Wouter wrote:
> > Ok Shawn, you just opened a door. So tell us about the
> > MSP430.
>
> And how do you run it on 5 Volt and/or with 5 Volt peripherals? Where do
> you buy 7803.3 regulators? And is the 430 available in DIP (for
> solderless breadboards)?

3.3V regulators are available from most semiconductor manufacturers. I have
been using the LM2936-3.3 from National

Use a level-shifting transciever to interface the 3.3V to 5.0V. Search for
4245 at Digikey or Texas Instruments.

It comes in a QFP-44, but QFP to DIP adapters are available, but expensive.
I designed some for myself, but that may not be an option to all.

For 99US you can buy a development kit from TI that comes with a protoboard
with headers to all pins, JTAG programming interface and a code-size limited
C compiler. It's worth the $100 to play around. I believe there are MSP430
newsgroups and I'm sure that they would provide more expert advise that I
can.

See the TI website for their MSP430 webpage.

-Shawn

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