On 6/11/06, Matt Pobursky <piclist@mps-design.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

This is an interesting observation. The Yahoo Groups of MSP430 and
LPC2100 both have quite some 3rd party vendors there. PIClist is
unique. It seems to me that no big third party people are posting here.

> 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).
>

But they are not so popular as PIC and AVR. The selection of the chips
seems not so good (either too small or too big). The analog subsystem
(eg: ADC) is not as good as Silicon Labs C8051. Of course, MSP430
is very interesting as well: nice architecture, free GCC, cheap JTAG
and demo boards from Olimex, lowest current consumption, ...

By the way, is TI a good vendor to work with?

Regards,
Xiaofan
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