Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Sensor networks... (motes)

2013-12-12 Thread Jan Rychter
On 11 gru 2013, at 14:41, Nick wrote: >> On Wednesday, 11 December 2013 12:38:52 UTC, Jan Rychter wrote: >> If you don't specifically need 802.15.4 for compatibility reasons and if you >> aren't extremely size-constrained, you might find that it is much cheaper to >> go with an MSP430 and a nR

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Sensor networks... (motes)

2013-12-11 Thread Nick
On Wednesday, 11 December 2013 12:38:52 UTC, Jan Rychter wrote: > > If you don't specifically need 802.15.4 for compatibility reasons and if > you aren't extremely size-constrained, you might find that it is much > cheaper to go with an MSP430 and a nRF24L01+ module. This is what I'm doing > in

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Sensor networks... (motes)

2013-12-11 Thread Jan Rychter
On 11 gru 2013, at 12:52, Jan Rychter wrote: > On 11 gru 2013, at 05:31, Nick wrote: > >> I've ben thinking about the MSP430 series and their SoC/ wireless chips >> (mostly 802.15.4 based) - very nice suite of devices >> Trouble is I've always been an Atmel guy, so it's a big switch thoug

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Sensor networks... (motes)

2013-12-11 Thread Jan Rychter
On 11 gru 2013, at 05:31, Nick wrote: > I've ben thinking about the MSP430 series and their SoC/ wireless chips > (mostly 802.15.4 based) - very nice suite of devices > Trouble is I've always been an Atmel guy, so it's a big switch though I > suspect that the learning curve is not too bad..

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Sensor networks... (motes)

2013-12-10 Thread Nick
I've ben thinking about the MSP430 series and their SoC/ wireless chips (mostly 802.15.4 based) - very nice suite of devices Trouble is I've always been an Atmel guy, so it's a big switch though I suspect that the learning curve is not too bad... Perhaps its time to change. .. -- You recei

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Sensor networks... (motes)

2013-12-02 Thread John Rehwinkel
>> OT, I know, but anyone here got much experience with building motes, >> especially low power (and cheap) ones? > > Here's a possible platform: > > http://www.ti.com/ww/en/launchpad/home_head.html?DCMP=Value_Line&HQS=launchpad > > The MSP430 Launchpad is (very) cheap, low-power. TI's toolchain

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Sensor networks... (motes)

2013-12-02 Thread Matthew Smith
Quoth Nick at 2013-12-03 00:44 ... OT, I know, but anyone here got much experience with building motes, especially low power (and cheap) ones? Here's a possible platform: http://www.ti.com/ww/en/launchpad/home_head.html?DCMP=Value_Line&HQS=launchpad The MSP430 Launchpad is (very) cheap, low-p

[neonixie-l] OT: Sensor networks... (motes)

2013-12-02 Thread Nick
OT, I know, but anyone here got much experience with building motes, especially low power (and cheap) ones? Ta Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email