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The purpose of this group is to foster exchange of information on the Texas Instruments MSP430 family of microcontrollers and related tools. Everyone welcome, all levels of familiarity/expertise.
PowerPac for MSP430 or other RTOS - Stuart_Rubin - Jul 13 19:42:33 2008
Does anyone have any experience with IAR's PowerPac RTOS for MSP430?
I'm interested in a very reliable OS with a small RAM and Flash
footprint. We have tight real-time requirements, but don't need a lot
of features. That is, we do NOT need network stacks, USB, file
systems, etc. I know there are a lot of small OS's out there, both
commercial and open-source, but I really like the idea that this one
comes from the tools vendor and is tightly integrated with their IDE;
I'm not looking to fight with a tool chain, port an OS, dig into the
source, etc.
(I'm sure this will prompt a response from the guys at BLU OS...)
Thanks.
Stuart
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I'm interested in a very reliable OS with a small RAM and Flash
footprint. We have tight real-time requirements, but don't need a lot
of features. That is, we do NOT need network stacks, USB, file
systems, etc. I know there are a lot of small OS's out there, both
commercial and open-source, but I really like the idea that this one
comes from the tools vendor and is tightly integrated with their IDE;
I'm not looking to fight with a tool chain, port an OS, dig into the
source, etc.
(I'm sure this will prompt a response from the guys at BLU OS...)
Thanks.
Stuart
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Re: PowerPac for MSP430 or other RTOS - Joe Radomski - Jul 14 0:23:45 2008
if you are not tied to IAR, take a look at the built in tasking library tha=
t comes with cross-studio.. Its not a full fledged rtos, but supports all t=
he main features one would look for, plus it is compatble across their enti=
re tool chain..
=A0
--- On Sun, 7/13/08, Stuart_Rubin wrote:
From: Stuart_Rubin
Subject: [msp430] PowerPac for MSP430 or other RTOS
To: m...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 7:42 PM
Does anyone have any experience with IAR's PowerPac RTOS for MSP430?
I'm interested in a very reliable OS with a small RAM and Flash
footprint. We have tight real-time requirements, but don't need a lot
of features. That is, we do NOT need network stacks, USB, file
systems, etc. I know there are a lot of small OS's out there, both
commercial and open-source, but I really like the idea that this one
comes from the tools vendor and is tightly integrated with their IDE;
I'm not looking to fight with a tool chain, port an OS, dig into the
source, etc.
(I'm sure this will prompt a response from the guys at BLU OS...)
Thanks.
Stuart
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t comes with cross-studio.. Its not a full fledged rtos, but supports all t=
he main features one would look for, plus it is compatble across their enti=
re tool chain..
=A0
--- On Sun, 7/13/08, Stuart_Rubin
From: Stuart_Rubin
Subject: [msp430] PowerPac for MSP430 or other RTOS
To: m...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 7:42 PM
Does anyone have any experience with IAR's PowerPac RTOS for MSP430?
I'm interested in a very reliable OS with a small RAM and Flash
footprint. We have tight real-time requirements, but don't need a lot
of features. That is, we do NOT need network stacks, USB, file
systems, etc. I know there are a lot of small OS's out there, both
commercial and open-source, but I really like the idea that this one
comes from the tools vendor and is tightly integrated with their IDE;
I'm not looking to fight with a tool chain, port an OS, dig into the
source, etc.
(I'm sure this will prompt a response from the guys at BLU OS...)
Thanks.
Stuart
=20
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: PowerPac for MSP430 or other RTOS - Stuart_Rubin - Jul 23 21:09:25 2008
I was surprised by the deafening silence in response to this querry.
There was a single response. (Thank you for it!).
I would really like to know if anyone has employed any sort of RTOS in
their MSP430 project.
Any thoughts on IAR PowerPac? uC/OS II? Salvo? BOS (B.LU OS)?
Thanks in advance.
Stuart
--- In m...@yahoogroups.com, "Stuart_Rubin" wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any experience with IAR's PowerPac RTOS for MSP430?
>
> I'm interested in a very reliable OS with a small RAM and Flash
> footprint. We have tight real-time requirements, but don't need a lot
> of features. That is, we do NOT need network stacks, USB, file
> systems, etc. I know there are a lot of small OS's out there, both
> commercial and open-source, but I really like the idea that this one
> comes from the tools vendor and is tightly integrated with their IDE;
> I'm not looking to fight with a tool chain, port an OS, dig into the
> source, etc.
>
> (I'm sure this will prompt a response from the guys at BLU OS...)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Stuart
>
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There was a single response. (Thank you for it!).
I would really like to know if anyone has employed any sort of RTOS in
their MSP430 project.
Any thoughts on IAR PowerPac? uC/OS II? Salvo? BOS (B.LU OS)?
Thanks in advance.
Stuart
--- In m...@yahoogroups.com, "Stuart_Rubin"
>
> Does anyone have any experience with IAR's PowerPac RTOS for MSP430?
>
> I'm interested in a very reliable OS with a small RAM and Flash
> footprint. We have tight real-time requirements, but don't need a lot
> of features. That is, we do NOT need network stacks, USB, file
> systems, etc. I know there are a lot of small OS's out there, both
> commercial and open-source, but I really like the idea that this one
> comes from the tools vendor and is tightly integrated with their IDE;
> I'm not looking to fight with a tool chain, port an OS, dig into the
> source, etc.
>
> (I'm sure this will prompt a response from the guys at BLU OS...)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Stuart
>
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Re: PowerPac for MSP430 or other RTOS - Tom Baugh - Jul 23 23:09:45 2008
>
> I was surprised by the deafening silence in response to this querry.
> There was a single response. (Thank you for it!).
>
> I would really like to know if anyone has employed any sort of RTOS in
> their MSP430 project.
Stuart,
The MSP430 is so small (at least the great ones are) and the typical
MSP430 ultra-low-power application is so compact, that not many RTOSi
are available or practical (here come the flames!).
More important for MSP430 applications is a great underlying software
architecture which takes advantage of the low power features. We have
written a book about this topic:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%
2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMSP430-State-Machine-Programming-ES2274%2Fdp%
2F0975475924%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1214397954%26sr%3D8-
1&tag=softcom-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
If that link doesn't work, search amazon for MSP430 as one word, then
choose our green and white title from near the top of the list.
This book is written around our ES2274:
http://www.softbaugh.com/ProductPage.cfm?strPartNo=ES2274
but is suitable for any non-X MSP430 choices. For MSP430X choices,
including the FG461x or F261x, as examples, or any of the new F5xx,
stay tuned for our next book which will highlight a better option than
any of those.
Tom
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> I was surprised by the deafening silence in response to this querry.
> There was a single response. (Thank you for it!).
>
> I would really like to know if anyone has employed any sort of RTOS in
> their MSP430 project.
Stuart,
The MSP430 is so small (at least the great ones are) and the typical
MSP430 ultra-low-power application is so compact, that not many RTOSi
are available or practical (here come the flames!).
More important for MSP430 applications is a great underlying software
architecture which takes advantage of the low power features. We have
written a book about this topic:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%
2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMSP430-State-Machine-Programming-ES2274%2Fdp%
2F0975475924%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1214397954%26sr%3D8-
1&tag=softcom-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
If that link doesn't work, search amazon for MSP430 as one word, then
choose our green and white title from near the top of the list.
This book is written around our ES2274:
http://www.softbaugh.com/ProductPage.cfm?strPartNo=ES2274
but is suitable for any non-X MSP430 choices. For MSP430X choices,
including the FG461x or F261x, as examples, or any of the new F5xx,
stay tuned for our next book which will highlight a better option than
any of those.
Tom
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Re: Re: PowerPac for MSP430 or other RTOS - Ian Okey - Jul 24 3:04:49 2008
I have used Salvo in one application and found that it worked well. You
have to be careful to obey the implementation rules laid out in the manual
but otherwise the implementation was quick and easy. It did what was needed
and did that correctly. Support from Andrew was excellent (the problem was
mine not his ;-) )
Ian
2008/7/24 Stuart_Rubin:
> I was surprised by the deafening silence in response to this querry.
> There was a single response. (Thank you for it!).
>
> I would really like to know if anyone has employed any sort of RTOS in
> their MSP430 project.
>
> Any thoughts on IAR PowerPac? uC/OS II? Salvo? BOS (B.LU OS)?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Stuart
>
> --- In m...@yahoogroups.com, "Stuart_Rubin" wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with IAR's PowerPac RTOS for MSP430?
> >
> > I'm interested in a very reliable OS with a small RAM and Flash
> > footprint. We have tight real-time requirements, but don't need a lot
> > of features. That is, we do NOT need network stacks, USB, file
> > systems, etc. I know there are a lot of small OS's out there, both
> > commercial and open-source, but I really like the idea that this one
> > comes from the tools vendor and is tightly integrated with their IDE;
> > I'm not looking to fight with a tool chain, port an OS, dig into the
> > source, etc.
> >
> > (I'm sure this will prompt a response from the guys at BLU OS...)
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Stuart
> > ------------------------------------
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have to be careful to obey the implementation rules laid out in the manual
but otherwise the implementation was quick and easy. It did what was needed
and did that correctly. Support from Andrew was excellent (the problem was
mine not his ;-) )
Ian
2008/7/24 Stuart_Rubin
> I was surprised by the deafening silence in response to this querry.
> There was a single response. (Thank you for it!).
>
> I would really like to know if anyone has employed any sort of RTOS in
> their MSP430 project.
>
> Any thoughts on IAR PowerPac? uC/OS II? Salvo? BOS (B.LU OS)?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Stuart
>
> --- In m...@yahoogroups.com, "Stuart_Rubin"
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with IAR's PowerPac RTOS for MSP430?
> >
> > I'm interested in a very reliable OS with a small RAM and Flash
> > footprint. We have tight real-time requirements, but don't need a lot
> > of features. That is, we do NOT need network stacks, USB, file
> > systems, etc. I know there are a lot of small OS's out there, both
> > commercial and open-source, but I really like the idea that this one
> > comes from the tools vendor and is tightly integrated with their IDE;
> > I'm not looking to fight with a tool chain, port an OS, dig into the
> > source, etc.
> >
> > (I'm sure this will prompt a response from the guys at BLU OS...)
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Stuart
> > ------------------------------------
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