CC2340R5: Looking for an "Arduino" like debug output option

Hi Itamar,

You may want to have a look at our Display.h driver, in Display_HOST mode:

https://dev.ti.com/tirex/explore/content/simplelink_lowpower_f3_sdk_9_10_00_83/docs/drivers/doxygen/html/_display_8h.html#ti_drivers_Display_Examples_open

This will print your messages in the Code Composer Studio terminal.

Regards,

Arthur

It still requires line and column 

What is the different from  MenuModule_printf()?

Hello Itamar,

Itamar Cohen said:

So lines can easily overwrit older lines instaed of being printed under the older lines.

Add/use "\r\n" to always print the text on a new line in the text you are trying to print. 

Thanks,
Alex F

Hi Alex

I added \r\n to all  MenuModule_printf() statements and set the row to 0(zero)

All output was printed on the same line overwriting eachother. Not what I am interested in but clearly as expected

The  MenuModule_printf() ststement takes a line number so it allways start on the same line regardless of the last statement

I expect that the  Display_printf() do the same because it also takes a line as an argument.

Am I missing something ?

Hello Itamar,

Instead of using the BLE menu just use the basic Display_printf (*or UART_write) for now and use the return new line these functions ("\r\n"), I have not tested the MenuModule_printf.

Thanks,
Alex

Hi Alex

Display_printf() REQUIRES line number as an argument which line number should I specify ?

Hi Itamar,

You can just use 0, 0 as arguments:

void *mainThread(void *arg0)
{
    /* 1 second delay */
    uint32_t time = 1;

    /* Call driver init functions */
    GPIO_init();
    // I2C_init();
    // SPI_init();
    // Watchdog_init();

    /* Configure the LED pin */
    GPIO_setConfig(CONFIG_GPIO_LED_0, GPIO_CFG_OUT_STD | GPIO_CFG_OUT_LOW);

    /* Turn on user LED */
    GPIO_write(CONFIG_GPIO_LED_0, CONFIG_GPIO_LED_ON);

    Display_Handle    handle;
    Display_Params    params;
    Display_Params_init(&params);
    // Open Display implementation
    handle = Display_open(CONFIG_Display_0, &params);
    // Output to Display
    Display_printf(handle, 0, 0, "Hello World");
    Display_close(handle);

    while (1)
    {
        sleep(time);
        GPIO_toggle(CONFIG_GPIO_LED_0);
        Display_printf(handle, 0, 0, "blink");
    }
}

This will result in the following output in the CCS console:

Regards,

Arthur

Hi Alex

Thanks for the code example

Tried it but nothing is shown on the CIO Console or any other console.

in your code you call Display_close(handle); and then keep calling Display_printf()

I also tried to comment the  Display_close() just in case. Nothing was printed out 

I mean Arthur :-)

Hello Itamar,

If you want an easy example that has the display_printf by default, try the buttonled example in our SDK. 

I personally like to use PuTTY though you should be able to use any terminal viewer to see the display output:

Thanks,
Alex F

Iget this message:

Import Project

What you demonstrated in the images above is that within one call to Display_printf() you can write several lines by adding \n 

However the next time you print it will ovewrite the first (if you don't change the line number)

Hello Itamar,

Use CCS Theia, and download the actual SDK locally instead of CCS Cloud. While we can use basic examples in the cloud if we want to dive deeper into some custom stuff I would always recommend a local environment; since 9.10 F3 SDK was released recently you got that message.

Thanks,
Alex F

Hi Alex

I did installed the SDK ver 8.40.2.01 so I don't think I use any cloud. But I actually have no idea

I can install the 9 versionas you sugesting  but have no idea how to disable cloud dependency

Hello Itamar,

So you do use CCS eclipse or CCS theia correct? When you import a project you should be able to just brose files and goto the SDK download location and find the example project to open no issue.

Thanks,
Alex F

I use ccs 20 theia

Hello Itamar,

CCS Theia (v20) should not have a problem using the 9.10 F3 SDK.

Did you see an image like this at any point in time when trying to create your project?

If so this may of been the issue, as this is the cloud way, and we want to do (in CCS Theia v20):

file -> import -> browse -> sdk install location ->C:\ti\simplelink_lowpower_f3_sdk_9_10_00_83\examples\rtos\LP_EM_CC2340R5\drivers then select your example and import.

Thanks,
Alex F