asleepinverona 0 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Hi Everyone! I've seen interest in an energy harvesting booster pack for the MSP430 LaunchPad. Given the MSP430's great power saving abilities I thought I would move on this. I wanted to let the group know that I've started a Kickstarter campaign make this a reality. I have a prototype that has been tested and is ready to go. If we get funded, we'll be able to get all the parts in quantity and give the board a much more reasonable cost. Feel free to search Kickstarter for our board "Energy Harvesting Booster Pack" which is among the many interesting technology items also looking for funding. Thanks for your support! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cde 334 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Two things, how did you get your goals past the new hardware project restrictions? And second, 20k for a boosterpack on a non-arduino project? How likely is that to happen? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
asleepinverona 0 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 1. Since we launched yesterday, we did not have to qualify for the new hardware restrictions. We did see the blog post this morning and will have to meet these requirements for any other project. 2. With the advent of Energia and the low cost of the TI MSP430 Launchpad, we're hoping that interest picks up. Thanks for your questions. We really hope that people take notice of what this could do for wireless sensor networks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rickta59 589 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 2. With the advent of Energia and the low cost of the TI MSP430 Launchpad, we're hoping that interest picks up. Are you going to make your source code available for all? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fred 453 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Isn't there a fair degree of overlap with TI's own MSP430 Solar Energy Harvesting Kit? http://www.ti.com/tool/ez430-rf2500-seh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
asleepinverona 0 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 We'll be posting a few examples on our website. We want the user to be able to monitor the battery voltage and build upon that. With our current design, we didn't want to disturb too much on the Launchpad board to keep it open. The main focus of the board is to provide power and keep the battery charged. There is also an "Examples" section under the File Menu in Energia. We think that is the best place to get started with Energia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rickta59 589 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 We'll be posting a few examples on our website. ... There is also an "Examples" section under the File Menu in Energia. We think that is the best place to get started with Energia. We are always looking for new examples. Provide a link to the examples and I'll make them part of Energia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
asleepinverona 0 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Isn't there a fair degree of overlap with TI's own MSP430 Solar Energy Harvesting Kit? This board is designed specifically for the LaunchPad series of development platforms. We thought it was the best way to go because of the availability of the MSP430 LaunchPad. As far as I know, you can't develop code with Energia for the EZ430-RF2500. Also, because of the wide variety of wireless solutions, we wanted to keep that open (for now). We ran into a situation where the 2.4GHz radio would not work in the environment we needed it to. So we had to go and find another solution. This leaves it open for the user. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
asleepinverona 0 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 We are always looking for new examples. Provide a link to the examples and I'll make them part of Energia. We'll be in touch! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rickta59 589 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 As far as I know, you can't develop code with Energia for the EZ430-RF2500. Why not? Just because we don't support it directly, there is nothing stopping someone from adding their own board descriptions and pin descriptions for the ez430-rf2500 board. It would be great if your project added that value to Energia. Energia is open source. We encourage people to contribute things they want to see. msp430-gcc can develop code for all of the shipping msp430 chips. The fact that your favorite board doesn't have an entry and pin layout setup shouldn't be a barrier to getting it added. We have a wiki entry that shows the quickest route to getting your code reviewed, discussed and potentially added to the core on our wiki: https://github.com/energia/Energia/wiki ... ew-process -rick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gwdeveloper 275 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I'm with cde and Fred on this one... If you were hoping for $20K, you should have made it for the Arduino (ride some coat tails) and offered a MSP430 version later. If you're wanting to produce some good hardware and make a little (probably very little) money, then maybe best to self-produce and sell through 43oh's store. It really does overlap with TI's/Cymbets SEH kit but theirs has better/newer energy storage. Also, it is fully compatible with the Launchpad. Just needs a jumper cable from SEH's J5 to the LP. Seriously, $20K, for a Launchpad Booster Pack? Can I assume it will be UL listed and FCC tested? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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