robotics-university.com | Hello my friends, on this article, I will give an overview about one of the popular microcontroller minimum systems/development kit/evaluation board which manufactured by Texas Instruments (TI). The product I mean is SimpleLink MSP432P401R Development kit, please see figure 1 to know the visualization and figure 2 to know the top-view layout.
According to the user guide document of this development kit [2], The SimpleLink™ MSP432P401R LaunchPad™ development kit enables you to develop high-performance applications that benefit from low-power operation. It features the MSP432P401R – which includes a 48MHz ARM Cortex-M4F, 80uA/MHz active power and 660nA RTC operation, SAR Precision ADC with 16-bit performance and AES256 accelerator.
All pins of the MSP-EXP432P401R device are fanned out for easy access. These pins make it easy to plug in 20-pin and 40-pin BoosterPack modules that add additional functionality including Bluetooth low energy, Wi-Fi wireless connectivity, and more.
The out-of-box provided with the MSP-EXP432P401R LaunchPad kit features a graphical user-interface that enables the user to type in the desired beats per minute of an RGB LED, and select from over 16 million color options. See how simple it is to get started, with the MSP432 Quick Start Guide.
You can browse all documentation online with TI Resource Explorer and start development with SimpleLink MSP432 software development kit (SDK) and related SDK plugins, which make it easy to add Bluetooth low energy or Wi-Fi when adding a SimpleLink wireless BoosterPack. Other professional development environments are also available, such as TI's online CCS Cloud IDE, Eclipse-based Code Composer Studio, IAR Embedded Workbench, and Keil uVision.
This LaunchPad kit includes an on-board emulator with EnergyTrace+ Technology, which means you can program and debug your projects without the need for additional tools, while also measuring total system energy consumption.
Figure 1. SimpleLink MSP432P401R development kit
SimpleLink MSP432P401R Development Kit Features
- Low-power, high performance MSP432P401R MCU
- 48MHz 32-bit ARM Cortex M4F with Floating Point Unit and DSP acceleration
- Power consumption: 80uA/MHz active and 660nA RTC standby operation
- Digital: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES256) Accelerator, CRC, DMA, HW MPY32
- Memory: 256KB Flash, 64KB RAM
- Timers: 4 x16-bit, and 2 x 32-bit
- Communication: Up to 4 I2C, 8 SPI, 4 UART
- 40 pin BoosterPack Connector, and support for 20 pin BoosterPacks
- Onboard XDS-110ET emulator featuring EnergyTrace+ Technology
- 2 buttons and 2 LEDs for User Interaction
- Back-channel UART via USB to PC
Figure 2. SimpleLink MSP432P401R development kit (Top-view layout)
SimpleLink MSP432P401R Development Support Software
To getting started to develop an embedded systems project or prototype using SimpleLink MSP432P401R development kit, TI has provided an integrated development environment (IDE) that you can use for free. The IDE name is Code Composer Studio for MSP microcontroller. To download and get more information about this IDE, please visit the website page below:
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