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the msp430 launchpad board is the cheap one, and I think if someone wanted to get into programming a MCU in C/C++, it is probably the cheapest and simplest way
by Palomides 15y ago
the msp430 launchpad board is the cheap one, and I think if someone wanted to get into programming a MCU in C/C++, it is probably the cheapest and simplest way to do so (open tools, including GCC, are available, too)
the big advantage of the arduino is the software and the community.
- wollw 15y agoI recently ordered a lot of parts for a project I'm working on and the low price of the LaunchPad made adding one to my order pretty much a no-brainer. Ends up this is a very nice little board. It's definitely less 'friendly' than the Arduino but it does allow for interactive debugging with gdb. Being able to step through a program running on the mcu without extra hardware was a nice surprise. edit: I should also mention the program mspdebug which is a little simpler than gdb. I actually didn't look at this program much after seeing it could let me use gdb but I just looked it over a bit more and it also lets you step, set breakpoints, set registers, and more.