MSP430 Serial Bug

[Sal 0]

It appears that there is a bug with Energia, some driver, or my computer. When I try to send anything from the MSP430 to my laptop over the serial port, the data gets corrupted in a systematic way. All bits are duplicated in place and then a zero is appended to the end of the bits. For example, if I send across a 1 (0b1), it becomes 6 (0b110), and if I send across a 2 (0b10), it becomes 24 (0b11000).

 

Below, I have a basic Hello World example that captures the problem pretty clearly. Please let me know if you can replicate the problem and/or have a solution.

 

Processing code:

import processing.serial.*;

void setup() 
{
  println(Serial.list());
  String portName = Serial.list()[8]; // change to your USB port's
  Serial myPort = new Serial(this, portName, 9600);
}

void draw(){}

void serialEvent(Serial myPort) {
  String text = myPort.readString();
  print(text);
}

MSP430/Arduino Code:

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  Serial.println("Hello World!");
  delay(1000);
}

 

[Rickta59 589]

Are you really using a g2231?

[Rickta59 589]

https://github.com/energia/Energia/commit/6ea4fee17c54d55cbf75bf80328da6965a5c7ca6 .. this checkin did away with the comment that let people know the msp430g2231 chips max out at 4800

 

https://github.com/energia/Energia/blob/master/hardware/msp430/cores/msp430/TimerSerial.cpp#L108 .. Actual code that forces 4800 max for msp430g2231 chips

 

https://github.com/energia/Energia/pull/78 .. the discussion that tells you why we ended up with this solution

-rick