admirlk 4 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Well, I just meant to lurk a bit, but since I had to sign up to read anything I might as well say hi and introduce myself. Unlike, probably most of you, I am mainly a software guy, at least in this stage of life. In several recent job searches, I found several MSP430 tags, so I thought I would look into it. I played with Arduino a little bit, which got me interested in electronics, but found it too simple, and unchallenging, not to mention not being able to just drop the chip in a project and go on to the next one. That is another thing that has my interest with the LP. I still have a lot of reading to do, to see if this is a direction I want to follow, so for now I will leave it there. Peace Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cubeberg 540 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I think you'll be surprised about how many software guys you'll find around here I'm a web developer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Welcome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admirlk 4 Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Thanks bluehash. cubeberg, not real surprised, this seems more like a real platform than Arduino. Web development is what I am trying to avoid, even though that is where most of the work is in my area. It is hard to get interested in developing web apps, when I dislike using them, for the most part. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rickta59 589 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 51 minutes ago, admirlk said: ... web apps, when I dislike using them, for the most part. ... You should try http://dev.ti.com before you write off web apps. This one lets you develop and debug for the msp430s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admirlk 4 Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 I like cloud based apps even less. Maybe if I lived someplace where internet was more reliable I would feel different? Although old, I have a desktop machine with four HDDs, so space is not an issue, except for MS apps that insist on being installed to the C drive. For that matter, I do not care that much for apps that come with installers either. All that said, I do realize that there are some advantages to web/cloud based apps. The main project I am currently working on is a good example. It is similar to https://partsbox.io/ , but is meant to be used on a thumb drive, if desired. I simply cannot offer the easy insertion of parts from a main database. The GUI Composer there looks interesting, but that is also something I would prefer to do myself, and once I get started, something I already planned to do. Eventually I hope to figure out how to add WIFi, or Bluetooth, so it would not need to be tethered to a computer to work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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