I am back from my trip from Ohio and I finally have some time to catch up to get settled back in my routine. Part of my trip was to do some data logging with my shinny new Ti Chronos Watch. I thought this would be a perfect first project. I ended up not using the stock data software as it doesn’t log acceleration. I used the code and app from here: http://ruditronics.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/data-logging-using-ez430-chronos-watch/ If you decide to try it, make sure and read the comments. I found a lot of useful information to get the code compiled. Of course you can also post here for help. During take off and landing of each leg of the trip I logged: AccelerationTemperatureAltitude A …
Ti Chronos ez430
Yesterday I received my Chronos sport swatch from Ti. I saw a post on HackaDay about Tideals.com. At half off of the original price, I just couldn’t pass up ordering a new gadget to play with. After doing some research before I ordered it, I ended up getting the Ti LaunchPad for $4.30 as well. A MSP430 dev board. For the price, why not? Plus both included shipping. Here is the LaunchPad: And the Chronos: Now just to figure out want to do with them. I started messing with the Chronos last night and it defiantly isn’t as easy to get started as the Arduino but I am sure I will get comfortable with it after some time. I was thinking since I will be flying next week, …