Energy Measurement Design Center Release Notes

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Energy Measurement Design Center is a rapid development tool that enables energy measurement using TI MSP430i20xx and MSP430F67xx Flash-based microcontrollers (MCUs). It includes a graphical user interface (GUI), documentation, software library and examples that can simplify development and accelerate designs for power monitoring and energy measurement in smart grid and building automation applications. Start by dragging and dropping a MCU, voltage sensors, and current sensors into the GUI workspace. Configure the MCU and each sensor according to your system configuration. The GUI will check for errors before generating the source code. Import the code into an IDE and program the MCU. The GUI will allow you to easily calibrate the device and view the results.

This is version 1.20.00.00 of Energy Measurement Design Center.

Documentation

• License
• Software Manifest
• User’s Guide
• Software Library API Guide

What’s New

• Initial release of Energy Measurement Design Center tool

Features

• Set up a design in less than five minutes
• Configure, calibrate, and view results without writing a single line of code
• View estimated CPU bandwidth (library only) for supported system configurations
• Supports shunt and current transformer (CT) current sensors
• Enables real-time target communication through a USB HID communication bridge featuring:
  • Single-point calibration
    • Gain
    • Phase
  • Real-time results
    • Numerical
    • Logging (.csv)
• Supported measurements:
  • Voltage and Current
    • RMS
    • Peak
  • Power and Energy
    • Active
    • Reactive
    • Apparent
  • Power Factor
  • Frequency

Upgrade and Compatibility Information

No special action is required to upgrade to this release.

Installation and Usage

• Download Energy Measurement Design Center
• Run the appropriate platform specific installer: EnergyMeasurementDesignCenter---installer
• Follow the installer directions
• To launch tool, use the desktop icon or execute the tool directly:
  • Windows
    • Start Menu -> All Programs -> Texas Instruments -> EnergyMeasurementDesignCenter_<version> -> EnergyMeasurementDesignCenter
    • C:/ti/msp/EnergyMeasurementDesignCenter_<version>/EnergyMeasurementDesignCenter.exe
  • OS X
    • /Applications/ti/msp/EnergyMeasurementDesignCenter_<version>/EnergyMeasurementDesignCenter
  • Linux OS
    • ~/ti/msp/EnergyMeasurementDesignCenter_<version>/EnergyMeasurementDesignCenter

Host Support

Supported Operating Systems:

• Windows 7, 10
• Linux OS
• Apple OS X

Dependencies

• Java JRE 1.7 or later must be installed on the host system. Click here to go to Java Download Page.
• MSP MCU Programmer and Debugger
• HID Bridge requirements:
  • UniFlash Standalone Tool
  • MSP430F5529 LaunchPad
  • Isolation Adapter for MSP LaunchPad Development Kits
• Source code generated by this release requires:
  • Code Composer Studio (CCS) v7.1.0 or higher

Device Support

The following families of devices are supported in this release of Energy Measurement Design Center:

• MSP430i2xx
• MSP430F6xx

Validation Information

The Energy Measurement Design Center was validated with the following components:

• IDE
  • Code Composer Studio 7.1.0.00016
• EVM Hardware
  • EVM430-i2040S
  • EVM430-F6736
  • EVM430-F6779

Known Issues

ID	Summary
None	None

Versioning

This product’s version follows a version format, M.mm.pp.bb, where M is a single digit Major number, mm is 2 digit minor number, pp is a 2 digit patch number, and b is an unrestricted set of digits used as an incrementing build counter.

Prior Release Changes

• None

Technical Support and Product Updates

• Visit the MSP E2E Forum for support.