Apr 13, 2012

  Larsie, creator of the MSP430 Online Editor, got his first batch of SPI B/W LCD displays. He’s not quite sure yet what to do with them yet. He made a watch with a similar LCD, but with the I2C version. The case is 3-D printed from Shapeways. He’s taking feature requests right now in his build thread. The display  is SPI-based, but it uses a 9-bit...

Apr 7, 2012

Kerry writes about using the Launchpad as an external programmer for MSP430G devices. You can do this via SBW or Spy-Bi-Wire using the TST and RST pins, which correspond to the Data and Clock SBW functions respectively. To program an external MSP430G2 device, you need to simply remove all the jumpers from the LaunchPad develpment board and connect the TEST, RST...

Apr 6, 2012

Rob has started development on an Ethernet  board, which can be used, both as a BoosterPack and as a standalone device. The controller chip is the Wiznet W5200(W5100 or W5300 are options). The board might also have support for both SMD and DIP versions of the MSP430G. Make sure you voice your suggestions in his thread. Here are some specs so far: 1....

Apr 5, 2012

oPossum demos the Launchpad as a simple video terminal to show closed caption data. He is using a decoder he built to decode Closed Caption data in NTSC video and sends it serially to the Launchpad which then displays it on the TV. The latest rev 1.5 Launchpad comes with a G2553 chip that has enough RAM and Flash to do a 24 x 16 text display using NTSC or PAL...

Mar 27, 2012

Shahriar, the blogger from The Signal Path has new tutorials put up since we last checked. The latest one is on filters. In this episode Shahriar explores the world of filters! Starting from a simple lumped RC filter, he briefly covers the theory before moving onto measurement techniques. The bandwidth of the filter is verified experimentally in the time...