Tonight at NERP, Ste Kulov will introduce the MSP430 line of microcontrollers from Texas Instruments. His talk will focus on using the MSP-EXP430G2 Launchpad kit.
The MSP product line from Texas Instruments contains an extensive variety of microcontrollers varying in size, peripherals, etc. MSP microcontrollers are know for being 16-bit, very low power, feature-rich, and low-priced. The development boards are called Launchpads. Open source software for developing on Launchpads has been scarce and not condoned by TI. This is changing however as TI has joined the msp-gcc project in collaboration with Redhat. One outcome to date is the energia development tools, which are a fork of the Arduino tools.
http://energia.nu/Guide_MSP430LaunchPad.html (see the pix of Launchpads)
Here’s what Ste says he’s likely to cover. (It’s a lot, so we may run a little over time).
1.) Talk about the MSP-EXP430G2 Launchpad kit and what comes with it.
2.) Very brief overview of Energia, which is software that turns your Launchpad into an Arduino.
3.) Introduce Code Composer Studio, which is the official software used for most Texas Instruments software development.
4.) Basic Boolean algebra review.
5.) Go over simple tasks such as setting, clearing, and toggling bits.
6.) Run a simple “Hello World” LED blink program.
7.) Run through the project I had to create for my job. It uses Timers, Interrupts, and the Low Power modes.
NERP is not exclusively raspberry pi, the small computer interest group at Pumping Station:One in Chicago.
Find NERP and Pumping Station:One
at http://www.meetup.com/NERP-Not-Exclusively-Raspberry-Pi/
and https://pumpingstationone.org/
NERP meets at 7pm Nov. 4, 2013 at Pumping Station:One, 3519 N. Elston Ave. in Chicago.
Doors open at 6:30pm. NERP is free and open to the public.
Ed Bennett ed @ kinetics and electronics com
Tags: electronics, embedded, NERP, Open Source, raspberry pi, hackerspace, Beagle Bone, Element14
