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 ...

It isn’t much trouble programming one of TI’s MSP430 chips, but outside of the official Flash Emulation Tool, TI doesn’t make programming one of these microcontrollers cheap. The most common way of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Texas Instruments has launched a sub-1 GHz radio frequency (RF) low cost plug-in-board for its MSP430 microcontroller LaunchPad development kit. The 430BOOST-CC110L RF BoosterPack includes ...

Cymbet’s EnerChip solid state battery energy harvesting (EH) evaluation kits now support Texas Instruments’ MSP430 Value Line LaunchPad development kit. Cymbet’s EnerChip solid state battery energy ...

DALLAS, USA: Texas Instruments (TI) welcomed the newest member to its popular microcontroller (MCU) LaunchPad ecosystem. At $19.99, the Hercules LaunchPad is the lowest cost evaluation platform for ...

Texas Instruments has launched the Stellaris LaunchPad evaluation kit for ARM Cortex-M4 developers. The tool lets engineers explore ARM Cortex-M4F microcontrollers and TI's Stellaris family of mcus.

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 ...