Evenement:Workshop MSP430

More details to come. Basically a workshop on the motorola msp430 microcontroller, with an introduction on the uc architecture and instruction set, followed by programming in ASM and some experiments.

Link to register (limited number of seats/launchpad): http://framadate.org/azgzi3sa1boghgws

Main topics

 * Learn and understand the MSP430 architecture
 * Learn how to use an assembler, simulator
 * Get hands dirty with simple assembly coding

Prerequisites

 * Very basic programming notions
 * Naken430 installed on your PC (http://www.mikekohn.net/micro/naken430asm_msp430_assembler.php)
 * MSPDebug installed (see http://hackaday.com/2010/08/11/how-to-launchpad-programming-with-linux)
 * Your Launchpad (if possible)

What we will probably do

 * Basic IO (Leds, Button)
 * Using Timer
 * Thermometer and other ADC usage

Manuals

 * http://www.ti.com/lit/gpn/msp430g2231
 * http://www.ti.com/litv/pdf/slau144i

Documents

 * Slides: http://urlab.be/File:Msp430.pdf
 * Exercises: http://urlab.be/File:Exercises_msp430.zip

Tips & tricks
In order to use the Launchpad on my OS X (10.6) MacBook, I had to install the following kext: https://code.google.com/p/msp430lpcdc/ (in addition of Naken and other MSP software)