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EXP430F5438 and PAN1315ETU demo failure

Mark Hubelbank
Intellectual 470 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430F5438, MSP430F5438A

I am trying to at least get the PAN1315 demo working. I have tried to load the code supplied in

C:\Texas Instruments\EZ430-RF256x SDK\GA 1.0\MSP430-CC2560_Applications\Binary\ez430-accl.d43

onto two boards with the PAN1315ETU plugged in. Note that my kit did not come with any "jumper for RF3" so I jumped it as per the instructions with 4 separate jumpers. Also JP1-3 are in.  According to the documentation, this should work with the supplied MSP430F5438 with a timeout but it should do something.

Before programing the boards, the TI supplied program in the MSP430F5438A chips did work. Now the leds (LED1 and LED2) do not even come on. This has been tried with the Elprotronic loader as well as through the IAR system. Same results. When doing this with the IAR system in debug mode, one can at least see it run the first two function calls but there is a comment in the code that one can not expect to debug through these calls.

Any suggestions on why the default installation will not do anything?

  • 0
    TI__Mastermind 23565 points

    Mark,

               As mentioned in our wiki, there are TWO kits, the EZ430-RF2560 kit and the PAN1315EMK kit. You need to download the SDK for the correct kit. You are using the incorrect one right  now.

    Main Wiki: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_Bluetooth_Platform

    PAN1315EMK Wiki: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/PAN1315EMK_User_Guide

    README in E2E Forum: http://e2e.ti.com/support/low_power_rf/f/660/t/91146.aspx

    SDK GA1.0 E2E Release Announcement: http://e2e.ti.com/support/low_power_rf/f/660/t/104658.aspx

    HIH

    Regards,

     

  • 0 in reply to Miguel
    Intellectual 470 points

    Making progress. Using the Bluetooth_MSPEXP-PAN13xx_GA_1_0_Setup download instead of the Bluetooth_EZ430-RF256x_GA_1_0_Setup got some response. It was not clear which one was to be used. and the one with the board name seemed initially more reasonable.

    Now LED1 gets to a steady on state and LED2 is flashing, then both lights go off after about 15 seconds and there is no further response.This is true of both boards which are next to each other.

    There is no file in the SDK named "keyboard_events_generator.exe" as suggested in the instructions but nothing seems to be coming over the com port on the PC generated by the USB connection.

  • 0 in reply to Mark Hubelbank
    Intellectual 470 points

    I found the second set of documentation for this combination which said to press S1 on one board to initiate the bluetooth connection. Now since the "keyboard_events_generator" is missing, if the baud rate can be discovered (115K does not seem to work) perhaps this can be viewed in a simple terminal application.

  • 0 in reply to Mark Hubelbank
    TI__Genius 9990 points

    Mark,

     

    The keyboard events generator is opened automatically when you open the EZ430-RF2560 Demo application shortcut. For the boards, you will need to click the S1 button twice. Once to wake the system up (the system went to sleep after 30 seconds or so since there's no data). The second button press initiates the connection. When the two devices are connected, both LEDs will be solid.

    Take a look at the Wiki. It's good at explaining all these steps.

     

    Gustavo