For everyone who wants to combine the power of Eclipse and Processor Expert with the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE, here is how to get them working side by side:
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Using Kinetis Design Studio with IAR Embedded Workbench IDE
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Category Archives: Freescale
McuOnEclipse Components: 03-Feb-2015 Release
It has been a while since the last version, but finally there is a new release available on SourceForge, with the following highlights:
- FreeRTOS V8.2.0 with task notification
- New VS1053 component to play MP3 and MIDI data/files
- Shell with command history support
- Percepio Trace V2.7.0 for FreeRTOS
Components Release
eWheel Velo Bling-Bling Freescale Project
So here is a really, really cool project: eWheel Velo Bling-Bling:
Velo Bling-Bling with km/h (Source: Peter Schmid)
Creating a Library with Kinetis Design Studio
There is no special option in Kinetis Design Studio ‘New Project Wizard’ (NPW) to create a library (or archive). But it is really easy to create a library project.
Library Project
USB with the Freescale FRDM-K22F Board
The FRDM-K22F is one of the latest members of the Freedom board families: 512 KByte Flash, 128 KB RAM and the usual Freedom board components on it. Unfortunately, Freescale decided not to populate the micro-SD card connector on the board, so from this perspective the FRDM-K64F is more value for the money. But the board has USB, so this makes it still interesting. And this is what this post is about: Adding USB to the FRDM-K22F board in a few minutes…
Freescale FRDM-K22F Board
Darth Vader Santa Claus Sumo Bot
As I have received multiple questions about that Darth Vader Santa Claus/Christmas robot in the Mini-Sumo competition last week, here are the details in case you want to build your own :-)…
Darth Vader Sumo Bot
Sumo with GoPro, and other Sumo Videos
Here are the videos and results of the Mini-Sumo competition held on 19-Dec-2014 in Horw, Switzerland:
- Winner full-autonomous tournament: “The:Flash”
- Winner semi-autonomous tournament: “Banana-Rob”
See “Infotronic WS2014 Sumo Robots are Ready!” for all the robot portraits.
Watching a Sumo Battle
Tutorial: IoT Datalogger with ESP8266 WiFi Module and FRDM-KL25Z
In my earlier post “Tutorial: Web Server with the ESP8266 WiFi Module” I used the ESP8266 WiFi module to run a local web server. This is a cool way to control devices inside my network. But to use that web page from the internet, I would need to open up my router which I don’t want to do for obvious reasons. Why not going the other way: host the web page in the internet, and have my board communicating with that internet page? This is exactly what this hype around IoT (Internet of Things) is all about :-).
ThingSpeak Channel for ESP8266
Tutorial: Web Server with the ESP8266 WiFi Module
It has been a while since my first post about the ESP8266 (see “Cheap and Simple WiFi with ESP8266 for the FRDM Board“). The ESP8266 is a new inexpensive ($4.50) WiFi module which makes it easy to connect to the network or internet. Finally this week-end I have found the time to write up a tutorial:
how to implement a WiFi web server for the ESP8266 WiFi module and the Freescale FRDM-KL25Z board:
WSP8266 Web Server
FRDM-KL25Z with ESP8266 WiFi Module
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Tutorial: Playing MP3 Files with VS1053B and FRDM Board
I want to make some noise with this post!!! This tutorial is about adding music and sound capabilities to the Freescale Freedom board, and to have a lot of fun with it :-). I need this ability for a larger project working on for a while. But I thought I share that sub-part how to play sound files. So with this tutorial I can turn my Freescale Freedom board into a music or sound player :-). And adding sounds is a cool way for any project, and as the music is stored on an SD card it fits easily hours of music or sounds.
MP3 Player with FRDM-KL25Z and Adafruit Music Maker MP3 Shield
MCU on Eclipse 