In this MSP430 timer PWM tutorial the basic workings of the on board timer peripheral will be explained, along with some C code examples which can be downloadable at the end of the tutorial. Additionally the video below demonstrates the examples ‘A picture paints a thousand words, a video displays a thousand pictures’.
In this C2000 Programming Model Guide, the two basic approaches to programming on the C2000 will be over viewed using the C2000 Launchpad. Some code examples will be shown, as well as a code execution speed test comparing the two methods. All the code is written in Code Composer Studio (CCS) v5.5, with the latest version of View more…
The EagleCad Tutorial Grid Size Unit Setting will cover how to edit the EagleCad eagle.scr script file. If you use EagleCad and find you want to use Mils or mm, or simple want to change the default grid settings, then this tutorial will show you how. There is also some basic information on this on the View more…
In this fourth and final part of the C2000 Solar MPPT Tutorial, the system set-up and testing will be looked at. This will involve the overall hardware set-up for testing, ADC calibration, reduction of noise on the ADC sampling, efficiency test and some improvements for future iterations. The final C2000 solar MPPT tutorial C code is also downloadable View more…
In this third part of the C2000 Solar MPPT Tutorial, the software will be looked at in greater detail. This will entail a look at the Perturb & Observe algorithm, ADC code and timing code to ensure everything operates in a controlled manner.
In this second part of the C2000 Solar MPPT Tutorial, the hardware and circuit design will be looked at in greater depth. The schematic for the system is posted again below for reference, which can be enlarged by simply clicking on it.
This series of four posts will cover a project build for a C2000 Solar MPPT Tutorial. The Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) circuit is based around an interleaved synchronous buck circuit topology. The microcontroller used is the Texas Instruments (TI) C2000 family, the C2000 Launchpad is used which has a TMS320F28027 chip on-board. Considerable research was View more…