Hello,
I am in the early stages of developing a university project (a wireless pulse oximetry medical sensor) using Z Stack mesh and have purchased some prototyping hardware. This is basically a WBAN application and I just want to ask a few questions about how I might implement the first stage. My university only allows £170 funding per project and I have already gone above this, so I would like to know if the hardware I currently have will be enough to create a basic prototypeof my Wireless Pulse Oximetry Sensor. I have the following:
- Olimex MOD-PULSE pulse oximetry board which uses an MSP430FG439
- MSP430 JTAG Tiny (for programming the MOD-PULSE with IAR EW MSP430))
- CC2530 EM
- x2 SOC-BB
- CC Debugger (for programming the CC2530EMs with IAR EW 8051 via the debug interface on the SOC-BB)
What I aim to do is interface the MOD-PULSE to a CC2530 module via UART which will form the sensor node (end-device). I then want to communicate sensor data to the second CC2530 module which will be configured as a coordinator. (Pretty simple)
QUESTION 1:
First, would it be possible to acheive what I mentioned above with the current hardware?
QUESTION 2:
I need to use UART between the MSP430FG439 and CC2530. Does the MSP430FG439 support flow control and is it necessary for my purpose as the communications don't need to be particuarly fast?
QUESTION 3:
I understand that I am effectivley 'blind' as I cannot easily visualize the data being communicated between nodes without the packet sniffer, but would I be able to read the buffers or memory inside the coordinator using SmartRF Studio (or another tool) to confirm that correct data has been received?
Thanks for any help.