Using a TI MSP430 along with a small motor controller kit he put together, he gave the Hexbug a bit more personality. The kit is really just a simple board used for mounting the MSP430 and FAN8200 ...

TI’s MSP430 chips are rather interesting – they’re low power, very capable, and available for under a dollar in most cases. Some of these chips, though, don’t have native SPI or I2C ...

Versions of the Forth programming language compiler for ARM Cortex-M and TI MSP430 cores are available free of charge from MPE of Southampton. According to MPE, this has “lowered the entry cost to ...