On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:46:42 -0400, Brian Riley wrote:
> I been snooping the net and found a number of websites with code
> and goodies for the 430. Olimex has some great proto boards for the
> 430, all sizes and shapes. They also had some source (I found  the
> link to it on the SparkFun website, go figger!) That does software
> UART, serial EEPROM and RTC routines for the F1121 but with not much
> massaging should run on the F2xxx series. In fact it was listed on
> SparkFun with a protoboard for the F2131. Links for this are on my
> MSP430 Blog at <http://web.mac.com/brianbr/>

Olimex and SparkFun are very good -- I've dealt with both companies 
extensively. I'm not sure about the KicStart kit that comes with the
EZ430 (I know it's been neutered to not output assembler source) but
the standard free KickStart kit has dozens of example code snippets
that covers most all the MSP430 peripherals. They don't vary much
between chips, usually only in clocking options so they move easily
from chip to chip. You can also download all the TI sample code (or
used to be able to) from the MSP430 tools section of TI's website.

Also check out the Yahoo Groups MSP430 group. It is very similar to the 
PICList in that there are some real experts on things MSP430. All of 
the major 3rd party tool vendors have people that watch and post to 
that group. 

I've been actively using MSP430s in new designs for about 3 years now 
and I have to say it's become my favorite microcontroller family to 
develop with over the PIC and AVR families. I still use all three, but 
the MSP430 architecture, peripherals and tools are very very good (and 
quite affordable too).

Matt Pobursky
Maximum Performance Systems

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