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TLC + MSP430

munoz0raul
Intellectual 475 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TLC5940

Hello

I have a TLC5940 and 1 launchpad and I want to know

If Texas Instrument or some one have a TLC library for MSP430?

Thank For All.

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    TI__Guru 65280 points

    Hello Raul,

    Do you mean if there is software for MSP430 available that can drive different TLC parts? If this is the case I have to give you a negative answer at the moment. Such a software is not available yet.

    Best regards,
    Brigitte

  • 0 in reply to Brigitte
    Intellectual 475 points

    You can tell if it will take a long time?

    Thanks

  • 0 in reply to munoz0raul
    TI__Guru 65280 points

    Hello Raul,

    Do you mean generating the driver software for one of the TLC59xx parts?

    I am not a programming expert, but I am told that the interfaces of all parts are simple and you just have to make sure that the timings are correct. Normally GPIOs or even existing interfaces can be used (dependent on the TLC59xx part) and therefore I expect for a person that already programmed processors, the system should run relatively fast.

    Best regards,
    Brigitte

  • 0 in reply to Brigitte
    Intellectual 475 points

    I know that create it maybe can be easy.

    I was asking about it because I saw this library for Arduinos microcontroler, and It was Well done at this home page.

    http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/TLC5940

    http://code.google.com/p/tlc5940arduino/

    But I have never programed arduino microcontroler and I realy like to use MSP430 than the others and I thought that maybe texas had the same Librery.

    I will try to do some thing like it and I will ask to you some question when I try. If it work I will post here.

    Thanks

  • 0 in reply to munoz0raul
    Mastermind 9792 points

    While creating code for any of these parts is fairly easy, TI should make it easy to use a TI microcontroller with a TI power management part. It's a bad sign when it's easier to use an Arduino (or any other micro) than one of TI's micros with a TI power management solution.

    The most aggravating thing about this is that I'm pretty sure that at some point someone inside TI wrote code to test the various power management parts. I assume (maybe wrongfully) that TI "eats their own dog food" and develops on TI micros. In this case the code should be around somewhere.

    My recommendation: Make it an internal requirement that no power management part gets shipped without a basic firmware example for the MSP430. That way they'll always be available.

    --Derek