Yama, Thanks so much for sharing this. I am planning to order some to test out with my students on the XOs.
Perhaps we can open some wiki pages devoted to this? Cheers, Gerald 2012/2/11 Luis Galindo <llwwwl...@gmail.com> > I just bought the TI MSP430 to test it with the Xo 1.0. > > Thank you Yama :-) > > Luis > > El 10 de febrero de 2012 11:06, Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com>escribió: > >> 2012/2/10 Yamaplos . <yamap...@gmail.com>: >> > The TI MSP430 chips are a very attractive alternative to add robotic >> > options for XO / Sugar users. "Microcontrolers" are the brain behind >> > many engineering hobby and educational pursuits, but many alternatives >> > are expensive or very hard to run in the XO. >> > >> > The TI Launchpad board, with a G2553 microcontroler and an extra G2452 >> > in the box, is available from Texas Instruments for $4.30 USD, >> > including shipping anywhere in the world (yes, hard to believe). >> > >> http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_LaunchPad_%28MSP-EXP430G2%29 >> > >> > Here are the instructions for running the Launchpad with the G2452. >> > Maybe if the next iteratiuon of Sugar uses Fedora 15 we will be able >> > to use the G2553 as well. >> > >> > http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/OLPC_XO-1 >> >> The next release will be based on F-17 but both those packages are >> listed. You might want to use one of the test releases based on F-17 >> that I've released (new one coming soon) to make sure it all works OK >> and feedback any issues to ensure we get them fixed for the final >> release. >> >> Peter >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Lista olpc-Sur >> olpc-...@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sur >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Lista olpc-Sur > olpc-...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sur > >
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