A Timer Example – Blinking a LED A blinking LED is the “hello world” of embedded systems, and is also a great example of how to use the Timer. The Inefficient Way The “hello world” programs are usually the first …
Specifics of MSP430 Timers Important References From here on, we’ll be referencing the datasheet a fair bit, so download the following documents from the MSP430G2553 product page: MSP430x2xx Family User’s Guide MSP430G2x53 datasheet The family user’s guide is the document …
Understanding MSP430 Timers I found timers confusing! I spent my time reading datasheets, watching YouTube clips, reading technical tutorials, re-reading datasheets and still felt like I was fumbling in the dark. Read on as I explore the basics of Timers, …
T-Board to Feature in Elektor Magazine After a number of iterations, the final production version of the T-Board is out the door. All three versions (now named the T-Board 28, T-Board 14 and T-Board 8) have been through final testing, …
Cheaper ISP Programming with a USBTiny When I first started with Atmel Studio, I was a little taken aback at the cost of the programmers needed to flash my programs onto the microcontroller. After a fair bit of research I …
T-Board Breakout: Ready to Launch After 3 iterations, the T-Board is complete. Well, the first version of the T-Board is complete, and ready for launch. We’re really excited to have 3 versions of the T-Board, designed to make your prototyping …
A prototyping lesson learned I collected a cool purple envelope from our PO Box, containing 3 cool purple T-Board-328 PCBs. These were the first iteration in the prototyping process, and I learned again how important this process is. Like a …
From the Arduino IDE to Atmel Studio Everything that I needed to do could be done in the Arduino IDE. So why would I move to using Atmel Studio? I recently finished up working through the edX course on Embedded …
A Two-Layer Breakout We were happy with our one-sided self-etched board as a proof of concept, and were now ready to move onto something that would approach a final product. We made a number of changes to the design, which …
T-Board Microcontroller Breakout – v0.2 A Two-layer PCB Read more »
The Birth of the T-Board My RF Project: The Problem I was working on a low-energy RF project, using the HopeRF RFM12B. I was going to start out by prototyping using my Arduino UNO, but hit a few problems: The …
