There's no question that we're fans of the Arduino here at GeekDad; however, that doesn't mean we don't occasionally dabble with other micro-controllers. The Texas Instruments MSP430 Launchpad Kit is ...

Semiconductor company Texas Instruments announced its new MSP430 MCU Value Line LaunchPad development kit that includes all of the hardware and software needed to easily launch designs based on TI's ...

Implementing USB was traditionally a complex task, especially from a software perspective. To ease development, TI's robust MSP430 USB portfolio includes the comprehensive MSP430 USB Developers ...

Quite often, the raison d’être for building a project is to learn and hone one’s skills. In which case it doesn’t matter if the end use seems a bit frivolous. [indiantinker] built BlueIR, a device to ...

Editor's Note: For individuals looking to explore MCUs and MCU-based design principles, low-cost development kits offer an easy, low-risk entry into the intricacies of these complex ICs. In this ...

Here’s a 6-channel logic analyzer shield for the MSP430 Launchpad. It manages an eyebrow-raising 16 million samples per second. The prototype seen above is made on a hunk of protoboard with ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cymbet Corporation today announced that their EnerChip solid state battery energy harvesting (EH) evaluation kits now support the popular Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) ...

Note: We’re offering a free Texas Instruments MSP430 Launchpad and a Newark element 14 Fuel Tank BoosterPack to the first person to answer a question at the end of this article. The answer is in the ...