Content for MSP430

MSP430

The MSP430 is a mixed-signal microcontroller family from Texas Instruments. Built around a 16-bit CPU, the MSP430 is designed for low cost and, specifically, low power consumption embedded applications.

Perpetual Battery-Free Weather Station

“It’s now possible to build remote, low-power microcontroller projects that can operate indefinitely without batteries and still not crash, even if power is interrupted. Let that sink in. As an example, we’ll show you how to build a …

Project  AquaPing

AquaPing

“Battery powered, stand-off acoustic water leak detection Story The AquaPing is an ultra-low power smart sensor that provides stand-off water leak detection — even for leaks behind walls. No contact with plumbing is needed. All signal processing and analysis occurs at …

Tin Can Phone Modem

“Here’s the popular “science experiment” of a phone made from tin cans and some kite string. This time instead of sending voice from one can to the other, data will be sent using a short beep for 0 and …

The NEO430 Processor

“A tiny (really tiny!) msp430-native microcontroller-like processor system written in platform independent VHDL There is a pretty gap in the landscape of open-source soft-core processors between the tiny 8-bit processors and the chunky 32-bit ones. So I decided to fill …

Project  Charliewatch

Charliewatch

“”Analog” watch with 60+12 Charlieplexed LEDs. Based on Travis Goodspeed’s GoodWatch21 schematic, using the CC430F5137IRGZR CPU, which doesn’t have the LCD controller of the CC430F6xxx in the GoodWatch. There are also pads for a six pin EZfet …

The Tile Tapper

“A TI MSP430-based robot that uses photoresistors to sense piano tiles and servo motors to tap them on an iPad screen. The Tile Tapper is an entirely TI MSP430-controlled robot designed to play the iPad application “Piano Tiles …

Finite State Machine on a MSP430

“How to program a MSP430G2 Launchpad with Finite State Machines (FSM) using YAKINDU Statechart Tools in your Code Composer Studio. This tutorial contains six steps: - Installing YAKINDU Statechart Tools as a plugin to Code Composer Studio - Getting started with State …

Project  Blimp DIY

Blimp DIY

“Build your own DIY remote-controlled blimp for flying for sport or for commercial use. Story This is a showcase of a DIY Blimp project. I created an indoor blimp demo that leverages TI LaunchPads and BoosterPacks. I wanted to combine …

Project  I2C Scanner

I2C Scanner

“Detect your I2C device’s slave address using an LCD and a barebones MSP430 (M430G2553). Overview Things Story The Steps Trying it out Custom parts and enclosures Schematics Code Credits Comments(4) 2 HyperChiicken HyperChiicken Published April 14, 2019 © MIT …

Cleaning Bot

“A remote controlled and line following cleaning bot with a scrub attached on its back to clean the table and floor. Project Report Our team here at NITK was motivated with the idea that we should design something that could …