Category Archives: MSP430

Solar tracking device using MSP430

vigneshraja wrote this Instructable detailing his solar tracking device using MSP430: Hi everyone.here i am showing my solar tracking project for solar panel. The two LDRs are connected to both edges of the solar panel.so it can able to follow sun direction from east side sunrise to until west side sun set. this project find more […]

TI MSP430 Emulating calculator build

Chris of simpleavr documented a TMS0803/5 Emulating calculator build: As this project emulates the original TI DataMath and Sinclair Scientific calculators, it operates exactly the same as the original ones. The keyboard layouts are similar in both calculators. On the PCB, the dominant key legends (on top of each key) are for TI DataMath, while […]

Remotely flash a weather station with a custom MSP430F5529 bootloader

  Tml over at the 430h forum writes: This project is fully functional and I use it to remotely reflash my weather station. I just push the new application image onto the web server, then the application working on the target device downloads it, parses and puts onto the flash and then lets the bootloader to the […]

Insomni’hack CTF 2014: Bus Pirate used as a serial interface to communicate with the MSP430 microcontroller

Bus Pirate was used to communicate to a MSP430 microcontroller  at Insomni’hack CTF2014 challenge.  q3k of DragonSector writes: The devboard is obviously a Texas Instruments MSP430 launchpad. Attached to it is a Bus Pirate used as a serial interface, and a round device of no obvious use… What could it be..? Nicolas, the author of this challenge, […]

Multitask scheduler for MSP430F5529 launchpad

In this video Jeffrey Antony demonstrates his multitask scheduler for MSP430F5529 launchpad: I have checked in the code to my github repo. Its an completely open source scheduler. Feel free to use it and learn more. I have made the code self explanatory. Enjoy! There are three tasks – first task for blinking the red LED […]

BeagleBone Black and MSP430 based Wireless Sensing

Chirag Nagpal created prototype of a Wireless sensing system using MSP430, BeagleBone Black and XBee: I have developed a Wireless Sensing System using an MSP430 microcontroller based node, powered by 2 AA batteries, relaying data to a BeagleBone Black using XBee. The BeagleBone is then hosting a javascript based webpage graphing these values using processing.js. The […]

MSP430 and a HC-SR04 ultrasonic ranging module

Juan Ignacio writes: A while back I bought an HC-SR04. It sat in a box until yesterday when I tried to use it with an MSP430G2553 but unfortunately it wasn’t working. I used Energia to program the Launchpad but I wasn’t getting any response from the device. I hooked up my Logic analyzer to see what […]

New Energia version available

The Energia team announces the availability of version 0101E0012.  We wrote about it previously: Energia is an open-source electronics prototyping platform started by Robert Wessels in January of 2012 with the goal to bring the Wiring and Arduino framework to the Texas Instruments MSP430 based LaunchPad. Energia uses the mspgcc compiler by Peter Bigot and […]

Stream Launchpad data serially using NodeJs

zlalanne over at the 430h forum writes: I created a quick project to start learning nodejs. To those that are unfamiliar nodejs allows you to write javascript for the server side. So I decided to write a small gui that plots serial data. The GUI itself is written in javscript/html and uses node-webkit to package it […]

Universal digital timer 4 – Proof of concept

Zoltán Gömöri  writes: I started the development of the counter. First of all I should proof if I can create a display/button matrix which can handle the two display digit and the two pushbuttons. I picked the double multiplex display a fist of diodes and pushbuttons and a launchpad. Here is the result. I’ve topped the […]

MSP430TCH5E MCU integrates haptic and cap touch sensors

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player TI has announced their new MSP430TCH5E microcontrollers which include haptics and capacitive touch capabilities on one chip. This allow users to add vibrational feedback on capacitive touch buttons, sliders and wheels, as well as capacitive touch screens in designs. The Immersion TouchSense technology enables 122 different haptics effects, including effect […]

UberCubeX4- The MSP430 based benchtop LED cube

In this video Rohit Gupta demonstrates his 4x4x4 LED Cube using MSP430G2553 microcontroller: I recently made a led cube. It is a project i was dreaming to fiddle with for quite a while(years). I finally managed to make one. Here is the complete video of the demonstration.Its basically a 4x4x4 Led Cube with various patterns programmed into it. […]

Mouser free TI FRAM MCU webinar

Mouser is sponsoring a free webinar on MSP430 FRAM MCUs. This event will provide a technical introduction to embedded FRAM, and provide reference designs that can help with your next project. The sponsors state that attendees will be entered for a chance to win a TI FRAM MSP-EXP430 Experimenter Board Kit. The webinar is set […]

TI samples MSP430F5259 ultra-low power MCU

TI has announced they’re accepting requests for samples of their MSP430F5259 Ultra-Low Power MCU. It features 1.8V split-rail I/O architecture without need for level shifters, 128Kb flash memory and 32Kb RAM for wireless protocol integration and eight serial interfaces for communication to sensors or peripheral devices. The component is available in 5mm X 5mm BGA […]

TI glass breakage detector design and sample kit offer

TI is making samples available of of components used in their new glass breakage detector. This simple glass-breakage detector solution describes a simple glass breakage detector using the MSP430F2274 and was developed to operate at low power, allowing long battery life. The algorithm is based on the spectral analysis of a typical glass breakage signal […]

Accurate-ish Pneumatic cylinder positioning with flow meter, ATX breakout and MSP430 LaunchPad

arduinoversusevil writes: We’re using the 43oh to control 12V solenoids supplied from a Dangerous Prototypes ATX breakout, and the Adafruit flow meter is feeding back position data to the 43oh. Surprisingly IT WORKS! For more build deets visit the blog Check out the video after the break.

Automated irrigation system using MSP430 and relay board

arduinoversusevil has posted details on automating  irrigation system with the MSP430: It took about 3 hours to get most of the water out. Standing next to a noisy compressor, chooching a lever back and forth is no fun. This year, I got smrt. I dug through my junk bins and found a metric shit ton of timer […]