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MSP430 LaunchPad - $4.30
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TheDirty:
Looks like an Arduino style hardware breakout, but you still use a standard C development platform for compiling/programming.  It comes with the programmer on board.  $4.30

I've used MSP430's for a while, but I've pretty much given up on them since they had a huge supply issue for about 6 months.  Looks like they still don't have the 22xx series in at Digikey in QFN.

I might order one just for the price, though.  Free Shipping, but I'm not certain what the shipping area is.  Might be just NA, or USA.
https://e2e.ti.com/videos/m/microcontroller/185811.aspx
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Launchpadwiki?DCMP=launchpad&HQS=Other+OT+launchpadwiki
http://hackaday.com/2010/06/22/ti-makes-a-big-bid-for-the-hobby-market/

EDIT:  The chips supplied with the board are simple tiny 2k chips, so keep that in mind.
Rhythmtech:
Dude, that's pretty cool for $4.30
saturation:
Wow.  Is the 'hobby' market that big?  Thanks for the links will give it a test run.
desolatordan:

--- Quote from: saturation on June 22, 2010, 06:22:31 pm ---Wow.  Is the 'hobby' market that big?  Thanks for the links will give it a test run.

--- End quote ---

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.
allanw:
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.
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