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hamilton wrote:

> On 3/1/2012 5:04 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:
>> On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:26:16 +0000, Dave wrote:
>>
>>> Tim Wescott wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> A plain old PIC.  Only 35 easy-to-learn instructions (that used to be
>>>> their slogan -- hah).  They called it "RISC" processor, but it's really
>>>> a NHISC (Never Had an Instruction Set Computer).  But -- it's not a bad
>>>> processor as long as you never use a decent one.
>>>>
>>> I'd choose an MSP430 over a PIC, it has the luxury of being 16-bit, too.
>>> The AVR processors are fun, too. I've used PICs in the past, but never
>>> really gotten on with them.
>>
>> A 430 wouldn't be a bad choice, either.
>>
> 
> What free tools are available for the MSP 430 ??
> 
> What does a debugger/programmer cost ??
> 
> A chip is one thing, working with it on hobby projects is another.
> 
Somewhere around here, several layers down in the pile, I have a home-made 
parallel port MSP430 programmer that works with a Linux dev environment. Not 
used it for a while, and I've changed my main PC since then and never re-
installed the software (but still have the hard drive, again several layers 
down).

Just looked and Olimex do a programmer and publish the circuit too. See 
http://www.olimex.com/dev/msp-jtag.html

That page also has links to how to put together a toolchain.
-- 
Dave
Too many gadgets, too little time.

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