Software Examples
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SLAU666B – June 2016 – Revised May 2018
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BOOSTXL-SENSORS Sensors BoosterPack Plug-in Module
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3.1.2.2
Understanding the GUI
shows the layout of the sensor GUI.
Figure 6. Sensor GUI Layout
The GUI contains six main elements:
1. Four sensor tiles
2. A serial monitor
3. The EnergyTrace™ software section
4. The board movement detection window
5. A menu bar
6. A status bar
The Serial Monitor lets you see the JSON
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that is being reported back by the MCU.
The menu bar serves two functions:
•
To change the serial port settings, click
and then click
. In the dialog, select a
port number and the baud rate, which should be 115200. To apply the settings, click "Configure".
•
To program the GUI firmware to the MSP432 MCU LaunchPad development kit, click "File" and then
click "Program Device…".
The status bar indicates if the LaunchPad development kit is connected to the PC, the port that is used,
and the baud rate.
The following example indicates a connection to COM22 at 115000 baud:
. Click
to disconnect the GUI:
The following example indicates a busy port on COM22:
. To connect the LaunchPad development kit to
this COM port, close any programs that are using that port, disconnect the GUI by clicking
,
disconnect and reconnect (or restart) the LaunchPad development kit, and reconnect the GUI.
