Lab $2$ Putting it to practice

It is time to put all these notions into practice! We will start using the MSP$-$EXP$432$P$401$R LaunchPad

Development Kit what you have been provided for the lecture. For now, you just need to know how to plug it

in $($see Figure $1).$ More details about what it is$/$what it contains will be given in Lab $3.$

Figure $1$: A basic overview of the MSP$-$EXP$432$P$401$R LaunchPad Development Board $($left$)$ and con$-$

nected to a laptop via USB $($right$).$

We use Code Composer Studio $($CCS$)$ as development environment. It allows easy integration of the

LaunchPad, software, etc. Furthermore, it makes compiling of a whole project a one$-$click task by generating

and executing the necessary makefiles, and features extensive debugging options $($more details in the

following labs$).$

Task $2$: Your first embedded system program

Task $2\mathrm{.}1$: Flash your very first program!

Download lab$2.$zip from the course blackboard.

Open the CCS and import lab$2.$zip to your workspace $($see Figure $4$ in the Appendix$).$

Connect the LaunchPad to the Computer.

Build and flash the application $($see Figure $6,7)$

Start the execution $()$ and observe the functionality of the program. What is the purpose of the

application?

Warning $3$: Creating a delay within a program

In this lab, we use an empty for$-$loop to create a delay. Note that this is not a good solution in practice.

Timers should be used instead. We use this simple solution for now as timers will be later covered.