first project session 12/01/10

Today we could try the wireless hardware a bit.
For the wireless transmission we are going to use eZ430-RF2500.
the hardware consists of a sender and a receiver, they look like this:

Sender with battery-pack:



reciever:



The eZ430-RF2500 is a complete wireless development tool for the MSP430 and CC2500 that includes all the hardware and software required to develop an entire wireless project with the MSP430 in a convenient USB stick. The tool includes a USB-powered emulator to program and debug your application in-system and two 2.4-GHz wireless target boards featuring the highly integrated MSP430F2274 ultra-low-power MCU. Projects may be developed and instantly deployed using the included battery expansion board and AAA batteries. All the required software is included such as a complete Integrated Development Environment and SimpliciTI, a propriety low-power star network stack, enabling robust wireless networks out of the box. The eZ430-RF2500 uses the MSP430F22x4 which combines 16-MIPS performance with a 200-ksps 10-bit ADC and 2 op-amps and is paired with the CC2500 multi-channel RF transceiver designed for low-power wireless applications.

The eZ430-RF emulator interface may be used with any Spy Bi-Wire enabled MSP430, such as the F22xx and F20xx series, and is fully compatible with the eZ430-F2013 and eZ430-T2012 target boards. The emulator interface can be used to download and debug your target applications, and can transmit serial data to your PC while in or out of a debug session.

Features

* CC2500 – 2.4 GHz, ISM band multi-channel low power transceiver
* 2 LEDs
* 1 pushbutton
* Supports development with all 2xx Spy Bi-Wire devices (MSP430F20xx, F21x2 & F22xx)
* Supports MSP430 Application UART allowing serial communication to PC
* Supports eZ430-T2012 and eZ430-RF2500T target boards
* Removable USB stick enclosure
* SimpliciTI, low power network stack
* Example wireless sensor network project measuring temperature, voltage and signal strength