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 ...

While brainstorming with a friend of mine he tasked me to utilize the TI MSP430 LaunchPad development kit. He indicated that the low cost, $4.30, was pretty attractive. Indeed it was an attractive ...

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 ...

When TI released their Launchpad development board at the end of June it generated a lot of Buzz. Here’s a package that delivered a programmer, debugger, two microcontrollers, and some accessories for ...

Chris Baird of Design Support Services at Digi-Key Corporation presents another geek moment by taking a look at Texas Instruments’ (TI) MSP430 launchpad and CC430 low power microcontroller. In this ...