{"id":586,"date":"2011-09-24T11:44:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T09:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mclightning.com\/?p=586"},"modified":"2011-09-24T11:44:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T09:44:05","slug":"my-new-development-board-msp-exp430fr5739","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maximusabrams.com\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"Introducing My New Development Board: MSP-EXP430FR5739"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve just returned from Sakarya, and one of the highlights of my trip was receiving a new delivery from Farnell: the MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board! I was eagerly anticipating this board all week, and I\u2019m thrilled to finally dive into its capabilities. This marks a new chapter in my development journey, transitioning from my extensive experience with Arduino to exploring the features of this advanced development board.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Why the MSP-EXP430FR5739?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>My interest in motion-controlled applications and technologies began with Nokia Symbian smartphones equipped with accelerometers. I developed several applications, including <em>AlertMe<\/em> and <em>nGUN<\/em>, and experimented with accelerometers on my N95 using Python S60. This experience was both enjoyable and educational, and it laid the groundwork for my current project.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Project Plans<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A few months ago, I embarked on a weekend project to build a self-balancing robot. While I made progress on the communication and control code, I ultimately found that the project&#8217;s weight and motor limitations were obstacles. The lack of accelerometer hardware and communication options with Arduino at the time were also significant challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the MSP-EXP430FR5739, which includes a built-in accelerometer, I am excited to restart my self-balancing robot project. This board\u2019s capabilities will be instrumental in overcoming the previous challenges.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Board Specifications<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Integrated MSP430FR5739:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>16KB FRAM \/ 1KB SRAM<\/li>\n<li>16-Bit RISC Architecture up to 8 MHz<\/li>\n<li>2x Timer_A Blocks, 3x Timer_B Blocks<\/li>\n<li>1x USCI (UART\/SPI\/IrDA\/I2C) Block<\/li>\n<li>16 Channels of 10-Bit ADC12_B, 16 Channels of Comp_D<\/li>\n<li>32 I\/O Pins<\/li>\n<li>3-Axis Accelerometer<\/li>\n<li>NTC Thermistor<\/li>\n<li>8 Display LEDs<\/li>\n<li>Footprint for an additional through-hole LDR sensor<\/li>\n<li>2 User Input Switches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Connectivity and User Experience:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Connections to MSP-EXP430F5438<\/li>\n<li>Compatible with most Wireless Daughter Cards (CCxxxx RF)<\/li>\n<li>Preloaded with out-of-the-box demo code<\/li>\n<li>Four Modes to test FRAM features:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mode 1:<\/strong> Max write speed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mode 2:<\/strong> Flash write speed emulation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mode 3:<\/strong> Fast sampling with writes using accelerometer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mode 4:<\/strong> Fast sampling with writes using Thermistor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Modes 1 &amp; 2 include an Ultra-Low Power (ULP) option to optimize power management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Experience with Farnell<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Acquiring this development board from Farnell was a seamless experience. Despite the distance (from the UK to Turkey), the shipment arrived in less than a week.<\/p>\n<p>For more details or to purchase the MSP-EXP430FR5739, you can visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/tr.farnell.com\/texas-instruments\/msp-exp430fr5739\/board-experimenter-msp430fr57xx\/dp\/1893308\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Farnell product page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone, I\u2019ve just returned from Sakarya, and one of the highlights of my trip was receiving a new delivery from Farnell: the MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board! I was eagerly anticipating this board all week, and I\u2019m thrilled to finally dive into its capabilities. This marks a new chapter in my development journey, transitioning from my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5,7,1],"tags":[18,113,120,199,277],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy","category-electronics-2","category-hobby-rc","category-personal","category-uncategorized","tag-accelerometer","tag-farnell","tag-fram","tag-msp","tag-self-balancing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maximusabrams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maximusabrams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maximusabrams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maximusabrams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maximusabrams.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maximusabrams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maximusabrams.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maximusabrams.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maximusabrams.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}