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Shown below is a comparison table of some common MSP430 chips usually found with Launchpad
boards.
Other Launchpad boards contain other chips but fortunately they share the same pin layout and so
they are fully pin compatible. The fourteen pin parts and twenty pin parts share the same pin layout
as shown below:
Though the pin names are labelled properly on the silkscreens of the boards, it is sometimes necessary
to check the schematic for details. Shown below is the basic schematic of a MSP-EXP430G2 Launchpad.