On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:26:31 -0800, "William Chops Westfield"> said: >=20 > On Nov 8, 2010, at 6:47 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote: >=20 > > TI is actually very strong in USB >=20 > Really? Their TUSB3410 USB/Serial chip barely has drivers > for anything but windows, and their cute little USB sticks > like EZ430-RF2500 is a horrible kludge that barely works > even on windows. >=20 > I have been very unimpressed. Same here. The only blue screen of death I have gotten in the last couple of years has been from the EZ430. It also absolutely will not survive a laptop suspend-resume cycle. But unless I need to run at 5 volts, an MSP430 is so nice compared to an equivalent PIC I will work around it. Cheerful regards, Bob --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .