mikkovee 0 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hi! I have been looking for a small MSP430 based board, something similar to arduino pro mini. Basically I'd be happy with a board that would have the MCU, 3.3V (LDO) regulator, a pullup for the reset and test points where I can solder the rest of the stuff I need (or to solder a pin headet to use it on a breadboard). So, is there anything like this available, or should I just build my own. (Or use Atmel MCUs...) Cheers, Mikko Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,892 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 How about this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chicken 630 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 If you're comfortable using CCS, don't require Energia or LaunchPad compatibility and don't mind spending some money ($20 to get started), you might also want to check out the ez430 development platform. The detachable target boards are positively tiny. http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/microcontroller/16-bit_msp430/tools_software.page#ez430 PS: Didn't know that TI sells 3 MSP430F2012 target boards for $10! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fred 453 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 The target board don't have a regulator - just a F2012 and an LED. I only recently found out that you can use these target boards with the cheaper LaunchPad if you populate a 0.05" header. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jazz 209 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hi! I have been looking for a small MSP430 based board, something similar to arduino pro mini. Basically I'd be happy with a board that would have the MCU, 3.3V (LDO) regulator, a pullup for the reset and test points where I can solder the rest of the stuff I need (or to solder a pin headet to use it on a breadboard). So, is there anything like this available, or should I just build my own. (Or use Atmel MCUs...) If you have good eyes, you can build your own DIY P2P http://forum.43oh.com/topic/2775-msp430-usb-benchmark/ MSP430F550x have internal 5V to 3.3V LDO, and can be connected to PC by USB. There is USB BSL, so basically there is no need for any development/debugging/flashing tool. Or maybe something like this https://www.olimex.com/Products/MSP430/Starter/MSP430-5510STK/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikkovee 0 Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Thanks for you ideas. I think I will give MSP430F2012 target board a go if I can figure out what to do with the missing regulator. Absolute maximum for Vcc to Vss seems to be 4.1V, so a fully charged LiPo cell slightly exceeds that. Maybe I'll just add a schotky diode to drop the voltage a bit. By the way, the actual price for the target boards seems to be 15$, not 10$. https://estore.ti.com/EZ430-T2012-MSP430-USB-Stick-F2012-Board-P955.aspx Cheers, Mikko Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeekDoc 226 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 By the way, the actual price for the target boards seems to be 15$, not 10$. https://estore.ti.com/EZ430-T2012-MSP430-USB-Stick-F2012-Board-P955.aspx Cheers, Mikko Yeah, they went up at the same time as the LaunchPad increase. Good thing I have a few. ;-) Still, not too bad a price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chicken 630 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Yeah, they went up at the same time as the LaunchPad increase. Good thing I have a few. ;-) Still, not too bad a price. Looks like TI has trouble to keep all pages in sync, still listed at $10 on the page I linked - but yeah, once you click through to the store the price is $15. Same for the other EZ430 dev kits listed on that page. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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