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Monday, March 21, 2011

TI introduces industry's lowest cost Microcontroller Development Kit

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$4.30 MSP430 LaunchPad Kit for Value Line Devices

• Complete open source tool for harnessing
16-bit performance and ultra-low power
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Introducing the industry's lowest cost microcontroller development kit enabling on-board prototyping, debugging and programming

Easily launch designs and do more for less, with the Value Line series of MSP430™ microcontrollers that deliver 16-bit performance and ultra-low power at 8-bit price.

Integrated Flash Emulation Tool

Eliminates need for external tool
Integrated USB-powered emulator
Includes mini USB cable
Program and debug any MSP430 Value Line MCU through the Spy Bi-Wire (2-wire JTAG) protocol
Value Line MCUs are code compatible across entire MSP430 line for additional scalability

DIP Target Socket Supports up to 20 pins

Easily evaluate, program and debug any MSP430 Value Line MCU
Unplug programmed MSP430 Value Line device to be dropped into custom board
Alternatively, keep MCU plugged into LaunchPad to be used as standalone system with on-board LEDs, switches and breakout pins.

Two MSP430 Value Line MCUs included

Device	Flash	RAM	GPIO	WDT	BOR	USI	Comp	ADC
MSP430G2211	2 kB	128 B	10	Y	Y	–	Y	–
MSP430G2231	2 kB	128 B	10	Y	Y	Y	–	8ch ADC10

Free software tools and complete online resources

Downloadable code examples and open source projects: click here
Free downloadable unrestricted IDEs:
- Code Composer Studio Ver 4
- IAR Embedded Workbench
Comprehensive quick start and user guides

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Hands on - SmartDraw

First thing after "requirement engineering" in any embedded software development life cycle is design. In case of software design choosing a proper way and of-course a design tool is a preliminary step . To kick off the software development life cycle, flow chart designing is a common practice in low end embedded systems. It not only provides an clear cut idea for coding but also helps as an document, for the whole life time of the project.

Main criteria to choose design tool are.
1] How fast you can develop the design using the tool
2] Does the design what you make is portable to other document formats like .doc, .ppt etc.
3] Does it provide the required design blocks for your intended design.
4] And most importantly cost!

Let me share my experience with SmartDraw tool. Believe me it is really amazing tool. Using this you can really draw almost all type of diagrams. It is really independent of discipline. Finance, management, all types engineering branches can benefit from the tool. Even we can draw electronic circuit.

Trial version can be downloaded from the link http://www.smartdraw.com/downloads/.
Just test the capabilities of the SmartDraw i made a flow chart. Later i sent it to Microsoft excel. Believe me i am able create the flow chart within 5 minutes.

Snap of the same you can find below.Its really fantastic tool. It can save nearly 80% of documentation during design phase of project. Hats of to SmartDraw!

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-eguru