Step-by-step guide to set up a LaunchPad?

Technical Control System
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We have been looking around this site and the internet in general for a step-by-step guide for setting up a LauchPad MSP430 F5529 as a custom gamepad. One link that is often referred to for directions and examples leads to a generic page on TI’s website… obviously it’s no longer available. All we really need is about 10 buttons.

We don’t have anyone who has experience with hooking up a microprocessor this way and would love to have a “dumbed” down version of what we need to do.

We have received a few LaunchPads with First Choice and they sit and collect dust!

Please help.

2

Have you looked at the Gamepad Tool that gets installed as part of the FRC Update every year?
It offers three options for setting up buttons and the like.

c:\Program Files (x86)\FRC Gamepad Tool

GamepadTool-Option3.jpg
Option1.png
Option2.png
Option3.png

3

I’m not sure why this was archived, and I’ll look to see where the current location is. For now, here is the WebArchive link to to the old page.

https://web.archive.org/web/20181107025655/http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_LaunchPad_Operator_Interface_for_FIRST_Robotics_Competition