A partnership between Farnell element14 and Texas Instruments has resulted in the development of the MSP-EXP430F5529LP LaunchPad. This is also joined by the launch of the F5529 LaunchPad, a module designed for early stage development on MSP430 MCUs with an on-board emulation for programming and debugging.
The LaunchPad simplifies the development stages using the new F5529 MCUs. They feature low active power consumption, integrated USB, more memory and easy integration for applications such as energy harvesting, wireless sensing and automatic metering infrastructure (AMI).
The product has 40-pin expansion headers for the LaunchPad BoosterPack development tools and a range of available BoosterPack plug-in modules enable rapid prototyping. This supports the addition of features such as wireless, displays and sensors, among others. Individual BoosterPacks can also be designed, or users can choose among many already available from the two companies. The 40-pin interface is compatible with any 20-pin BoosterPack that is compliant with the standard.
The 16-bit MCU has 128KB flash, 8KB RAM, 25-MHz CPU speed, integrated USB, and several peripherals to get engineers started in their development.
Custom USB functionality can be quickly added, using the free open-source USB tools and examples available in the MSP430 USB Developers Package. This includes the MSP430 USB Descriptor Tool, which quickly customizes any combination of USB interfaces and automatically generates your USB descriptors for those interfaces.
Free software development tools are also available — TI’s Eclipse-based Code Composer Studio IDE (CCS), IAR Embedded Workbench IDE (IAR), and the community-driven Energia open source code editor.
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