Alan B. Pearce wrote:
> See TI have posted the results of their MSP430 ez430 dongle contest at 
> http://www.designmsp430.com/View.aspx
> 
> I caught htis through an advert in the UK Electronics Weekly, where they are 
> offering the eZ430-F2013 development tool for US$20, plus 3 off T2012 target 
> boards for US$10.
> 
> Now that gives one 4 target boards for GBP15 near enough. Sounds like a 
> pretty good deal to me.
> 
> This deal may have been around a while, but I hadn't caught it before, or it 
> may have only just come to the UK. 
> 

Russell mentioned this offer a week or so ago.  I took the bait and 
ordered one.  Looks like a usb thumb-drive. Has a MSP430F2013 on the 
target board.  And comes with a CD with IAR Systems Embedded Workbench 
Kickstart edition, a somewhat upscale version of MPLAB.

The available resources that I have found so far are mainly oriented 
around C language although assembly examples can be found.  I found it a 
bit more difficult to get the information I needed compared to getting 
info on PIC's.  But that shouldn't slow anyone down too much.

I'm still learning how MSP430's function but I think they are pipelined 
such that with a 16MHz clock, they tick along at 16 mips.  Not too 
shabby for a buck-fifty component.  And they have some interesting low 
power modes.

Overall, it's a fast cheap way to find out if this processor is right 
for your requirements.

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