply)
- 24V German EZ Drive gearmotor (i.e., inductive test load)
- Jumper wires
Software list
- Code Composer Studio IDE (offline IDE)
- Code Composer Studio Cloud (online IDE)
- TI MSPM0 SDK (software development kit)
- TI SysConfig (hardware I/O mapping)
- TI MSPM0L1306 & DRV806S-Q1EVM Web-GUI
- TI Cloud Agent Bridge (web-extension, prefer Chrome)
- TI Cloud Agent Application (driver tool)
- TI Resource Explorer
- TI Agent Driver Tools (admin-related packages)
- DRV8706S-Q1 GUI (offline, uses internal uC-only)
- Altium (studio viewer)
Noteworthy, TI deployed this work as a simple evaluation execution... However, I have spent too much time trying to 'workaround' [Company's] IT policy!
Please assist!
Kind regards,
NR
