Beginner in MPS430 need some advice

[tobb]

Hi .. I like to begin work with mps430 any body could tell me the good or bad about it compare to AVR or Pic.. I think it looking good but I have no idea about it. I have been working with pic and avr but I also want to try other micro as well. So if any body could give me shrot description of it that will be very good. I have been in texas website. But I still confusing about how fast .. how good etc..

Thanks for your help

 

[kot_b]

All MSP430 has bulti in ADC(somtimes it's convertionals, some time slope).

 

[Antharax]

msp430 uC's are designed for low power and ultra low power systems and seem to be very good in that. Last experience i had with them was 2 years ago when development tools were not mature enough (or my univ couldn'd afford good ones). It's a good uC but probably only as good as the engineer who designs with it ;-).

Antharax

 

[dainis]

MSP430 chips is low cost, low power, fast, good peripheral controllers (timers, Uarts (SPI), ADC, watchdog) ....
For MSP430 is available good C compiller with incircuit (very simple JTAG dongle) programmer and debugger.

 

[arturt134]

MSP430 are very good microcontrololers. The only limit is memory. The biggest one have 60kB FLASH and 2kB RAM. If many applications, this is not enough....