Texas Instruments MSP430 Student Guide

MSP430 Workshop - Using Energia (Arduino) 8 - 1
Using Energia (Arduino)
Introduction
This chapter of the MSP430 workshop explores
Energia, the Arduino port for the Texas Instruments
Launchpad kits.
After a quick definition and history of Arduino and
Energia, we provide a quick introduction to Wiring – the
language/library used by Arduino & Energia.
Most of the learning comes from using the Launchpad
board along with the Energia IDE to light LED’s, read
switches and communicate with your PC via the serial
connection.
Learning Objectives, Requirements, Prereq’s
Prerequisites & Objectives
 Prerequisites
 Basic knowledge of C language
 Basic understanding of using a C library and header files
 This chapter doesn’t explain clock, interrupt, and GPIO features in detail,
this is left to the other chapters in the MSP430 workshop
 Requirements - Tools and Software
 Hardware
 Windows (XP, 7, 8) PC with available USB port
 MSP430F5529 Launchpad
 Software
 Energia Download
 Launchpad drivers
 (Optional) MSP430ware / Driverlib
 Objectives
 Define ‘Arduino’ and describe what is was created for
 Define ‘Energia’ and explain what it is ‘forked’ from
 Install Energia, open and run included example sketches
 Use serial communication between the board & PC
 Add an external interrupt to an Energia sketch
 Modify CPU registers from an Energia sketch
Already installed, if you
have installed CCSv5.x

Texas Instruments MSP430 Specifications

General

Brand	Texas Instruments
Model	MSP430
Category	Microcontrollers
Language	English