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Easiest way to view sent values from SmartRF04 and MSP430?

Nipun Gunawardena
Intellectual 585 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC1100

Hi all,

I have two SmartRF04 Evaluation Boards, each with a CC1100 evaluation module connected to it. One evaluation board  is connected to a PC through USB, and one is connected to an MSP430 development board (the relevant resistors have been removed). I have downloaded the MSP430/CC1100 interface code library as outlined here. The code was designed to be used with two radios (which I have) and two MSP430s (which I don't have).

My question is: what is the best way to use the SmartRF04 connected to the PC to read what the other is sending? I was originally going to use SmartRF Studio 7 to see if I can receive packets from the other board, but I'm having trouble changing the frequency to those supported by the MSP430 library. What is my best course of action? Should I manually change all the registers on the PC connected board to match those of the MSP430 board? Is there a program I can flash that will output to the computers serial port?

I apologize if this is a very basic question; I am a beginner at wireless networking and I wasn't able to find it elsewhere. Thanks in advance for any assistance!

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    TI__Mastermind 39860 points

    For the SmartRFo4EB connected to the PC the easiest is to use SmartRF Studio to configure the CC1100. Use the "Packet RX" option in Studio. Choose on of the "Typical Settings" as a starting point. Press "Start" and the received data will be shown in the bottom window.

    Use the same settings on the TX unit. Note that you can export the settings from Studio by pressing the "Register export" button in the top right corner. There are are different templates to choose from

  • 0 in reply to Sverre
    Intellectual 585 points

    Hi Sverre,

    Thank you very much! That is an answer that didn't even occur to me. I will attempt to get that working and I think that will help with my debugging quite a bit. Marked as solved.

    Thanks again,
    Nipun