Official Free/Cheap Development Environment#

I am hanging on for CCS--thank you for continuing to work on this.

I'm waiting to... :-)

Hi All -- on github, you might have noticed an 0.9.x branch off of the master. This branch has quite a few changes that are on the way to release (the branch is being actively worked on, so watch out).

1) Decreased RAM usage (more free RAM!)
2) Accelerometer read fixes and examples
3) CCS 5.x support (the eclipse version!)
4) Some bug fixes

Right now, the power consumption is too high, but 0.9.x will be an official release when the trouble is tracked down.

Attached is a CCS cheat sheet to setup this branch with CCS. At the moment, we think the CCS and IAR projects can share the same directory tree and have both sets of supporting IDE project files. Watch for #define statements that support the co-existence of the two IDEs.

I think we will make the stable 0.9.x the new master and rename the whole project in github to get rid of the "IAR" in the name. Watch out for your links when the name changes...
We haven't worked out a way to get licenses out of TI to you yet (but we have the full commitment to TI to do so). Right now I suggest downloading the FULL evaluation version of CCS (time limited, not size limited):
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Download_CCS
Anyone who has trouble with the evaluation now or in the future (expired or already used the trial before). Please email me directly: dave <at> metawatch <dot> org I'll get you fixed up.

I just got everything setup and built, and can report I'm now successfully running my own local build of 0.9.6 on my digital watch, so all seems good

When you say "the power consumption is too high" what are you talking about - for me I can noticeably see the voltage ticking down if I keep pressing the top-left button to switch the watch status on and off. It's gone from 3.7v to 3.5 volts in a couple of minutes.

Also I'm seeing a bit of screen corruption going on - it seems to be redrawing scanlines from the previous refresh, if that makes sense (Using my rm11b build of MWM, with two idle screens to cycle through - without user intervention the screen sometimes ends up as a mix of the two screens) - likewise the app mode media controls revert back to the "inactive" (dithered headphones image) screen when I return to app mode, even though the app never resends that image once playback has started.

edit: It appears to be switching between watch buffers that's causing it - After displaying a notification the idle screen was corrupt on returning.

Also, sometimes the screen displays for a fraction of a second after it's been updated, then goes blank.

Finally, I just hit reset from the watch menu, and my watch locked up on the METAWATCH screen. Might be related to the battery being low due to the high drain. Re-launching from CCS got it running again

Tried another reset and it hung again, so there's definitely something wrong there.

Min seems to working fine with

* patched version of rm11b build of MWM
* patched version of the firmware 24hour clock and sensible date ordering ;-)

OK one question.

With IAR the debug printstring stuff got printed to the console. I can't find the equivalent for CCS.

How do I set this up?

How's your watch battery life?

Dropping quickly!

Drained in about an hour or two.