Comments for Four-Three-Oh! http://www.43oh.com MSP430 News, Projects and Forums Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:19:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Five Cheap Breadboard Prototyping Tips And Tricks – List #2 by 43oh http://www.43oh.com/2011/02/five-cheap-breadboard-prototyping-tips-and-tricks-list-2/#comment-9132 43oh Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:19:36 +0000 http://www.43oh.com/?p=810#comment-9132 Thanks for the tips. Thanks for the tips.

]]> Comment on Five Cheap Breadboard Prototyping Tips And Tricks – List #2 by ecstatist http://www.43oh.com/2011/02/five-cheap-breadboard-prototyping-tips-and-tricks-list-2/#comment-9125 ecstatist Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:08:36 +0000 http://www.43oh.com/?p=810#comment-9125 Regarding drug123's comment about Blu Tack. I think the generic name is "poster putty" or this may be a trademarked product but the name at least describes the product. Prestik is another product name (made by Bostik in Europe). I have always advised that the 2 most cost effective tools are these putty's and rubber bands. Have a screw, nut, bolt to put in, in an inaccessible location (or pick up) These putty's are a universal magnetic grip without any downside. Cover a spare key with the stuff (to prevent dirt or oxidation) and hide it anywhere invisible outside your car (underneath) or home. The stickiness multiplies that possible hiding places. Also Murphy dictates that having done so will cause you to never lose your original key! Rubber bands across the grips of (long nose) pliers and you have a variable grip strength vice especially handy for soldering. Rubber bands also makes keeping tidy much easier by concentrating and shrinking the apparent size of objects. Regarding drug123′s comment about Blu Tack. I think the generic name is “poster putty” or this may be a trademarked product but the name at least describes the product. Prestik is another product name (made by Bostik in Europe).
I have always advised that the 2 most cost effective tools are these putty’s and rubber bands. Have a screw, nut, bolt to put in, in an inaccessible location (or pick up) These putty’s are a universal magnetic grip without any downside.
Cover a spare key with the stuff (to prevent dirt or oxidation) and hide it anywhere invisible outside your car (underneath) or home. The stickiness multiplies that possible hiding places. Also Murphy dictates that having done so will cause you to never lose your original key!
Rubber bands across the grips of (long nose) pliers and you have a variable grip strength vice especially handy for soldering. Rubber bands also makes keeping tidy much easier by concentrating and shrinking the apparent size of objects.

]]> Comment on [Win] Name a Device With a MSP430 Microcontroller by smartapple http://www.43oh.com/2012/02/win-name-a-device-with-a-msp430-microcontroller/#comment-9114 smartapple Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:52:54 +0000 http://www.43oh.com/?p=2990#comment-9114 MarkoeZ pointed out that the MSP-EXP430G2 - MSP430 LaunchPad uses a MSP430. TI actually offers quite a few products utilizing their own MSP430. EZ430-F2013 - MSP430 USB Stick Development Tool EZ430-T2012 - MSP430 USB Stick F2012 Board EZ430-RF2500 - MSP430 Wireless Development EZ430-RF2500-SEH - MSP430 Solar Energy Harvesting Development Tool EZ430-RF2500T - MSP430 2.4-GHz Wireless Target Board EZ430-RF256X - EZ430-RF2560x Bluetooth Evaluation Tool eZ430-TMS37157 - PaLFI, Passive Low Frequency Evaluation Kit TMS37157 eZ430-Chronos - Chronos: Wireless development tool in a watch MSP-EXP430F5438 - MSP430F5438 Experimenter Board MSP-EXP430F5529 - MSP430F5529 USB Experimenter’s Board MSP-EXP430FG4618 - MSP430FG4618/F2013 Experimenter Board MSP-EXP430FR5739 - MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board CC3000FRAMEMK - CC3000 FRAM Evaluation Module Kit MSP-WDS430BT1000AD - Bluetooth Wearable Watch development system with Analog & Digital display MSP-WDS430BT2000D - Bluetooth Wearable Watch development system with Digital display and more... Visit http://estore.ti.com/ MarkoeZ pointed out that the MSP-EXP430G2 – MSP430 LaunchPad uses a MSP430.

TI actually offers quite a few products utilizing their own MSP430.

EZ430-F2013 – MSP430 USB Stick Development Tool
EZ430-T2012 – MSP430 USB Stick F2012 Board
EZ430-RF2500 – MSP430 Wireless Development
EZ430-RF2500-SEH – MSP430 Solar Energy Harvesting Development Tool
EZ430-RF2500T – MSP430 2.4-GHz Wireless Target Board
EZ430-RF256X – EZ430-RF2560x Bluetooth Evaluation Tool
eZ430-TMS37157 – PaLFI, Passive Low Frequency Evaluation Kit TMS37157
eZ430-Chronos – Chronos: Wireless development tool in a watch
MSP-EXP430F5438 – MSP430F5438 Experimenter Board
MSP-EXP430F5529 – MSP430F5529 USB Experimenter’s Board
MSP-EXP430FG4618 – MSP430FG4618/F2013 Experimenter Board
MSP-EXP430FR5739 – MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board
CC3000FRAMEMK – CC3000 FRAM Evaluation Module Kit
MSP-WDS430BT1000AD – Bluetooth Wearable Watch development system with Analog & Digital display
MSP-WDS430BT2000D – Bluetooth Wearable Watch development system with Digital display

and more…

Visit http://estore.ti.com/

]]> Comment on [Win] Name a Device With a MSP430 Microcontroller by smartapple http://www.43oh.com/2012/02/win-name-a-device-with-a-msp430-microcontroller/#comment-9113 smartapple Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:08:07 +0000 http://www.43oh.com/?p=2990#comment-9113 I wanted to extend the useful life of the iPod shuffle because it is my favorite music player. The shuffle uses a lithium-ion polymer cell which has a limited useful life. Wanting an environmentally friendly solution I opted to use Apple's iPod shuffle External Battery Pack which can use NiMH AAA cells. I was curious about what was under the hood so I disassembled and reverse engineered the battery pack. I was able to purchase additional iPod shuffles and battery packs from eBay dirt cheap. The shuffles work fine, just a dead LiPo cell. I plan to make a solar powered version. It is interesting that this is the only iPod produced that Apple provided a power solution for extending its useful life. I have been using mine for 7 years and still going. As long as AAA cells are available, I will continue to shuffle along. The picture shows a disassembled shuffle with AA cells for scale. [img]http://www.43oh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSCN0889a.jpg[/img] I wanted to extend the useful life of the iPod shuffle because it is my favorite music player. The shuffle uses a lithium-ion polymer cell which has a limited useful life. Wanting an environmentally friendly solution I opted to use Apple’s iPod shuffle External Battery Pack which can use NiMH AAA cells. I was curious about what was under the hood so I disassembled and reverse engineered the battery pack.

I was able to purchase additional iPod shuffles and battery packs from eBay dirt cheap. The shuffles work fine, just a dead LiPo cell. I plan to make a solar powered version.

It is interesting that this is the only iPod produced that Apple provided a power solution for extending its useful life. I have been using mine for 7 years and still going. As long as AAA cells are available, I will continue to shuffle along.

The picture shows a disassembled shuffle with AA cells for scale.

]]> Comment on [Win] Name a Device With a MSP430 Microcontroller by Joe Desbonnet http://www.43oh.com/2012/02/win-name-a-device-with-a-msp430-microcontroller/#comment-9100 Joe Desbonnet Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:42:31 +0000 http://www.43oh.com/?p=2990#comment-9100 I've seen it all now. They figured it wasn't good enough to apply Moore's Law to the blade count ( http://goo.gl/AolWk ) ... now they have a "Digital Razor".... powered by nuclear fusion. Wow! I’ve seen it all now. They figured it wasn’t good enough to apply Moore’s Law to the blade count ( http://goo.gl/AolWk ) … now they have a “Digital Razor”…. powered by nuclear fusion. Wow!

]]> Comment on [Win] Name a Device With a MSP430 Microcontroller by tomeko http://www.43oh.com/2012/02/win-name-a-device-with-a-msp430-microcontroller/#comment-9094 tomeko Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:59:18 +0000 http://www.43oh.com/?p=2990#comment-9094 China WPW-694428 water meter: http://www.p-wholesale.com/cn-pro/19/766to1/water-meter-694428.html There are some easy to find papers "Design of Remote Digital Water Meter Based on MSP430FW427" in Chinese, so that might be a suspect. China WPW-694428 water meter:
http://www.p-wholesale.com/cn-pro/19/766to1/water-meter-694428.html
There are some easy to find papers “Design of Remote Digital Water Meter Based on MSP430FW427″ in Chinese, so that might be a suspect.

]]> Comment on [Win] Name a Device With a MSP430 Microcontroller by tomeko http://www.43oh.com/2012/02/win-name-a-device-with-a-msp430-microcontroller/#comment-9093 tomeko Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:49:17 +0000 http://www.43oh.com/?p=2990#comment-9093 MSP430FE427 inside UNI-T UT325 Thermometer http://jumperone.com/2011/11/ut325-thermometer-teardown/ MSP430FE427 inside UNI-T UT325 Thermometer
http://jumperone.com/2011/11/ut325-thermometer-teardown/

]]> Comment on [Win] Name a Device With a MSP430 Microcontroller by tomeko http://www.43oh.com/2012/02/win-name-a-device-with-a-msp430-microcontroller/#comment-9092 tomeko Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:36:06 +0000 http://www.43oh.com/?p=2990#comment-9092 This is kinda repeated (I guess nearly all Fluke multimeters have MSP430 inside), but Dave shows MSP430F448 inside detachable display of Fluke 233: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUFrTDo03uA&t=1m20s (link contains specified time) This is kinda repeated (I guess nearly all Fluke multimeters have MSP430 inside), but Dave shows MSP430F448 inside detachable display of Fluke 233:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUFrTDo03uA&t=1m20s
(link contains specified time)

]]> Comment on [Win] Name a Device With a MSP430 Microcontroller by tomeko http://www.43oh.com/2012/02/win-name-a-device-with-a-msp430-microcontroller/#comment-9091 tomeko Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:13:33 +0000 http://www.43oh.com/?p=2990#comment-9091 Gamma-Scout Geiger counter: http://www.gammascout.com/ Inside photo at: http://rolffreitag.de/projects/gmz/ Gamma-Scout Geiger counter:
http://www.gammascout.com/
Inside photo at: http://rolffreitag.de/projects/gmz/

]]> Comment on “Why I Love TI MCUs” – Valentine’s Day Contest by 43oh http://www.43oh.com/2012/02/why-i-love-ti-mcus-valentines-day-contest/#comment-9090 43oh Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:34:43 +0000 http://www.43oh.com/?p=2966#comment-9090 Good for you. Congratulations! Good for you. Congratulations!

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