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MSP430 Dual Radio Application

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC2431, CC1101, MSP430FG4618, MSP430F5438

I am working on an application that involves receiving a transmission from a device in the 400MHz range and then transmitting related information to another device, such as a phone, over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. We have in the lab MSP430FG4618/F2013 experimenter's boards, CC1101 chips, and CC2431 chips. We set up the MSP430 and CC1101 combination to intercept the device's signal at the 400MHz range, but now we are looking for a way to do the communication with the phone.  Ideally, we would like to interface the MSP430 with the CC2431 chip simultaneously with the CC1101 chip in order to get the 2.4GHz range for something like Bluetooth. I do not know how that would be done if possible, and that may not be the best way of going about it. Maybe there is a board out there with 2 RF interfaces for radios at those 2 frequencies?Maybe there is a radio that spans both the 400MHz and 2.4GHz range? Maybe someone knows about a Bluetooth dongle that could attach to the board using UART? Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.

Thank you!

  • Andrew,

    We are working on this type of demo. We are calling BlueMSP and it was anounced at the CES. If you want more information please contact me

    Thomas

     

  • This product has been developed in full.  I was the h/w engineer and wrote much of the API's.  The product interprets ECG, Respirometry, activity(accelerometers), and has three different radios.  Bluetooth for PC dongle communication or wireless Pulse Ox, ZigBee (for future products), and GSM (GPRS) radio for cell communication to a network database.  Two MSP430F5438's were used tied via SPI.  One for sensor processing and the other for radio and houskeeping.  Code is 95 precent complete and hardware is 100 percent complete and fully tested.  Medtech / Tronics was the development company.

    Bryan