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Re: Texas Instruments Stellaris Launchpad

Postby Brian Griffin » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:29 pm

sich WROTE:Found an Arduino-alike software for TI MSP430 MCUs -> Energia. Should work for this 16-bit MCU LaunchPad. Since I don't have one, can't test and write a review about it. Anyone has this development board?


I can get one of these and play with it if you want a review. They are cheap and battery-friendly. :)
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Re: Texas Instruments Stellaris Launchpad

Postby Brian Griffin » Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:31 pm

I just got the Launchpads. Unfortunately, it doesn't fly into space, but it can certainly fly much faster than the 8-bitters around at my home.

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TI Stellaris Launchpads


The IDE is pretty huge, around 1.3GB. I have to wait for it to finish download too.

I will write up a bit more when I got time to test them. :)
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An Update

Postby Brian Griffin » Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:47 pm

After a few while of testing, I got the LED blinking and driving a character LCD (HD44780) based on the SKPIC32's tutorials on the Stellaris Launchpad.

For ARM processors, the General Purpose I/O (or GPIO) and other registers are really complex to manipulate, unlike the PIC32. You need a lot of time to comprehend the registers on the datasheet. It is an entire different world, to be honest. Best part is, the libraries supplied (StellarisWare) are simple enough to be understood, and extra details can be read from the supplied manuals.

The compiler isn't as efficient as MPLAB X, but again, you have to give them some credit for a simple IDE. The only thing I complain about is the compiler (TI CCS) kept crashing everytime I turned off the Launchpad during debug.

There are frictions in terms of learning this one, but it's many, many times better than the STM32 Discovery kits. Most of the compilers for the STM32 are difficult and convoluted, except for the MikroE ones which is slightly limited in terms of capability compared to the others.

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It is up in the orbit!
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Re: Texas Instruments Stellaris Launchpad

Postby zhenning » Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:11 pm

Nice. Just got mine. Need to wait for some free time before working on it :)
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Re: Texas Instruments Stellaris Launchpad

Postby robosang » Fri Nov 02, 2012 3:06 pm

Yes, thanks for sharing the progress :) Like it!
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Re: Texas Instruments Stellaris Launchpad

Postby sich » Fri Jul 12, 2013 4:06 pm

Anyone using Launchpad with Energia IDE? Someone released a cheatsheet for Energia. It's handy as quick reference.
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