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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

MSP430 gaming shield based on the Gameduino and Developing low-power circuits powered by batteries

That's some Great Work!:) Soldering those Tiny Chips! See more Below... I have an MSP430 and I wrote an Article about it on my Blog, called... Beginners Guide to The TI MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board. The article has a bunch of links with info that I found on the TI MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board and MSP430's in General. I got my TI MSP-EXP430FR5739, for free from Element14 at, http://www.element14.com. They give away Dev Boards and Test Equipment, etc, in return for Writing Articles on them. You, have to Apply on the site, to get to do a "RoadTest". And then wait to see if you are chosen, among the other Applicants, to win the Prize and write the Article. Pretty cool deal, I think!:) I was lucky on the MSP-EXP430FR5739. TI, Decided to give one to everyone who Applied, that time!:) I've only applied a couple of other times since. For other Boards and Test Equipment. Since, most of the stuff on there, is really above my knowledge and experience. I didn't win any of those Road Tests. I really wanted that Oscilloscope too! And I do know how to use one. Mostly for Video Editing work, but I do know some basics and want to learn how to use them with Electronics. That's why I joined Element14, anyway, to learn... The people in the Element14 Community, are willing to help others too. I want to use my MSP-EXP430FR5739 in a Project that will be useful to me, when done. Not just to make some blinking lights or something like that. So, I've been following the Projects that come out, using MSP430's. I read on the TI site, that most of the Code for MSP430's will work on all of them. I would like to do something with WiFi or Power Harvesting. But, that may be Way Over my Head!:O The Temp Sensor and Balance Sensing aspects of the Board are really interesting to me too. I did run the Tests that came with mine and it was very easy to follow the instructions and see the MSP-EXP430FR5739 in Action. I'm not really into Gaming. Although I can see how the MSP430 would be good for small Gaming Devices. I do like Car Racing and Flight Simulators. But, the Retro Games, that make the funny noises... Really don't appeal to me. Other than the Skill that People show in Recreating them. That is very cool to me!:) I found an Online MSP430 Editor and Compiler that is run by an Open Source Project at, http://www.inventortown.com. It is pretty Cool to me too. And they have some Code and a Demo Board Setup so that you can Program it Online, Shared there too. Along with some Resources and info on MSP430's. Below, I will put some info on the Low Power Operation of the MSP430430. This guy runs some tests that I think it would be interesting to those who really understand them...

Don

TI MSP-EXP430FR5739

Features

Integrated MSP430FR5739 :
- 16KB FRAM / 1KB SRAM
- 16-Bit RISC Architecture up to 8-MHz
- 2x Timer_A Blocks, 3x Timer_B Block
- 1x USCI (UART/SPI/IrDA/I2C ) Blocks, 16Ch 10-Bit ADC12_B, 16Ch Comp_D, 32 I/Os
3 axis accelerometer
NTC Thermister
8 Display LED's
Footprint for additional through-hole LDR sensor
2 User input Switches
Connections
- Connection to MSP-EXP430F5438
- Connection to most Wireless Daughter Cards (CCxxxx RF)
User Experience
- Preloaded with out-of-box demo code
- 4 Modes to test FRAM features:
  - Mode 1 - Max write speed
  - Mode 2 - Flash write speed emulation
  - Mode 3 - Fast sampling with writes using accelerometer
  - Mode 4 - Fast sampling with writes using Thermistor
  - Mode 1 & Mode 2 include ULP option to turn off display & optimize for power management

http://www.ti.com/tool/msp-exp430fr5739

Bear24rw: MSP430 Launchpad GamingPack

Saturday, July 28, 2012

MSP430 Launchpad GamingPack

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Based on the Gameduino, the GamingPack transforms your MSP430 LaunchPad into a full fledged gaming console complete with audio / video output and two Nintendo controller sockets. Just hookup your computer monitor, plug in a controller and you'll be writing games in no time.

PROJECT FEATURES

- 400x300 Pixel VGA output
- 256 16x16 Pixel simultaneous sprite images
- Up to 256 colors per sprite
- 2 Nintendo (NES) controllers
- Nostalgia

Video

Video Link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDE0ZfmsVrw

Design

The schematic capture and PCB layout were done in CadSoft EAGLE. The PCBs were fabricated by Silver Circuits

The GamePack is designed around a Xilinx Spartan 3A 200K Gate FPGA. It implements the same sprite rendering core as the Gameduino and communicates to the LaunchPad via SPI. The FPGA bitstream configuration is stored on an external EEPROM which was programed using a FTDI FT2232D development board and Flashrom in Linux. The FPGA 1.2V internal core voltage is provided by a TI TLV70212 low drop out regulator.

A resistor DAC provides the various voltage levels for the VGA interface and audio is achieved by passing 2 channels of digital audio through a 4KHz low pass filter. An optional SPI EEPROM can be installed to store large game data such as images and level maps. Two status LEDs indicate power and SPI data transfer to the FPGA.

2 Nintendo (NES) controller sockets are included to provide a classic gaming experience. They are ideal for this project as the interface is simple and they can be easily purchased online or simply found in a box in your closet.

Read More and see More Pics...
http://bear24rw.blogspot.com/2012/07/msp430-launchpad-gamingpack.html

IT LaunchPad. Watches and consumption.

July 30th, 2012 3 Comments

A couple of years or so Texas Instruments brought out the LaunchPad , a very low cost plate to start with 16-bit microcontrollers designed for low power applications, and we made a blog post on this board.

At that time with the kit gave us a couple of somewhat limited microcontrollers, these have been replaced by more attractive, we can still use the free development environment (limited program size to 16 kB) of the plate without its restriction affects us. If we seek a family of microcontrollers and development tools for low power circuits, such as all sensor networks (IOT and the like) of both spoken lately, the LaunchPad is probably the best option Get interested, for less than 5 euros have everything you need to start with this microcontroller.

Microcontrollers that come with the latest kit LaunchPad are MSP430G2553 and MSP430G2452 , 20-pin microcontroller, 16kB of Flash and 512 B of RAM the eldest, ADC, USCI, 16 bit timers, etc. .. that improve we gave earlier in the kit.

I link you need to get started with the board:

Environment and development tools for Windows and Linux.
User Guide MSP430x2xx: slau144i .
Starter and materials and examples of the guide .
Inicación page .
Schemes for Eagle plate (it is clear who they want to go ..).

The plate we can buy directly from IT , or in major electronics distributors like Farnell , if you buy these you have to ask if they have stock corresponds to the latest version (1.5 I think it is) because it may be a previous earlier smaller microcontrollers. I remember I bought one at Farnell and Mouser few months ago and was the older version of the kit, so that in the end what I have done is to buy directly MSP430G2553 (about 2-2.5 euros). Another option is to watch this page , where IT usually offer them at half price and free shipping. To order a distributor must be exploited to order them with other things, as they have minimum order and shipping charges, unless we're going to ask lots of launchpads ..

My idea with this microcontroller is to start developing low-power circuits powered by batteries for various applications such as sensor networks, or so much is heard now: " internet of things ". So for the price of the kit is the first family to think about, also are recommended microcontrollers for such applications.

Looking at the page of the microcontroller and its characteristics we sell it as "ultra-low-power microcontroller" look these features:

Ultra-Low Power Consumption
- Active Mode: 230 uA at 1 MHz, 2.2 V
- Standby Mode: 0.5 uA
- Off Mode (RAM Retention): 0.1 uA
Five Power-Saving Modes
Ultra-Fast Wake-Up From Standby Mode in Less Than 1 ms

Internal Frequencies up to 16 MHz With Four Calibrated Frequency
Internal Very-Low-Power Low-Frequency (LF) Oscillator
32-kHz Crystal
External Digital Clock Source

Microcontroller consumption depends on the supply voltage, temperature, of the code, of active modules, frequency and clock signals we use, etc. ..

And with the clock of this module microcontroller I entertained this warm Saturday night (nothing better to do = P), following the examples in the Getting Started guide that has been very easy to start. I leave here the tests.

The microcontroller clock signal is a square signal that triggers and synchronizes the hardware of the various modules of the microcontroller, the microcontroller needs this signal to execute the program. Within the microcontroller there are several clock signals for the CPU and various peripherals, and various clock sources that create those signals. The consumption of the microcontroller depends on clocks and clock sources you use.

Looking at the Getting Started guide found the following outline of the microcontroller system clock:

Read More on the Google Translate Page in English...
(There are several Videos there, but you will have to click the links in the Error Windows to see them)
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwebdelcire.com%2Fwordpress%2Farchives%2F2068

Or go to the Original Article (in Spanish I think) here...
http://webdelcire.com/wordpress/archives/2068

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Email.FBI.Scam - Klam (Clam AV) found in Yahoo Bulk Mail Folder - FBI Internet Alert, Scammers Sending Fake FBI E-mails Seeking Personal Information

Today, (07-30-12)

Email.FBI.Scam was found by Klam (Clam) AV in my Yahoo Bulk Mail Folder, in Thunderbird. And of course, I Deleted it! Klam AV is the Clam AV GUI User interface for the KDE Desktop. Which will run on many Linux Distros. There is a Clam AV for Windows too and I run it on my Win XP System. Clam AV is Completely Free and Open Source Software. I Run both KDE and Gnome 2 on my Fedora 14 Systems. I use Gnome 2, 99.99% of the time and KDE Apps run well in Gnome 2, ass long as you have KDE installed on your System too. I like the Klam GUI, much better than Mucking around in the Command Line, with just plain old Clam AV. It is easy to use and will allow you to look through all of your Virus Scan Results, when the Scan is done. Or it will alert you as they are found. I like to select "Just Report" and go through the Results, after the Scan if Finished. This, Saves me allot of time and Distractions while working. Then I move any Infected Files to the Quarantine Folder. Note, when you move a file to the Quarantine Folder in Klam. They Wont Show Up in the Window. Until you hit the Refresh Button, on the Right (while in the quarantine tab). Yes, I do occasionally find infected files on my Linux Systems. And even though, most Windows Viruses wont Hurt a Linux System. They will Hurt your Windows Buddies, if you Send an Infected File - Video - Pic to them. A Trojan, on the other hand... May very well work, just as intend!:O In Linux and most other Operating Systems as well! These Days... I have always Received these Infected Files, from Downloading Windows Installation Files (.exe, .zip, .msi etc). Or found them in my E-Mail Folders, in Thunderbird (my favorite e-mail client app). I mostly stick to the Linux Repositories for my Distribution, when Downloading and Installing Apps. They work very hard at keeping the files there, Clean and Safe. And the Application Managers (Add Remove Programs in Fedora 14) will automatically Download and Install any Dependencies that you need for any App - Program that you Install from there. I usually Research the Suspect Files, to make sure that they are not "False Positives". You can do this in Klam. By "Right Clicking" on the File and Searching (after the Scan if finished). Right Click and then Select "Search in the Virus Browser". This will do a Search for info in which ever Search Engine that you chose from the Drop Down List, at the time. I don't really like the small Search Window in Klam. And I like to Bookmark my Findings in Firefox too. So, after the Results come up. I usually copy and paste the name of the Suspect File, into Google in my Firefox Web Browser. Also, I usually Upload the Files to a Couple of Online File Scanners (http://virusscan.jotti.org/en or http://www.virscan.org/ or https://www.virustotal.com/ and there are more, see links below). I Upload and Scan them, to see what the other Virus Scanners find inside the Files. Then, after I am done with my Research. I Permanently Delete them from within Klam. By using the Buttons on the Right Side. I have, on occasion, ran into a file that couldn't be Deleted by Klam. But, in Linux. It's usually, just a File Permission Problem. I like to use Krusader (file manager) in "root" mode to get "root" Permissions. Then I am able to Delete the Infected File Easily, this way. Of course, if the file is in one of your Running Apps. Then you may have to stop the App, to be able to Delete it. I would Really do some Real Checking. Before Deleting any files from within my Linux Apps! Oh! and Don't Run Klam in root mode! You will most likely Really Mess Up your System. I know, I have done it!:O Klam, usually finds several files that it labels heuristics.broken.executable. And most of the time. These files are Not Actually Broken. They are just "False Positives". Many PDF files show up this way and some zip files. It seems to have something to do with files that are encrypted and don't allow changes to be made to them. Like Fill in Adobe PDF Files that you have to have the Actual Adobe Reader to Fill be able to fill them in. Files that Clam AV can't figure out what they are for (or how ever that works;)... Klam - Clam AV, leaves it up to you do Decide Which Files are Really Bad Ones. So, Using Klam (Clam) Av is a Hands on Deal, in Linux, that is. But, that's the way, most of us Linux Users like it!;) ClamAV for Windows, is Pretty Much Automatic. I really never mess with it, on my Win XP System. But, then again... I hardly ever use my Windows System either and I Rarely Download anything on it either (for Obvious Safety Reasons)!:O See, some Screen Shots of my last Run of Clam AV in the Klam Gui and More info on Email.FBI.Scam Below...

Don

Internet Alert: Scammers Sending Fake FBI E-mails Seeking Personal Information

Washington, D.C. January 15, 2008

FBI National Press Office (202) 324-3691

Have you received a suspicious e-mail from FBI Director Robert Mueller or another FBI official? If so, it is a fake. The FBI and the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have increasingly received reports of fraudulent schemes misrepresenting FBI agents, officials, and/or FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III. The fraudulent e-mails give the appearance of legitimacy due to the usage of pictures of the FBI Director, seal, letterhead, and/or banners. The types of schemes utilizing the names of FBI agents, officials, or the Director's name are typically lottery endorsements and inheritance notifications.

Other fraudulent schemes representing the FBI claim to be from our domestic as well as overseas offices. The schemes cover a range from threat and extortion e-mails, website monitoring containing malicious computer program attachments (malware), and online auction scams.

The social engineering technique of utilizing the FBI's name is to intimidate and convince the recipient the e-mail is legitimate.

The FBI does not send out e-mails soliciting personal information from citizens.

Please be cautious of any unsolicited e-mail referencing the FBI, FBI Director Mueller, or any other FBI official endorsing any type of Internet activity.

To receive the latest information about cyber scams please go to the FBI website and sign up for e-mail alerts by clicking on one of the red envelopes. If you have received a scam e-mail please notify the IC3 by filing a complaint at www.ic3.gov. For more information on e-scams, please visit the FBI's New E-Scams and Warnings webpage.

Go there Read More on the Site...
http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/internet-alert-scammers-sending-fake-fbi-e-mails-seeking-personal-information

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Softsonic Downloader shows up as Trojan.Tdss-7762 in Klam AV in Linux and Some Online File Scanners (I deleted it)! - SoftonicDownloader_for_licensecrawler.exe

Softsonic Downloader shows up as Trojan.Tdss-7762 in Klam (Clam) AV in Linux and Some Windows Spyware Scanners too. So, I deleted it! Even one Positive, is enough form me. When it comes to a Trojan! Sending now telling what info, from my Computer! Back to someone somewhere. ID Theft, is one of the most Common Crimes in the World Now!:( Better Safe than Sorry...

SoftonicDownloader_for_licensecrawler.exe - Scanned: Mon July 30 2012 07-33-58 pm by Uploading the File to Jotti's Malware Scan and Virscan.org. Jotti shows up several more...

Don

Jotti's malware scan

Filename:	SoftonicDownloader_f... 30 2012 07-33-58 pm
Status:	Scan finished. 5 out of 20 scanners reported malware.
Scan taken on:	Tue 31 Jul 2012 02:43:55 (CET) Permalink

Additional info

File size:	284896 bytes
Filetype:	PE32 executable for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit
MD5:	5cb14d0745d7b09bcbeba3114cc06c5f
SHA1:	0216b974f1580b9e789d81519c1cae99b5264eaa
Packer (Avast):	UPX
Packer (Drweb):	UPX
Packer (Kaspersky):	UPX

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	2012-07-31 Found nothing		2012-07-30 W32/Backdoor2.HKKY
	2012-07-31 Found nothing		2012-07-30 Found nothing
	2012-07-30 Found nothing		2012-07-31 Found nothing
	2012-07-30 Found nothing		2012-07-31 Found nothing
	2012-07-30 Found nothing		2012-07-30 Found nothing
	2012-07-30 PUA.Win32.Packer.Upx-26		2012-07-30 Found nothing
	2012-07-30 Found nothing		2012-07-30 Found nothing
	2012-07-31 Adware.Downware.20		2012-07-31 Found nothing
	2012-07-31 Found nothing		2012-07-30 Trojan.Genome.zdhk
	2012-07-30 Win32/SoftonicDownloader.A		2012-07-30 Found nothing

Go there...
http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/f8b8c1ca0bf70e58684c9aca912febf89a7c24c3

SHA256:	5b6a1d3010ca6d5eb4fc602ae9edb693cb6ff6778f9d7cab87e93514ab1e7c67
File name:	SoftonicDownloader_for_licensecrawler.exe:Mon July 30 2012 07-33-58 pm
Detection ratio:	9 / 41
Analysis date:	2012-07-31 00:56:47 UTC ( 0 minutes ago )

More details

Antivirus	Result	Update
AhnLab-V3	-	20120730
AntiVir	-	20120731
Antiy-AVL	-	20120727
Avast	-	20120731
AVG	-	20120730
BitDefender	-	20120731
ByteHero	-	20120723
CAT-QuickHeal	-	20120730
ClamAV	-	20120730
Commtouch	W32/Backdoor2.HKKY	20120731
Comodo	-	20120731
DrWeb	Adware.Downware.20	20120731
Emsisoft	-	20120731
eSafe	-	20120730
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/SoftonicDownloader.A	20120730
F-Prot	W32/Backdoor2.HKKY	20120731
F-Secure	-	20120731
Fortinet	Adware/SoftonicDownloader	20120731
GData	-	20120731
Ikarus	-	20120731
Jiangmin	Trojan/JmGeneric.aen	20120730
K7AntiVirus	Backdoor	20120730
Kaspersky	-	20120731
McAfee	-	20120731
McAfee-GW-Edition	Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.ModifiedUPX.C!86	20120730
Microsoft	-	20120731
Norman	-	20120730
nProtect	-	20120730
Panda	-	20120730
Rising	-	20120730
Sophos	-	20120731
SUPERAntiSpyware	-	20120729
Symantec	-	20120731
TheHacker	-	20120730
TotalDefense	-	20120730
TrendMicro	-	20120731
TrendMicro-HouseCall	-	20120731
VBA32	Trojan.Genome.zdhk	20120730
VIPRE	-	20120731
ViRobot	-	20120730
VirusBuster	-	20120730