[chbot] Next Meeting Mon 20th June 2011 6.30pm-9.30pm @ 175 Roydvale Ave, Christchurch

[hamster]

Texas Instruments are have a promo deal on a Dev board - UD$14.50 +
shipping when using the code on:

http://e2e.ti.com/support/microcontrollers/msp43016-bit_ultra-low_power_mcus/f/166/p/117134/416050.aspx#416050

Specs are :
  Integrated MSP430F5529: 
  16KB FRAM / 1KB SRAM 
  16-Bit RISC Architecture up to 8-MHz 
  2x Timer_A Blocks, 3x Timer_B Block 
  1x USCI (UART/SPI/IrDA/I2C ) Blocks, 16Ch 10-Bit ADC12_B, 16Ch Comp_D,
32 I/Os 
  3 axis accelerometer 
  NTC Thermister 
  8 Display LED's 
  Footprint for additional through-hole LDR sensor 
  2 User input Switches 

User guide is at 
  http://focus.ti.com/lit/ug/slau343/slau343.pdf

Nice for it to have the accelerometer on it!

Mike