16-bit Performance and ultra-low power consumption
at 8-bit microcontroller prices


Unleash your application’s potential – make the jump from 8-bit to 16-bit with MSP430 Value Line

Consumer Electronics	Personal Health & Fitness	Intelligent Sensors	Touch Pads	Safety & Security	Lighting

The combination of low-cost, tiny form factor, high-performance 16-bit RISC core, and ultra-low power allows the MSP430 Value Line to enable new possibilities in traditional low cost 8-bit applications.

● 16-bit architecture and improved code effectiveness provides more headroom and
　intelligence for new functionality.
● Ultra-low power consumption allows lower maintenance costs and longer product life.
● Integrated and intelligent 10-bit analog-to-digital converter is ideal for data acquisition
　systems enabling more precise settings and faster response times.
● Complete LaunchPad development kit for $4.30 USD. Includes free, unrestricted
　software compiler/debuggers.

Introducing the MSP430G2xx2 family of Value Line devices

The MSP430G2xx2 family adds 64 devices to the Value line portfolio offering more options in memory size and features for use in a variety of consumer and industrial applications. Key features of the G2xx2 family include:

● Same ultra low power consumption as G2xx1 devices.
● Flash size up to 8 KB.
● 256Byte SRAM.
● 10-bit ADC, Comparator peripheral options。
● Innovative capacitive touch sense enabled IOs to reduce system costs in such applications.
● 14/20-pin TSSOP, 16 pin QFN and 20 pin PDIP packages available.

Roadmap of more than 150 new low cost MCUs delivers superior performance and leading ultra-low power to a broad range of applications, including safety, security, and touch sense. MSP430 has dramatically increased the performance to price ratio for customers.

Capacitive Touch Sense IOs

The G2xx2 and upcoming G2xx3 families feature an innovative capacitive touch sense IO design. Additional circuits are added to regular GPIO modules to generate the pin oscillation, eliminating external components. Advantages to the designer using this include:
　　　　　
● No external components to create the oscillation.
● The cap can be connected directly.
● No need for external MUXes to allow multiple pads.
● Each pad can directly serve as a cap sense input.
● Hysteresis of ~0.7v – robust operation.

Bill Of materials at the system level is reduced (e.g. reduced passives, up to a few cents each) leading to a lower system cost.

　　　 　
Leading ultra-low power consumption drives longer battery life and smaller form factors
Typical battery powered applications spend 99-99.9% of their time in standby mode. MSP430G2xx power consumption is lower than typical 8-bit MCUs - as low as (at 2.2V)

● μA RAM retention.
● 0.4 μA Standby mode (VLO).
● 0.7 μA real-time clock mode.
● Ultra-Fast Wake-Up From Standby Mode in <1μs.


Up to 10X lower power
　　　　
Integrated intelligent peripherals – ADC10 + DTC
MSP430 + Intelligent Peripherals 　　Competitor A

　　　　　

Code required by MSP430 w/ Intelligent Peripherals	Code required by Competitor A
• • • • • •

Competing low cost 8-bit products require the CPU to be active for each ADC conversion and loaded data transfer. MSP430's ADC10 with Data Transfer Controller (DTC) can manage ADC samples throughout entire memory range – All without CPU overhead!

● Less time in Active Mode saves power .
● CPU available for other more advanced tasks.
● Intelligent autonomous.
● Deterministic behavior.

MSP430 Value Line devices are integrated with intelligent peripherals including ADC10 with DTC, comparators, SPI, I2C, and 16-bit timers. Upcoming MSP430G2xx devices will additionally feature capacitive touch I/O pins and UART. These intelligent peripherals allow the MSP430G2xx to do more tasks independent of the CPU, lowering average current consumption and allowing the CPU to focus on more advanced tasks.

This is especially evident in sensing, security, and other low power applications. With the MSP430G2xx's integrated ADC10 with DTC, samples and memory allocation can be done autonomously without CPU intervention. Compared to competing MCUs, the intelligent peripherals integrated into the MSP430G2xx enable lower power consumption, minimize CPU activity, and improve code density.

　　　　　

Full compatibility across MSP430 platform
Start developing with the MSP430 Value Line now!

The MSP430 Value Line's 16-bit architecture and speed up to 16 MIPS enables increased functionality for today's solutions. Scale your designs to the rest of the MSP430's portfolio of 200+ devices for tomorrow's designs.

Scalable performance options :
● 8MHz - 25MHz CPU speed.
● 16-bit Sigma Delta ADCs 12-bit DACs, 32x32 Multipliers, Op Amps, LCD Drivers, DMAs,
　and other high-performance peripherals are available throughout the MSP430 portfolio.

Flexible memory options :
● MSP430 offers between 0.5 kB to 256kB Flash.
● 128B to 16kB RAM.
● Embedded FRAM is also coming to the MSP430 product line.

Pin counts :
● MSP430 offers 22 different package options, scaling from 14 pins to 113 pins.

Complete LaunchPad Development Kit for $4.30

Easily launch your applications with MSP-EXP430G2 LaunchPad development

LaunchPad features :
● Integrated flash emulation for simple programming and debugging via USB
　(mini USB cable included).
● Includes MSP430G2211IN14 and MSP430G2231IN14 Value Line devices.
● Breakout pins are easily accessible for interfacing external components or daughter cards.
● Free software compiler and debuggers are available from both Code Composer Studio
　version 4 and IAR Embedded Workbench.
● Open source code examples, projects and hardware design files are free and available
　for download.

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