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[yyrkoon 250]

I guess my age shows here. Long time ago in another universe, Luminary Micro came up with driverLib for Cortex-M3, They were selling it back then as an abstract porting layer.

What ? 5-6 years ago ? heh. " back in the day when dinosaurs were young . . ." Yes, we have an LM3S* kit here too that had the OLED screen on it. At the time it was one of 2-3 kits out there that had ethernet on the board.  Anyway, they're not that old. But perhaps are archaic by todays standards. I never liked driverlib either.

[bluehash 1,581]

Last day for your feedback is tomorrow. Thanks everyone.

[Fred 453]

Some more support for the CC2650 Launchpad would be nice. The SimpleLink Starter android app mentioned in the quick start guide still doesn't exist. The board has some potential but seems to have been released before things were ready.

[ulix 2]

Would be ace to get some feedback, what you did achieve

[abecedarian 330]

A few things-

 

Bring Energia support to all Launchpad boards.

 

More / better support for MSP430/432 and TM4C peripherals with regards to Launchpad boards supported by Energia. What I mean by that is that if a chip is on an LP which Energia supports, provide libraries that can support at least "basic" functionality of all the chip's peripherals in the Energia framework.

 

Tutorials about how to utilize MSPWare and TivaWare from within Energia.

 

Tutorials about how to transition from Energia to Code Composer Studio.

[cubeberg 540]

Tutorials about how to transition from Energia to Code Composer Studio. +1 to that!

[zeke 693]

I wished that TI had something like an ATtiny85 so I could make simple USB gizmos.

[yyrkoon 250]

I wished that TI had something like an ATtiny85 so I could make simple USB gizmos.

In a similar context It would be nice if TI had something like the Atmel ATBTLC1000.

 

An MCU with BLE built in, that costs less than $3usd, in single quantities.

 

EDIT

 

I think that ideally, an MSP430 value line processor with BLE would be outrageously awesome. The perfect IoT MCU.

[Fmilburn 446]

I second the MSP430 value line with BLE

[Fred 453]

Doesn't the CC2650 cover the BLE bit? It's not an MSP430, but there's a launchpad available. A little bit more in the way of guidance (especially if you want to go 6LoWPAN) could make it just as easy to use.

[RobG 1,892]

I am renewing my request for custom logic module.

 

...and TxyCCR1 CCIFG DMA triggers

[pine 140]

I wished that TI had something like an ATtiny85 so I could make simple USB gizmos.

 

Yes, something smaller than the LaunchPad form factor, one even slimmer than the USB dongle style F2013 dev stick, like this:

 

 

This could be a deviation from the LP line, but:

1. A form factor like this is definitely great for USB gizmos

2. Easier to be accepted by someone completely new to MCU than a development board

3. Greatly reduce packaging, can even probably be shipped in envelops (no USB cable needed), to get someone a taste of programming an MCU (even though it is just a blink of LED as out of the box experience), and arouse their interest to move on to the LP dev boards.

[zeke 693]

You have me wondering if the msp430f5529 has a small package version. A BGA package maybe?

 

Is this the best USB capable MSP?

Are there any other options?

[spirilis 1,265]

You have me wondering if the msp430f5529 (is this the best USB capable MSP?) has a small package version. A BGA package maybe?

5528 does right, that's what's on the eZFET.

[zeke 693]

I'm going to put that on my "to research" list.