On 11 gru 2013, at 12:52, Jan Rychter <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 gru 2013, at 05:31, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've ben thinking about the MSP430 series and their SoC/ wireless chips >> (mostly 802.15.4 based) - very nice suite of devices.... >> Trouble is I've always been an Atmel guy, so it's a big switch though I >> suspect that the learning curve is not too bad... >> >> Perhaps its time to change. ..
[replying to myself, as there is one more thing I forgot to mention] If you don't specifically need 802.15.4 for compatibility reasons and if you aren't extremely size-constrained, you might find that it is much cheaper to go with an MSP430 and a nRF24L01+ module. This is what I'm doing in a project right now: an MSP430G2412IRSA16T (about $1) and a Chinese nRF24L01+ module (complete module, with a PCB trace antenna, for about $1.15). The Nordic chips work fairly well and are suitable for many applications. And getting a complete radio-networked microcontroller solution for $2.15 is really hard to beat. To keep this on topic, I've been considering using those radio modules in a home automation system, to light up clocks whenever someone is present in the room :-) --J. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ED48D452-ED7D-4443-A088-9EC1D1EF7B75%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
