In an attempt to enable designers to quickly develop ultra-low-power medical, industrial and consumer embedded systems using either a highly integrated MSP430FG4618 signal chain-on-chip (SCoC) or a small 14-pin F2013 microcontroller, Texas Instruments has announced the availability of the MSP430 Experimenter's Board (part number MSP-EXP430FG4618). Along with the two 16-bit MSP430 devices, the board includes a Chipcon radio module for developing low-power wireless networks. The boards also feature a number of input and output options such as microphone, buzzer, LCD display, and capacitive touch-pad. With these products, designers can easily develop a variety of low-power and battery-operated products including cost- and space-sensitive sensing applications such as motion detectors.
