Simpleavr writes to inform us of his project using the TI Launchpad to play “bad apple” on a Nokia 5110 LCD breakout. This was his entry into the 43Oh project of the month contest. He notes that the Launchpad can also play Nyan cat but at a barely recognizable 1 bit color. Nevertheless, the bad […]
Category Archives: MSP430
TIDeals: MSP-EXP430F5529 USB experimenter’s board
Bluehash from 43Oh writes to inform us of today’s TiDeal: the MSP430F5529 USB Experimenter’s Board. “On the board itself is USB connectivity, a five-button capacitive touch pad, a MicroSD slot with a 1GB card included, a 102 X 64 dot matrix LCD, four push buttons, three LEDs, a scroll wheel/potentiometer.” TI is offering this dev […]
TI CC110L RF BoosterPack
Manuel Garbe writes to inform us: TI has just released a new boosterpack for his MSP430 launchpad It is the CC110L RF BoosterPack, an RF shield (from 433 to 915 , perfect for my chronos.) There is a lot of information, with software example and a video. (We just checked the TI site and find […]
MSPGCC Uniarch install tutorial
Sergio Campama has written this tutorial on installing MSPGCC Uniarch. “Uniarch is an initiative to unify all the work left behind by mspgcc3 and mspgcc4, while also separating the boundaries between the compiler and TI header files. This ‘branch’ of mspgcc is the most advanced one, having over 300 supported MSP430 devices.” Sergio writes: I […]
MSP430F5310 breakout board
Here’s a breakout board for the MSP430F5310 16bit 3.3volt microcontroller running at 25MHz, available in 48 pin QFP packages.It breaks out the pins of the MSP430F5310 uC and has all the bypass capacitors to make it work. Via the contact form.
MSP430 Launchpad 3D model in Sketchup
lpm0 writes to inform us of a 3D model he found of the MSP430 Launchpad at 43Oh. The 43Oh crew describes their design: We were looking out for a 3D model of the Launchpad for one of our projects, but could not find any. So we whipped our own Sketchup Model. As far as we […]
EasyMSP is back
After experiencing a tragically rough 3-4 months, Matthew Burmeister is back and working on version 1.0.x of EasyMSP. He’s coding it up from scratch due to the nature of the circumstances. Check out Matt’s posts on the 43Oh forum for more info and to lend a hand.
TI Deals: eZ430-Chronos RF watch
TI Deals is again offering the eZ430-Chronos at half price. This deal lasts for two weeks or until the supply is exhausted. Check out the TI eZ430 Chronos page or their wiki for more tech details.
Tiny printf() for space constrained MSP430s
Opossum over at 43oh has released a tiny version of the C printf() function for use in MSP430s where memory space is at a minimum. Via 43oh.
MSPism: Nordic 2.4 + MSP/MSP mini battery board
Brian shared a MSP + ISM radio design with onboard battery. It was designed to work with this module. It uses MSP430G2553 mcu in conjunction with the Nordic nRF24L01+ 2.4GHz transceiver chip. The design also incorporates headers compatible with Digi XBee radio and a CR1225 battery holder.Tthe programing of the chip can be done from the […]
MSP430 LED Matrix Toy
Markus Gritsch posted his MSP430 LED Matrix toy in the project log forum: I just did a quick little project using an MSP430 and two 595 shift registers to drive a small LED matrix display, suitable for beginners. Two push buttons are used as inputs and a buzzer is connected to a timer output to […]
TI Deals offers solar experimenter board
TI Deals has the eZ430-RF2500-SEH solar energy harvesting wireless development tool on sale for $74.50 (including free International shipping) while supplies last. According to TI, the board includes 1x eZ430-RF2500-SEH kit, two eZ430-RF2500T wireless target boards, one eZ430-RF USB debugging interface, one AAA battery pack with expansion board (batteries included), one SEH-01 Solar Energy Harvester […]
TIDeals offers half price on MSP-EXP430F5529 USB Experimenter’s Board
Launchpad LED display shield
Rob, a member over at 43Oh, wanted a quick way to add a digital display to his MPS430 Launchpad projects. So he devised a shield which he describes: Here is a little LED Display Shield I have created for LaunchPad. It has 2 595′s, uses 3 wires to communicate with LP, and supports both, common […]
Chronos controlled door lock
Addidis posted the above short video of his project controlling a door lock using the ez430-Chronos watch. He describes the hardware: Chipkit MAX32 , 2 Xbees, Chronos Control center, and a Chronos watch controlling a servo. (I’m gonna hot glue it to my door knob lock switch and not have to use my key any […]
Adding Bluetooth to your MSP430 project
NJC’s MSP430 Launchpad Blog has posted this tutorial on how to add Bluetooth to an MSP430 project. He chose the RN-42 module and designed his own breakout board (shown above). He writes: The RN-42 module, which is available at SparkFun electronics and Mouser, is a very cheap and simple way to use Bluetooth in your […]
Chronos chronicles
For those interested in exploring the ez430-Chronos, TI has a wiki page summarizing tools, tips, mods and hacks. It’s a good place to check when starting your development.
TI launches new TIDeals site
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Texas Instruments has a launched a new microsite known as TIDeals.com. They promise to deliver “the latest MSP430 MCU products at hugh discounts every two weeks!” At this writing they appear to be compiling an email list prior to the launch of their first “deal” in about two days.
EasyMSP 0.8.3 Beta1 released
Matthew Burmeister writes to inform us of the release of version 0.8.3 Beta1 of EasyMSP. As covered in our previous post, EasyMSP allows MSP430 users to run Arduino code with few modifications.
Simple LaunchPad DAC
NJC’s MSP430 LaunchPad Blog presents this short tutorial on using DAC with the LaunchPad. He writes: This post will show you how to generate a periodic analog signal using the LaunchPad and the MSP430G2231. For the sake of simplicity, I stuck to the default DCO value. This will allow us to generate a very clean […]