Sensor Gui Layout - Texas Instruments BOOSTXL-SENSORS BoosterPack User Manual

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3.1.2.2 Understanding the GUI
Figure 6 shows the layout of the sensor GUI.
The GUI contains six main elements:
1. Four sensor tiles
2. A serial monitor
3. The EnergyTrace™ software section
4. The board movement detection window
5. A menu bar
6. A status bar
The Serial Monitor lets you see the JSON
The menu bar serves two functions:
• To change the serial port settings, click
port number and the baud rate, which should be 115200. To apply the settings, click "Configure".
• To program the GUI firmware to the MSP432 MCU LaunchPad development kit, click "File" and then
click "Program Device...".
The status bar indicates if the LaunchPad development kit is connected to the PC, the port that is used,
and the baud rate.
The following example indicates a connection to COM22 at 115000 baud:
The following example indicates a busy port on COM22:
this COM port, close any programs that are using that port, disconnect the GUI by clicking
disconnect and reconnect (or restart) the LaunchPad development kit, and reconnect the GUI.
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JSON = JavaScript Object Notation. This is the data format in which the information is sent. For more information, go to www.json.org.
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Figure 6. Sensor GUI Layout
that is being reported back by the MCU.
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and then click
. Click to disconnect the GUI:
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. In the dialog, select a
. To connect the LaunchPad development kit to
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