Drive-Time. Dave rants randomly about TI's bold new entry into the hobby/hacker/maker market with the $4.30 MSP-EXP430G2 Evaluation Board, and what it's got to do with the Arduino

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20 thoughts on “Eevblog #96 – the ti launchpad msp430 development board”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Thaw Tar says:

    Oh my god!! Why am I watching this in 2017? Things changed a lot these days, with the rise of IoTs.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 100fcab says:

    looks like your steering wheels on the wrong side of the car?

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Andriy says:

    why TI should copy stupid arduino form factor?

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars PIXscotland says:

    I liked my MSP430's back in the day. Now I've moved over to Arduino but I see there's an Adruino based programming option for them so I might play with these again.

    I got into the MSP430 as I bought 20 of their Launchpads back when released.
    They cost £1.00 each at that time. Great buy, many still in use today!

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kristian Sims says:

    I'm surprised that no one mentioned that the Launchpad is a 3.3 V board, while most Arduinos (all at that time) are 5 V boards. Add that to the fact that the Arduino pin layout is pretty bizarre (and was a mistake to begin with, historically) and that the MSP430s have a rather different configuration with the analog pins, etc., and there's no sense at all in making them shield compatible. They do make their own shields of sorts, but they have a lot less market presence. Arduino really took the world by storm and I don't know how.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars fairyheli2 says:

    But the Arduino layout isn't very good to start with, the Ti layout makes much more sense as the pins match up with the pinout of the chip, and pins are 0.1" apart. the Arduino UNO pins are a pain in the arse for stripboard prototypes because of that 0.05" gap.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars m3chanist says:

    Arduino like ide for launchpad done along with a bunch of libraries.  
    Called Energia

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Pepper Nickel says:

    Keep in mind this video was uploaded 3 years ago. Currently the board is like $10 but it's nice to have the programming board and then you can buy the chips by themselves for really cheap. If you like the size of the MSP430s then it's a really cheap way to get tons of projects done. Also, the MSP430 series does teach you way more about microcontrollers than the Arduino does. But I guess that depends on how serious you want to get.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Pepper Nickel says:

    You got screwed, sorry.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars iSolarSunrise says:

    It's now 10$…. I'll just go with STM32 discovery boards…

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Granger says:

    bro your driving on the wrong side of the car

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars FrozenHaxor says:

    Just ordered one 😛

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars chickenpoper says:

    They actually have made an arduino ide for the msp430 line

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Fred Stam says:

    why is this only stupid talking from a car?

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars lodevijk says:

    SHIT! Why haven't I seen your comment earlier!

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars specialfxmaker says:

    7:11 thank god the launchpad does not I need a real debugger. I do not want to use a program that teaches lazy programming habits like digitalwrite() Is it really that hard to bit-mask a port? I am thinking not.

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Johnny Bravo says:

    Pro: You get A LOT for $4.30
    Con: You get TOO MUCH for $4.30

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Johnny Doe says:

    OMG YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE CAR

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Non Entity says:

    15:07 Ha! Hypocrite! I'm not sure if you'll ever read this, but you just did an unboxing video!

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gregg Jaskiewicz says:

    They can't really say its arduino compatible, because arduino is a TM.

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