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Hi Guys, I have solved the problem. I started from scratch with a new plugable breadboard and launchpad board and everything works. I have no idea what caused the problem but thats life... Anyway, thanks for the help. Steve

Hi Graham, The grounds are linked. Steve

Thanks Guys, That's given me some points to look at. First thing is to look at the start up times. As the Arduino works fine with the display and the MSP430 does not I am wondering if there is some difference between the Arduino and Energia versions of LiquidCrystal.h Steve

er....forgot to mention that the backlight works, with this display you don't see anything without the backlight...

Hi Guys, Sorry to bother you but I have hit a fundamental problem which I cannot get any further with unless someone else takes a look. I have an MSP430 Launchpad EXP430G2 board with the '553 processor installed in the DIL socket. No clock crystal installed. I have a working RT162-7 display, data sheet here := http://www.ladyada.net/media/lcd/RT162.pdf powered by a separate 5 volt supply. The contrast pot meter works and I can adjust the contrast. I can see the little oblong boxes where the characters display. I know this works because I pulled it from my Arduino system,

Thanks for all the hard work guys.... Downloading it as I write Steve

Does anyone happen to know if they will drop the old MSP430 board with the DIL socket? I hope not because it is nice to be able to use it to develop using the DIL packaged MSP430 parts then solder them into the target system.... Also I am developing a course specifically for the DIL board and it would be a real pain if it became unavailable.... Regards Steve

any news on when the GCC port is available? Or is this the wrong place to ask?

Hi guys, Very interesting dissection. If you need different or wider frequency coverage there are a couple of other options. At the lowest price range you can simply get a DVB/TV dongle like this one https://www.cosycave.co.uk/product.php?id_product=282 and choose from a number of public domain software packages. I have one of these http://sdr-kits.net/VNWA3_Description.html which is very good for antenna analysis. Hope this helps.. Steve

Udv, I think my last reply used all the Magyar words I know! I am a frequent visitor to Budapest though. It is nice to see that at least one person in Hungary is having fun with micro controllers. Regards, Steve

Jo napot Mybuster! Szep MSP430 design. Szia, Steve

COBOL would pretty much do what you want Abe...... that, and FORTRAN are what real programmers used to program in before we went "back to the future" and adopted C. :-)

I also would like to see the Si570 code. I have a big interest in this chip having worked with it since the early days. My friend jan G0BBL did the original design to multi band the soft rock SDR with it....I did a lot of beta testing for it. 73s Steve G0XAR

Mon ami Jean-Yves, I am really sorry. I just found your reply. My course plan is to take a different approach. Each lesson has an example program which is useful for a ham. Then I discuss it in detail using the code to teach simple aspects. Then I get students to modify the code so they can learn. So far I finished one lesson on LED blinking. The second lesson uses the temperature sensor on the MSP430. The code monitors this and if it gets too high switches a LED on, and a fan, and sounds an alarm. We take the processor off the Launchpad board and build a little circuit with the proce

Hi Graham, As they say in Australian "No worries!". Let's have a virtual beer together and forget about it. I was in a bad mood this morning and over reacted. Life is too short! I am enthusiastic enough about Energia to be writing a course using it and the 430 Launchpad for radio hams who are frightened of computers. So everything has to be broken down to "Janet and John" bite sized chunks. It's a challenge. Like you I find the need for "Arduino Compatibility" a drawback. But on the plus side it has opened up the MSP430 to a lot of people who wouldn't have given it a second glance. An