Dude, that's pretty cool for $4.30
Wow. Is the 'hobby' market that big? Thanks for the links will give it a test run.
Wow. Is the 'hobby' market that big? Thanks for the links will give it a test run.
Not sure if it's the size of the hobby market, as much as the impact it could have on other markets. Your electrical engineer will likely have a bias towards what they've used in the past, be it school or hobby.
Been trying to load TI's eStore to buy it for the past few hours but no luck. Mouser looks like they'll have 10k in stock on 7/5.
I don't think I'll be ordering after all. It looks like it's limited to the Valueline of chips which have a max flash RAM of 2k. I'm just not going to use this.
If you want to get into MSP430's in general the best option for a hobbyist is still the eZ430. The eZ430-F2013 is still just $25.00. With an adapter the EZ430 USB dongle can in circuit program and debug most of the Spy-By-Wire enabled chips. I'm using the dongle from the EZ430-RF2500, which I got on a TI deal day.
Like this:
I just shot a rambling drivetime rant on this one.
Dave.
Too bad, I won't see it until next Tuesday. I'm outta here to act crazy for 6 days.
I just shot a rambling drivetime rant on this one.
Dave.
Post it already!
Gotta wait till I get home, then edit and render, then post-process into MP4 HD and Podcast versions, and generate the MP3 audio version, then upload and publish. Makes me dizzy just typing it...
Dave.
Good rant or bad rant? I'm thinking about snagging one of these just for the hell of it, since I can actually afford this one. Is there really anything to lose at $4.30?
Good rant or bad rant? I'm thinking about snagging one of these just for the hell of it, since I can actually afford this one. Is there really anything to lose at $4.30?
Good and bad.
As always I find something to have a whinge about!
Outstandingly good value, get one.
Dave.
Do they have really cheap or free shipping or is it $4.30 + $25 shipping?
The store was down when I tried to find out.
Do they have really cheap or free shipping or is it $4.30 + $25 shipping?
The store was down when I tried to find out.
After trying occasionally all day I just my order in. For one unit, directly from TI's Estore, the shipping was free.
There was an ominous mention of calling their service line for a ship date, but I'm not in a hurry.
It'll make for a nice surprise when it does show up.
I've seen it said that Mouser will have a couple thousand in early next month, but I'd expect those to go wicked quick.
i feel a pain when switching from atmel to pic vice versa. now this new cheap item is coming, i'm in dilemma. it might be good, or bad in term of application.
surely the price is nonlogically cheap! its like just giving it away for free, u only pay for a cheap shipping. i suspect they want to penerate the atmel or pic market.
my dilemma will be, is it worth it? the time that i need to spend to learn this new chip? features? whats so good about the msp430 line that we cannot get in atmel or pic? will it be easily available for a long time to come? just as pic well known reputation is? for me, its not just the cheap price, but the future long term investment, time, effort and productivity?
Do they have really cheap or free shipping or is it $4.30 + $25 shipping?
The store was down when I tried to find out.
After trying occasionally all day I just my order in. For one unit, directly from TI's Estore, the shipping was free.
There was an ominous mention of calling their service line for a ship date, but I'm not in a hurry.
It'll make for a nice surprise when it does show up.
I've seen it said that Mouser will have a couple thousand in early next month, but I'd expect those to go wicked quick.
Tried to order from the launchpad wiki, and it directed me to Mouser, but they wanted $30 shipping to Australia.
Just ordered 2 from ti-estore, there was a $0 FedEx shipping option, selected that and the order was accepted.
Should be a nice surprise whenever it finally arrives, can always give them away to interested people locally.
Do they have really cheap or free shipping or is it $4.30 + $25 shipping?
The store was down when I tried to find out.
After trying occasionally all day I just my order in. For one unit, directly from TI's Estore, the shipping was free.
There was an ominous mention of calling their service line for a ship date, but I'm not in a hurry.
It'll make for a nice surprise when it does show up.
I've seen it said that Mouser will have a couple thousand in early next month, but I'd expect those to go wicked quick.
Tried to order from the launchpad wiki, and it directed me to Mouser, but they wanted $30 shipping to Australia.
Just ordered 2 from ti-estore, there was a $0 FedEx shipping option, selected that and the order was accepted.
Should be a nice surprise whenever it finally arrives, can always give them away to interested people locally.
Free Fedex to Oz?
I'm in!
I've ordered 3.
Interestingly you can't order more than 3.
Dave.
All your questions, I have the same. In the end for $5, is it worth learning something new?
If it bombs, you are out a sandwich or coffee, so I think I'll bite and check it out.
i feel a pain when switching from atmel to pic vice versa. now this new cheap item is coming, i'm in dilemma. it might be good, or bad in term of application.
surely the price is nonlogically cheap! its like just giving it away for free, u only pay for a cheap shipping. i suspect they want to penerate the atmel or pic market.
my dilemma will be, is it worth it? the time that i need to spend to learn this new chip? features? whats so good about the msp430 line that we cannot get in atmel or pic? will it be easily available for a long time to come? just as pic well known reputation is? for me, its not just the cheap price, but the future long term investment, time, effort and productivity?
Also ordered a few, one to mess around and some to give out to people here ...
they have some pretty cheap pretty neat items on that page.
I like the 2.4Ghz wireless usb stick development board that comes with 2 transceivers:
http://focus.ti.com/graphics/tool/ez430-rf2500.jpgI may have to look into these devices...I have always been an atmel person but...
i tried to order but got problem when trying to pay by creditcard. it said unable to connect, unauthorized server ti.estore or something like that.
Just an update, from an email I received from TI a few hours ago.
Thank you for recently requesting semiconductor EVM sales samples from Texas Instruments. The items below are currently on back order.
Part Number Qty Ordered Qty Shipped Status
-------------------- ----------- ----------- ------------
MSP-EXP430G2 1 0 BackOrdered
Please contact your local Product Information Center (PIC) for updated lead times. http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/dsnsuprt.tsp
I guess they had a bit more demand than they expected.