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MSP430 Launchpad - Blinking your First LED

This post covers how to quickly get started using the MSP430 Launchpad. There are several variations of the Launchpad now circulating ever since its launch in 2010. I will be using the popular MSP430G2552, which is usually categorized under the MSP430G2XX series. You can easily start playing with one of these at a nearby hackerspace or on digikey....... Read More
Mar 23, 2016 justin bauer 0 8082 I/O , Display , General Purpose Texas Instruments // MSP430
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MSP4340 LaunchPad - Simple UART Config and Echo

The Universal asynchronous Receive/Transmit (UART) is a vital communication protocol that is relatively easy to setup and use. It can be coded strictly in software using general purpose I/O pins, commonly referred to as bit-banged, or it can be implemented in hardware. The advantage of using the all hardware approach is that is frees the CPU to ex....... Read More
Mar 27, 2016 justin bauer 0 7404 Communication , I/O Texas Instruments // MSP430
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Getting Started Arduino

Introduction The Arduino is a single board microcontroller that can be programmed to process inputs and outputs from different components externally connected to its GPIO's (general purpose input output).In laymen's term Arduino is a small computer that can be used to calculate and process data from different sensors connected to its inputs and th....... Read More
Apr 04, 2016 Muhammad Abrar 0 6355 I/O , Sensors , General Purpose Atmel // AVR
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