TI Z430F2XXX Series

[mikem_az]

I would love to see a new board with a newer TI Z430F2XXX micro. My ultimate desire would be to have the Z430F2471, or Z430F2410. Thanks, I'd love to hear what other think. -MIKEM

[RMDumse]

So this is the data sheet.

http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/msp430f2471.pdf

Low Supply-Voltage Range, 1.8 V to 3.6 V
D Ultra-Low Power Consumption
-- Active Mode: 270 μA at 1 MHz, 2.2 V
-- Standby Mode (VLO): 0.3 μA
-- Off Mode (RAM Retention): 0.1 μA
D Ultra-Fast Wake-Up From Standby Mode in
Less Than 1 μs
D 16-Bit RISC Architecture, 62.5-ns
Instruction Cycle Time
D Basic Clock Module Configurations:
-- Internal Frequencies up to 16 MHz
-- Internal Very Low-Power LF Oscillator
-- 32-kHz Crystal
-- Internal Frequencies up to 16 MHz With
Four Calibrated Frequencies to ±1%
-- Resonator
-- External Digital Clock Source
-- External Resistor
D 12-Bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) Converter
With Internal Reference, Sample-and-Hold,
and Autoscan Feature
D 16-Bit Timer_A With Three
Capture/Compare Registers
D 16-Bit Timer_B With Seven
Capture/Compare With Shadow Registers
D Four Universal Serial Communication
Interfaces (USCI)
-- USCI_A0 and USCI_A1
-- Enhanced UART Supporting
Auto-Baudrate Detection
-- IrDA Encoder and Decoder
-- Synchronous SPI
-- USCI_B0 and USCI_B1
-- I2Ct
-- Synchronous SPI
D On-Chip Comparator
D Supply Voltage Supervisor/Monitor With
Programmable Level Detection
D Brownout Detector
D Bootstrap Loader
D Serial Onboard Programming,
No External Programming Voltage Needed,
Programmable Code Protection by Security
Fuse
D Family Members Include:
-- MSP430F233
8KB+256B Flash Memory, 1KB RAM
-- MSP430F235
16KB+256B Flash Memory, 2KB RAM
-- MSP430F247, MSP430F2471†
32KB+256B Flash Memory, 4KB RAM
-- MSP430F248, MSP430F2481†
48KB+256B Flash Memory, 4KB RAM
-- MSP430F249, MSP430F2491†
60KB+256B Flash Memory, 2KB RAM
-- MSP430F2410
56KB+256B Flash Memory, 4KB RAM
D Available in 64-Pin QFP and 64-Pin QFN
Packages (See Available Options)
D For Complete Module Descriptions, See
MSP430x2xx Family User’s Guide,
Literature Number SLAU144

Pretty interesting. Man, the rate new micros are coming out is staggering.

Got a question for you. What physical format would you like to see? We've had pretty good reception with our PlugaPod(TM) format, but haven't done a TI 430 in the format yet. Yet the PlugaPod(TM) 1.5"x 1.2" almost requires an additional board for target layout.

So what we're thinking now is to use a a slightly larger format, but one that will strattle a double row white solderless breadboard for proto-plugin. Since it will drop on a solderless breadboard, like this:

http://qianxin.manufacturer.globalsources.com/si/6008822624493/LargeImage/Solderless-Testing-PC/product_id-1007134081/action-GetProduct.htm

then each row of connectors would have 5 pins to run wires to, yet still be reasonably sized for a finished application. About 2.4" on a side.

Would you prefer a larger format like this?