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ok, anybody here that missed the post in the dev section and knows how to communicate using the terminal and the new uart2 and uart3 of the ext port? ttyS1 and ttyS2 apparently, but i think they need to be activated. (No clue, linux serial noob here ; ) More info here: launchpad topic on this...

Well the topic says it. I'd like a proper place to put hardware (hack) projects. Currently using the development->general talk, but that's not really the place i think. But, that's just my thoughts, so: Discuss :) Cheers, MarkoeZ

Doh, i made a mistake, they are there indeed. Sorry, pretty much still a linux noob. So in theory, i could simply hook the wires up and just start communication? (yeah voltage conversion and all, but thats another issue, see below) if so, how? (just through the terminal for now, coding will...

ok, clear :) Well i am working with the ext ports as well, and been reading up on the subject a lot. But honestly, there are probably lots of forum members more capable/experienced with this kind of thing. If nobody else turns up, i will give it a shot though. Cheers!

Hmm slightly related question, how would i configure uart2 or uart3 serial as extra tty device? And to Nardella: What you are asking takes quite a lot of work, software wise. With Gui and all. The offer you are making does not really seem compelling to me, especially if you plan to sell them...

Ok, at this point i'm going to need some help. I received my Ext connectors, and want to make the pandora talk to the MSP430. The MSP is completely setup to send and receive on 2 serial lines (RX and TX. On this diagram i see 2 different uarts: Uart 2 and uart 3. Now how do i connect...

Oh yeah, proof... Will a short video do? And interference is not as bad as it look on the PP main menu screen in the video, but is present. Probably some loose connection. Will try a more permanent setup this weekend. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NLRpJuXxGzA?feature=oembed edit: ugh, last...

Well, i attached the third wire to the connector for the color signal, opened my "old wire box", found an svideo cable, cut that up, also found svideo to scart converter, wired it up, annnnnd: Full screen, full color pandora :D Some interference, but there are some crocodile cables involved...

Ah, well i only used one signal cable (the luminance probably then) and a ground, that would explain it. So i should attach another cable to the chrominans signal and wire it up to an svideo plug instead of the default 1 signal line used here? Edit: Ah, it's more clear now after your edit...

I live in the Netherlands, everything is PAL here. And yeah, selected Pal in the tv out settings

Ok, the Polar Bear Express finally arrived at my house! yay! The plugs are about as small as i expected, tiiiiny... After a lot of swearing i finally got 2 wires connected to it. But, the image is black and white on my tv. The way i done it now is connect connect tv-out 1 and gnd to a...

Hello People, This will be a (video) blog about my experiments with the TI MSP430 Launchpad. A week ago i heard about this for the first time. It's a very very cheap microcontroller testboard/breakoutboard, only $4.30. Check This thread on these forums for more info. The plan is to strip an...

Screw pics, i demand VIDEO'S!! :P

Ghehe, cool. Glad to be of assistance ;)

Just go for it! After you built it, if it's good enough, there will be people that want it. That simple usually. But as stated above, don't expect this to be the big breakthrough with so few Pandora's in the wild ;) Also very curious about how you are going to connect the control buttons...

Ah, after a couple of days of testing and reading i can now finally comment to that: Yes thats an option, use one of the timers to create a pulse to drive a motor. But i was thinking about finding a wired car, and connect some outputs of the launchpad to the place there the wired buttons...

Just late night thoughts: don't name after the tinies, name after the player (creator? ; ) PirateParent :) (Or PenjinParent if you like, free advertising for the new engine : ) Cheers! p.s. PiratePapa PenjinDaddy (that sounds wrong somehow :P)

Still waiting for mine. I'll probably receive a resealed envelope with a customs sticker on it... :S I want these babies!!! oh, this waiting seems so familiar :P Cheers!

Well a big thumbs up for my Dutch reseller, and for once, for the dutch mail. I ordered it on Thursday 7 pm, and it arrived at my house this afternoon already :) Time to play! Update 1: Man, it's no penjin... :P Dont understand everything i do yet, clocks for intance. But at least...

Now those are the tips that are really useful!! thanks! Everything is new to me, only know some basic c++ programming. Never done anything like this before :) But i don't mind a bit steep learning curve. Also already received a mail back. Mine will be shipped tomorrow, so i'll receive it...