Hi, I have just received the Stepper Motor Boosterpack and have found the GUI Tool extremely slow and un-usable
I am using CCS 6.0, the GUI tool is the one linked direct from the Boosterpack site "BOOST-DRV8711_GUIv1.0". Windows 8.1 64bit and an I7 processor
The app loads almost instantly but the following then occures
upto 1Min to recognise the MSP430G2553 board and its com port
a further 2-3 minutes to gather the status from the board so the red x goes away from the various controls
at this point it can take over 6 minutes for any control to take an action and that is not in every case, sometimes it does not happen at all, for instance clicking on the sleep button does not wake up the board for over 6 minutes, clicking the clear fault can take as long if not longer to take affect and sometimes does not work at all. To all intents and purposes it is useless as is. I would happily code a direct windows application but the commands to the board do not seem to be published for the sample application which is coded in CCS and not easy to follow and as of today I can not find any Energia examples.
I have tried the various changes to CCS ini file and this makes no difference, also I should not be having to disable my network or un-install Chrome to make an application work
I hope you can help in resolving his as I would like to review the booster board asap for Element14 and get t onto their web forums
Thanks
Peter Oakes