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MSP430F5435A and CC2560 in the remote control of the new Amazon Fire TV http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Amazon+Fire+TV+Teardown/23856#s61356

Apple G5 PowerMac (PCI version, circa 2004)     There where also several other TI chips for power management and firewire on the huge motherboard.

Philips Hue Tap, a wireless light switch without battery, featuring a MSP430FR5730   Teardown by Adafruit, with the MSP430 discovered at the 15 minute mark. https://youtu.be/4T4nhuobjZM?t=875  

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It's a list I joined after attending an MSP430 training. I think it is owned by the guy who did the training (Alessandro, from Techtraining), but he has a very close relationship with the local TI office here in Brazil so it serves almost as their "official" list locally, a person from TI often advertises their trainings, events and new products through there.

 

texasinstrumentsbrasil@gmail.com

 

The list is in portuguese though.

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I got this one in a distribution list about MSP430 I am subscribed to.

 

http://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/monotron_duo/

 

It's a Korg synthesizer - and they release the schematics for those wanting to mod it:

 

http://www.korg.com/download/global/monotron_duo_schematic/monotron_DUO_sch.pdf

 

There you see an MSP430G2231. I did not figure out what it does.

 

Nice find.

Looks like it is monitoring analog inputs( Knob, Pitch, Gate ) and clocking( simple I2C ) the values to the main processor.

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The Uni-T UT71E multimeter that Dave Jones didn't like the other day has an MSP430 inside. The meter is bad but at least they use a decent micro :-)

It's a MSP430FE425: http://www.ti.com/product/msp430fe425

 

Link to the video - the MSP430 is visible 14:21 minutes into the video.

http://www.eevblog.com/2015/02/07/eevblog-712-uni-t-ut71e-multimeter-why-uni-t-meters-suck/

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Reviving an old thread, the Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale features an MSP430F2013.

 

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According to this article by Bolt, a hardware accelerator / VC fund, the MSP430 is part of the circuit to measure body fat. The circuit also features two TI op amps (TLV272, TLC274B), which makes me wonder if there's a TI app note about that. There's actually a fully integrated analog front end from TI for a weigh scale with body fat measurement: AFE4300, including a reference design for a scale with BLE.

 

Bolt's blog is a pretty interesting read if you're interested in taking your widget beyond the prototyping stage.

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Reviving an old thread, the Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale features an MSP430F2013.

 

attachicon.gifFitbit Aria MSP430F2013.jpg

 

According to this article by Bolt, a hardware accelerator / VC fund, the MSP430 is part of the circuit to measure body fat. The circuit also features two TI op amps (TLV272, TLC274B), which makes me wonder if there's a TI app note about that. There's actually a fully integrated analog front end from TI for a weigh scale with body fat measurement: AFE4300, including a reference design for a scale with BLE.

 

Bolt's blog is a pretty interesting read if you're interested in taking your widget beyond the prototyping stage.

:P  The Bolt facility is in Boston. I've been there a few times for their hardware startup meetups. Pretty cool guys with an awesome workshop to develop your ideas.

 

The article was a nice read.

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Was reading this article about the new Macbook charger.
http://www.righto.com/2015/11/macbook-charger-teardown-surprising.html

 

Look what we have here!

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I'm not sure what it actually does, there is already a dedicated SMPS IC and a PFC IC.

It might implement an intelligent over current cutoff?

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My high tech, German street legal, bicycle light failed. Corrosion on the battery contacts, one day it worked, the other not.

So I cracked the damn thing open. Solid build quality, waterproof,  but not built to be repairable.

As far as I remember, I bought it back in 2006.

So what is inside:  An MSP430F1122, doing all the business:

-         Battery charge termination (four AA NIMH)
-         Two LED intensity levels PWM
-         2 color status led (blink duty cycle would indicate remaining charge)

-         Pushbutton, long for on/off, short for low/high

 

The electronics still works fine, but would need a lot of duct tape to make it a cycle light again :-(

 

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My high tech, German street legal, bicycle light failed. Corrosion on the battery contacts, one day it worked, the other not.

 

So I cracked the damn thing open. Solid build quality, waterproof,  but not built to be repairable.

 

As far as I remember, I bought it back in 2006.

 

So what is inside:  An MSP430F1122, doing all the business:

 

-         Battery charge termination (four AA NIMH)

-         Two LED intensity levels PWM

-         2 color status led (blink duty cycle would indicate remaining charge)

-         Pushbutton, long for on/off, short for low/high

 

The electronics still works fine, but would need a lot of duct tape to make it a cycle light again :-(

 

What is the model name? 

Thanks for the pics.

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Was reading this article about the new Macbook charger.

http://www.righto.com/2015/11/macbook-charger-teardown-surprising.html

 

Look what we have here!

attachicon.gifmps430.jpg

 

I'm not sure what it actually does, there is already a dedicated SMPS IC and a PFC IC.

It might implement an intelligent over current cutoff?

From the same link

 

This 16-bit processor constantly monitors the charger's voltage and current. It enables the output when the charger is connected to a Macbook, disables the output when the charger is disconnected, and shuts the charger off if there is a problem. This processor is a Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontroller, roughly as powerful as the processor inside the original Macintosh.

The microcontroller circuit board from an 85W Macbook power supply, on top of a quarter. The MPS430 processor monitors the charger's voltage and current.

The square orange pads on the right are used to program software into the chip's flash memory during manufacturing. The three-pin chip on the left (IC202) reduces the charger's 16.5 volts to the 3.3 volts required by the processor.

 

Spy-Bi-Wire broken out. Hmmmm

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