bluehash 1,581 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Hello 43oher's, TI has been very kind to give me a pass to the 2011 Esc Boston Conference. I'll be meeting TI's Marketing Engineer, Adrian Fernandes and will be glad to ask him questions on behalf of this Community. If you have any nice things to say, that too will be forwarded to TI. Any questions on kits or how they could improve would be nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gwdeveloper 275 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 You can forward this to them for me: "Your hardware and support has been fantastic. Can I have a TMDSEVM3530 for free, please?" haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gordon 229 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 I could do embarrassing things for a slightly beefier g2553: 2K (4K in my wet dreams) RAM, a couple of bytes of EEPROM(-like nonvolatile storage) perhaps. Hmm, nice things? I'll be buying MOAR!! Doubtful there's anything nicer to them . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zborgerd 62 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 The Launchpad is an awesome introduction to the MSP430. TI has made an excellent effort to get the product into everyone's hands. However, official Booster Packs are a bit lacking. Are there any plans to introduce additional Booster Packs soon? I personally would like to see a simple, Launchpad-based alternative to the CC2500EMK or CC2520-CC2591EMK. I am, however, aware of the Golden-IC Booster Pack. By the way... Tideals.com is awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeekDoc 226 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 The Launchpad is an awesome introduction to the MSP430. TI has made an excellent effort to get the product into everyone's hands. However, official Booster Packs are a bit lacking. Are there any plans to introduce additional Booster Packs soon? I personally would like to see a simple, Launchpad-based alternative to the CC2500EMK or CC2520-CC2591EMK. I am, however, aware of the Golden-IC Booster Pack.By the way... Tideals.com is awesome! Second this! :thumbup: You can forward this to them for me: "Your hardware and support has been fantastic. And this! :thumbup: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,892 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 How about full support for Mac OS X (TUSB, CCS, etc.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HylianSavior 37 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Oh man, you got a pass to ESC? I might just visit the Expo, which is free... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gordon 229 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (This one is actually coming partly from Rick, but this is an important one to a lot of us), can you ask about TI's (long-term) stance on MSPGCC? They are already doing the right thing with the headers and MSP430.dllv3, but how about a bit more involvement in MSPGCC (and related essential tools like mspdebug) development? Kits for developers, funding perhaps, etc.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 They are already doing the right thing with the headers and MSP430.dllv3, but how about a bit more involvement in MSPGCC (and related essential tools like mspdebug) development? Kits for developers, funding perhaps, etc.? Remember that they have their own product to market(CCS). Seeing support for MSPGCC will be welcome, but I doubt it. It's a question nonetheless. I've already reached out to the MSPGCC guys by offering kits, but they don't seem to need any. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gwdeveloper 275 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Maybe offering some sort of support for installing MSPGCC into CCS? For example, Renesas allows the installation of the KPIT GNU Tools for RX into the Renesas HEW IDE alongside of the Renesas RX compiler -it allows you to select your compiler when a new project is created. Support from Renesas is limited to a converted hardware header for GNU Tools but doesn't make the full driver library very easy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zeke 693 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Ask them about their plans for the Stellaris. The LM3S9B9x have been plagued with program FLASH write cycle issues (only 100 writes) and, to me, it seems like they've abandoned the M3 line because they figure that it's a waste of time. Here are my questions: - Are they going to focus all their energy into replacing the M3 with the M4?- When will we see an M4?- When will we get to play with an M4 dev kit?- Will they make enough ICs so that I can actually get my hands on them? (Try getting an LM3S9B96 and you'll see what I mean)- Will they offer free updates to CSS4 to support the M4 or will they wait and put that inside of CSS5 (and make me pay for it)?- Will they stuff OpenRTOS inside of an M4 just like the LM3S9B96?- Will they give us an ebook on FreeRTOS so we can figure it out?- and will CSS5 run on Linux and Mac? How's that list? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 Ask them about their plans for the Stellaris. If I can find the appropriate person, then for sure. When will we see an M4? M4 is sometime this or next year, I did see a roadmap somewhere. FP unit... Omm Nom Nom - Will they make enough ICs so that I can actually get my hands on them? (Try getting an LM3S9B96 and you'll see what I mean) Have been through that. uff! But they have been responsive to us. - and will CSS5 run on Linux and Mac? You mean CCS? CCS5 Limited Release is already out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zborgerd 62 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 CCS V 5.1 has a limited chip selection on LInux. Still no Linux MSP430 or Stellaris support. Trust me, I've tested it again this weekend. So the better question is.... Where is the MSP430 support for CCS 5.1 Linux? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Four hours more to get your questions written here. I'll be going to esc in a few hours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gordon 229 Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 You may want to review this thread. I know it's Ian's stuff, but it surely doesn't hurt if TI hears the buzz from multiple directions? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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