I've used the 2400MHz ez430 dev kit extensively; it's very well done, and a really approachable dev environment. 30 minutes from getting a kit to compiling sample code to it and running a test; a few more hours to have a usable engineering demo for management.
* Drew Van Zandt Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld) Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D. Masquerade aVST * On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Federico Lucifredi <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Apr 3, 2012, at 5:45 PM, Nuno Sucena Almeida wrote: > > >> By the way, since Digi offers all three versions, you want the 433Mhz > for US use, or barring that, the 915Mhz one. Thought I'd point out, since > Digi does not seem to. > > > > The second link has a table with frequency region allocations, but > you > > are right, they should be more clear on that main tideals mainpage. > > Actually, I should specify this further: 433 Mhz will work anywhere, 915 > will do in the US but *may* have longer range - TI doesn't say, but if all > else is equal... > > So the 433 is the one to go for universality, and maybe the 915 for a > slightly better range. > > > I use other microcontrollers from PICxxx to ATxxx and have been > > following these MSP430, and thought about getting the $5 eval board, so > > what are your thoughts on this watch ? > > I have the eval board for the MSP430, but I haven't found the time to use > it. I think that's the bigger bottleneck... there are several very > affordable USB-based development options for the MSP430, it is just a > matter of having the time to do something fitting the environment, which is > not as open-ended as having a full Linux system on hand (like, say, a > BeagleBone). So, I'd say it is good if one has a fitting application for > it. > > Best -F > > _________________________________________ > -- "'Problem' is a bleak word for challenge" - Richard Fish > (Federico L. Lucifredi) - flucifredi at acm.org - GnuPG 0x4A73884C > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking >
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