Outguessing the machine

Month: August 2009

  • My quickie guide for setting up mspgcc for ez430-cc2500

    Mostly for my own reference for the next time I have to set it up on a new machine, but may help others on their first time install. Valid as of Feb. or so this year. Software ‘shopping’ list (all free/OSS tools) Set up the toolchain (mspgcc). There seem to be several important tools missing…

  • DIY-Spy: a homebrew 2.4GHz wi-fi spectrum analyzer

    I was reading the Thinkgeek catalog a while back and an interesting gadget caught my eye: “Wi-Spy”, a 2.4GHz spectrum analyzer on a USB stick. Coming from the world where “spectrum analyzer” refers to a big benchtop box with a name like Le Croyright, we can’t afford those Agilent on it, my first thought was,…