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Hardware Installation ................. RFID Base Station in Device Manager ............... Connection of TMS37157 to the Battery Board ..............eZ430-TMS37157 in Front of RFID Base Station ................. RFID Demo Software: Startup Screen ................... RFID Demo Software: Com Port Tab ..................RFID Demo Software: Demo Mode ....................
SLAU281B – November 2009 – Revised March 2010 Read This First If You Need Assistance Support for MSP430 devices and the eZ430-TMS37157 is provided by the Texas Instruments Product Information Center (PIC). Contact information for the PIC can be found on the TI web site at www.ti.com.
The eZ430-TMS37157 target board is an out-of-the box wireless system that may be used with the USB debugging interface, as a stand-alone system with or without external sensors, or may be incorporated into an existing design.
The eZ430-TMS37157 can be used as a stand-alone development tool. Additionally, the eZ430-TMS37157 target board also may be detached from the debugging interface and integrated into another design. The target board features an MSP430F2274 and most of its pins are easily accessible.
2274 to PC), slave out/master in when in SPI mode RFID Principles Texas Instruments low-frequency RFID operates at a frequency of 134.2 kHz. A normal RFID system is completely passive—the RFID Reader (the reader is a transceiver but is called only RFID Reader in this document) sends a command to a RFID transponder, and the transponder answers, normally with its serial number.
USB debugging interface (see Section 2. Plug the base station into the USB port. 3. Windows recognizes the new hardware as Texas Instruments MSP-FET430UIF (see Figure Windows should automatically install the drivers for the MSP-FET430UIF as an HID tool.
8. The Wizard continues to install the driver and then provides notification when it has finished the installation of the software. 9. Find the right Com Port for the RFID Base Station ("Texas Instruments RFID Base Station") in the Windows Device Manager (see Figure 11).
Installation www.ti.com TMS37157 Hardware Installation The eZ430-TMS37157 can be used as a standalone module or connected to the battery board. Standalone The eZ430-TMS37157 is used standalone without connection to any other module. In this setting, the target board operates as passive device.
Demo Software (GUI) Installation 1. Unpack RFID Demo Software.zip. 2. Start the eZ430-TMS37157 Demo Reader Software using the shortcut installed on the desktop. eZ430-TMS37157 Demo Software (GUI) 1. Ensure RFID base station is connected to the host PC.
16, field C) displays the charge level of the connected battery. 1. Ensure that the battery board is connected to the target board and the jumper is set. 2. Click Check Battery. The battery status appears in the field next to the Texas Instruments logo. Direct Access Mode The Direct Access mode enables the user to use all functions the TMS37157 offers.
1. Disconnect the jumper on the battery board. 2. Choose which LED (red or green) should flash and how often. 3. Ensure that the eZ430-TMS37157 is in a range of 2-3 cm away from the reader antenna 4. Click the Flash LED (without battery) button.
8 KB of code compilation. The full version of CCE Pro offers unlimited code compilation and can be purchased from www.ti.com/msp430. To install the IDE: 1. The eZ430-TMS37157 is compatible with Windows® 2000 and Windows XP. 2. Start Code Composer Essentials and follow the instructions. 3. Respond to the prompts to install the software.
Schematics www.ti.com Schematics The schematics can be downloaded from the eZ430-TMS37157 tool folder: http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/ez430-tms37157.html 16.1 eZ430-RF USB Debugging Interface Figure 37. eZ430-RF USB Debugging Interface Schematic 1 SLAU281B – November 2009 – Revised March 2010 eZ430-TMS37157 Development Tool Submit Documentation Feedback...
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