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CC3100BOOST and CC1120DK

Jesper Hansen
Prodigy 180 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430F5438A, CC3100, MSP430F5438, CC3100BOOST, MSP430F5529, CC1120, BOOST-CCEMADAPTER, CC3200

i am developming a 6LowPan device using TI CC1120DK and would like to add WiFi to one of my 6LowPan nodes(the device is using MSP430F5438A as host MCU)

Is it possible to connect a CC3100BOOST to the CC1120DK? or are there another way to start developing with a MSP430F5438 MCU and a CC3100 WiFi chip?

I am aware that the CC1120DK doesn't have any 40-pin boosterpack slot, but I was thinking if it is possible to connect all pins that is utilized by the CC3100BOOST to the CC1120DK I/0 breakout pins (userguide page p24-25)

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    TI__Mastermind 26320 points

    - To use TI CC1120Dk with CC3100 BP, you will need BP to EM adapter which is not available, you  can try blue wiring for prototyping. Also, you will need to port the CC3100 Host Driver and SPI driver on MSP4305438A. We have reference SPI driver port available for few other MSP platforms. Refer to CC3100 SDK.

    Alternate I can think of :

    1.. Use MSP430F5529, CC1120 RF EM board thru EM to BP Adaper (http://www.ti.com/tool/boost-ccemadapter) and CC3100 BP.  Software porting of CC1120 EM shall be relattively easy as you are moving from one MSP to another. SPI driver and CC3100 Host driver port is availabe in CC3100 SDK

    2.  Use CC3200 and TI CC1120 RF EM Board, EM to BP adapter board is available online. However in this case you have to have your CC1120 code ported on ARM4.

    Suggest refer to pin map diagram of all above baord to ensure they are pin compatible.

    Regards,

    Geet

  • 0 in reply to Geet Modi
    Prodigy 180 points

    Thank you for your quick reply.

    My 1. priority is to use a MSP430.

    SRAM demand is about 14kB and flash demand 100 kB.

    Do you know of any guidelines when/if I have to port the CC3100 Host Driver and SPI driver, any advice would be appreciated? MSP4305438A and MSP430F5529 belongs to MSP430F5xx family, does that implies that the job is a little easier :-) ?