Free eZ430-F2013 Development Tool and eZ430 capacitive touch board at Texas Instruments 430 Day Embedded Event

Texas Instruments has announced that the company will give away MSP430 Collector's Kits to attendees of the 2007 430 Day events. The events will be held worldwide at over 100 locations, starting at June 15.

The MSP430 Collector's Kit includes a limited edition eZ430-compatible capacitive touch target board, only available at 430 Day 2007, plus an eZ430-F2013 microcontroller development tool to program the target board. The eZ430-F2013 microcontroller development tool is packed in a compact USB stick form factor. Alternative target boards for the eZ430 tool include the T2012 board and the MSP-Mojo board given out at 430 Day 2007.

Texas Instruments eZ430-F2013 USB Stick for MSP430 Microcontroller Development

The eZ430-F2013 is a complete MSP430 development tool including all the hardware and software to evaluate the MSP430F2013 and develop a complete project in a convenient USB stick form factor. The eZ430-F2013 uses the IAR Embedded Workbench Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to provide full emulation with the option of designing with a stand-alone system or detaching the removable target board to integrate into an existing design. The USB port provides enough power to operate the ultra-low-power MSP430 so no external power supply is required.

MSP-Mojo is product of Quickfilter Technologies, Texas Instruments third party. This target board has:a 512 tap digital filter chip and the QF1D512 FIR engine, which allow developers to perform digital filtering for applications that required precision digital filters such as audio filtering, patient monitoring and vibration monitoring. The MSP-Mojo target board features the QF1D512 SavFIRe chip acting as a filter co-processor that offloads the filtering task from the MSP430 MCU and increases available bandwidth of the signal source.

The free three-hour 430 Day events will teach how the MSP430 microcontroller, 16-bit RISC platform  enables many design possibilities. The sessions will include an overview, product and roadmap updates, and technical demonstrations.

430 Day Embedded Event 2007 schedule:

• June 15 to August 2 - China
• June 18 to July 27 - India
• June 19 - North America
• June 19 to 28 - South America
• June 29 - Korea
• July 3 to 11 - Taiwan
• July 13 to August 16 - Australia
• July 20 to August 3 - Japan
• September 3 to 27 - Europe

Further info: MSP430 Collector’s Kit at Texas Instruments’ 430 Day Embedded Event

Register and attend the FREE three-hour session for a MSP430 product line overview, updates and receive a FREE, limited Edition eZ430 capacitive touch target board (only available at 430 Day), PLUS an eZ430-F2013 Development Tool to program the target board.

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$20 MSP430 Microcontroller Development Tool - eZ430-F2013 - Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments announced (Feb 2006) the availability of the eZ430-F2013 development tool for evaluating its MSP430 Microcontroller architecture, to give developers all the resources they need to complete an entire MSP430F20xx project from start to finish. eZ430 comes in USB stick form factor, very small but complete MSP430  microcontroller development and evaluation tool. Price is $20.

eZ Development
The eZ430-F2013 tool connects to a standard PC USB port and is self-powered, requiring no extra cables or power supplies. Contained within the USB stick is an emulation interface board and an easily removable MSP430F2013 target board, which differentiates the eZ430 from other fixed-function evaluation systems. Using TI’s innovative Spy bi-wire debug interface, only two signals – power and ground – are needed to connect the emulation interface and target, enabling very compact, high-performance MCU development in a low-cost environment.

The emulation board communicates with the MSP430 MCU target devices’ emulation logic non-obtrusively, in-system and subject to the same electrical characteristics as the final application, which eliminates costly, time consuming intermediate steps. This board uses a TI TUSB3410 for the USB interface and a TPS77301 to provide 3V regulation to the system. The target board makes all 14 MSP430F2013 pins available on an industry standard 0.1 inch though-hole header and includes an LED for immediate development feedback.

The eZ430 tool includes a free IAR Kick Start Embedded Workbench IDE containing a debugger, assembler and C compiler. This is the same IDE currently used for all MSP430 MCUs, meaning designers can leverage existing code and expertise. To jump-start new projects, users can tap into more than 100 free C and assembler source code examples that are available from TI’s website.

Free at 430 Day Day Embedded Event
Order entries are open for the eZ430-F2013 tool, available for $20 from the TI e-store. The new tool will be showcased at TI booth at Embedded World Nürnberg, Germany. Free eZ430-F2013 tools will be provided to attendees at the fourth annual 430 Day, to be held at more than 100 locations worldwide beginning in May 2006. This free, three-hour lunch-and-learn event provides a detailed overview of MSP430 ultra-low power architecture and application solutions, new product updates and live eZ430 demonstrations.

Ultra-low Power
The MSP430F2013 MCU is part of the recently introduced MSP430F20xx series, operating up to 16 MIPS in a robust failsafe environment with no external components. The MSP430F20xx series’ fully programmable clock system is stable over temperature and voltage, providing wake-up from an industry-leading 500 nano-amp standby to full-speed operation in less than one micro-second. Ultra-low power combined with on-demand high-performance lets designers tune their systems to stay in standby longer so their applications conserve more power and use smaller, lower cost batteries.

Operating from 1.8 to 3.6V, MSP430F20xx MCUs allow direct battery operation and are available in a 14-pin footprint as small as 4×4mm. A choice of converters includes an analog comparator for very cost sensitive applications, a 200 kilosamples per second (KSPS), 10-bit analog to digital converter (ADC) for real-time signal processing or a 16-bit sigma-delta ADC for high-precision systems. All devices include an enhanced watchdog timer for extreme reliability, a multi-function 16-bit timer and in-system programmable flash for greater design flexibility and field upgrade capability. With 128B of RAM, a full-featured 16-bit RISC CPU and complete development in C, developers can reuse existing MSP430 instruction set architecture (ISA) libraries for faster time-to-market.