SugarAddict 227 Posted March 3, 2013 Well that's just silly. TI should enjoy hunting down all those price references they put everywhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elpaso 15 Posted March 3, 2013 The price changed from 4.30 to 5.00 to 9.99 then back to 4.30 and now is 5.00... all this in less than 48 hours. Maybe they loaded a bingo module on their e-commerce software 8-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,578 Posted March 4, 2013 The price changed from 4.30 to 5.00 to 9.99 then back to 4.30 and now is 5.00... all this in less than 48 hours. Maybe they loaded a bingo module on their e-commerce software 8-) Which means they may be figuring things out. Also, it is the weekend.. a bit difficult to get hold of people. I'd give them some time to sort this out. 1 cubeberg reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,890 Posted March 4, 2013 Is this a new revision? 1.6? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SugarAddict 227 Posted March 4, 2013 Don't look now... Mouser has it for $11... $11!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadrunner84 466 Posted March 4, 2013 It's back at $5,- again :? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrianF 43 Posted March 5, 2013 Hi 43oh community, This is Adrian from the TI MCU group - wanted to chime in and confirm that the price of LaunchPad will change to $9.99. While the $4.30 promotional price of the MSP430 LaunchPad ended on March 1, 2013, at $9.99 it remains TI 1 EngIP reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rickta59 589 Posted March 5, 2013 You can kill an ecosystem a lot quicker than you can build one... 2 ike and zborgerd reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
username 198 Posted March 5, 2013 Not to be debbie downer but at 10bucks, there isn't much reason to get a launchpad. First male headers, now doubling the price on the launchpad? A STM32F0 discovery board has 4x the flash program space, 15x the RAM, 3x the core? CLK speed, 2x w/ 32bit instruction set and is now CHEAPER than the msp430 launchpad. The MSP430 launchpad has lost its only selling point which was its price. 32 bit ARM processors are far more powerful, have more open source support, and compete with the msp430 in their low power models. Why use TI msp430s at school or work now? *cries* why TI...why...? There numerous other dev boards in the 10usd range as well that flat how destroy the msp430... another example is the Freescale Freedom board which is 12 bucks. For an extra 2 usd you get a Cortex M0+ w/ USB support...ect Only thing that drew people to the launchpad was the price. Not the dev tools or the MCU itself and especially not the company TI as a whole. ..Edit: sorry rage moment... Always been a decent fan of TI until they pull things like this :-( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timotet 44 Posted March 5, 2013 This is about to get very interesting.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rickta59 589 Posted March 5, 2013 Only thing that drew people to the launchpad was the price. Not the dev tools or the MCU itself and especially not the company TI as a wholeThat was actually a draw for me. The fact that it was a TI product. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,890 Posted March 5, 2013 Bummer. Still good deal I think ($4.30 BP + $5.70 Fedex shipping.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
calin 4 Posted March 5, 2013 Next step is they will cut their samples program. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SugarAddict 227 Posted March 5, 2013 Bummer. Still good deal I think ($4.30 BP + $5.70 Fedex shipping.) Looking at it that way makes it seem legit for buying 1... But that doesn't account nicely for multiples. The price got me into it and got me to hand them out. At $4.30 it's less than a pack of smokes here and I could easily hand out 10 without blinking... but now, handing out 10 is $100? I won't be handing out free LP's anymore now... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OhmMegaman 5 Posted March 5, 2013 The msp430 was my first micro. At $4.30 and free shipping any newbie is willing to "take the risk" into the world of microcontrollers. I don't think $10 is outrageous but I can guarantee I would look around on the internet more to see what else I could get for $10 first before i picked up an msp430. 1 EngIP reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
