The MSP430

Abstract

This chapter introduces the MSP430 microcontroller family and then moves into the specifics of the MSP430FR2355 device that will be used throughout the rest of this book (Texas Instruments Inc., MSP430FR4xx and MSP430FR2xx Family User’s Guide, Literature Number: SLAU445I, October 2014 – Revised March 2019. Retrieved from: https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/slau445i/slau445i.pdf, 2019; Texas Instruments Inc., MSP430FR235x, MSP430FR215x Mixed-Signal Microcontrollers [device-specific data sheet], Literature Number: SLASEC4D, May 2018 – Revised December 2019. Retrieved from: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/msp430fr2355.pdf, 2019; Texas Instruments Inc., MSP430FR235x LaunchPad™ Development Kit User’s Guide, Literature Number: SLAU680, May 2018. Retrieved from: https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/slau680/slau680.pdf, 2019). At this point, the reader should have an understanding of terminology and the basic operation of computer systems. The goal of this chapter is to provide the key details necessary to begin programming the MSP430FR2355 using the LaunchPad™ Development Kit. While the code examples presented through the rest of this book are applicable to other MSP430 MCUs, the purpose of this book is to provide specific code examples that can be directly run on the LaunchPad™ using the TI Code Composer Studio.