SLAU664B February   2016  – August 2017

 

  1.   MSP430FR2311 LaunchPad™ Development Kit (MSP‑EXP430FR2311)
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 Getting Started
      1. 1.1 Introduction
      2. 1.2 Key Features
      3. 1.3 What's Included
        1. 1.3.1 Kit Contents
        2. 1.3.2 Software Examples
      4. 1.4 First Steps: Out-of-Box Experience
        1. 1.4.1 Connecting to the Computer
        2. 1.4.2 Running the Out-of-Box Demo
      5. 1.5 Next Steps: Looking Into the Provided Code
    3. 2 Hardware
      1. 2.1 Block Diagram
      2. 2.2 Hardware Features
        1. 2.2.1 MSP430FR2311 MCU
        2. 2.2.2 eZ-FET Onboard Emulator With EnergyTrace™ Software
        3. 2.2.3 Emulator Connection: Isolation Jumper Block
        4. 2.2.4 Application (or "Backchannel") UART
        5. 2.2.5 Special Features
          1. 2.2.5.1 Smart Analog Combo (SAC)
      3. 2.3 Power
        1. 2.3.1 eZ-FET USB Power
        2. 2.3.2 BoosterPack Plug-In-Module and External Power Supply
      4. 2.4 Measure MSP430 MCU Current Draw
      5. 2.5 Clocking
      6. 2.6 Using the eZ-FET Emulator With a Different Target
      7. 2.7 BoosterPack Plug-in Module Pinout
      8. 2.8 Design Files
        1. 2.8.1 Hardware
        2. 2.8.2 Software
      9. 2.9 Hardware Change log
    4. 3 Software Examples
      1. 3.1 Out-of-Box Software Example
        1. 3.1.1 Source File Structure
        2. 3.1.2 Power Measurement
      2. 3.2 Blink LED Example
        1. 3.2.1 Source File Structure
      3. 3.3 Software I2C Example
        1. 3.3.1 Source File Structure
    5. 4 Resources
      1. 4.1 Integrated Development Environments
        1. 4.1.1 TI Cloud Development Tools
          1. 4.1.1.1 TI Resource Explorer Cloud
          2. 4.1.1.2 Code Composer Studio Cloud
        2. 4.1.2 Code Composer Studio IDE
        3. 4.1.3 IAR Embedded Workbench for Texas Instruments MSP430
        4. 4.1.4 Energia
      2. 4.2 LaunchPad Websites
      3. 4.3 MSPWare Software and TI Resource Explorer
      4. 4.4 FRAM Utilities
      5. 4.5 MSP430FR2311MCU
        1. 4.5.1 Device Documentation
        2. 4.5.2 MSP430FR2311 MCU Code Examples
        3. 4.5.3 MSP430 MCU Application Notes and TI Designs
      6. 4.6 Community Resources
        1. 4.6.1 TI E2E Online Community
        2. 4.6.2 Community-at-Large
    6. 5 FAQ
    7. 6 Schematics
  2.   Revision History

1.1 Introduction

The MSP430FR2311 LaunchPad™ Development Kit (MSP-EXP430FR2311) is an easy-to-use evaluation module (EVM) for the MSP430FR2311 MCU. It contains everything needed to start developing on the ultra-low-power MSP430FRx FRAM microcontroller platform, including onboard emulation for programming, debugging, and energy measurements. The board features onboard buttons and LEDs for quick integration of a simple user interface as well as an analog photodiode to showcase the integrated analog peripherals. The MSP430FR2311 MCU device is the world's first MCU with a configurable low-leakage current sense amplifier, with 50-pA current leakage and 4KB of embedded FRAM (ferroelectric random access memory), a nonvolatile memory known for its ultra-low power, high endurance, and high-speed write access.

Rapid prototyping is simplified by the 20-pin BoosterPack™ plug-in module headers, which support a wide range of available BoosterPack plug-in modules. You can quickly add features like wireless connectivity, graphical displays, environmental sensing, and much more. Design your own BoosterPack plug-in module or choose among many already available from TI and third-party developers.

The out-of-box experience provided with the MSP-EXP430FR2311 MCU LaunchPad development kit features the onboard analog photodiode. The current from the photodiode is converted by an integrated operational amplifier to a voltage. That voltage is then sensed by an analog-to-digital converter and fed to a timer module to pulse width modulate LED2. As more light hits the photodiode, LED2 brightens, and as less light hits the photodiode, LED2 dims.

Free software development tools are also available, such as TI's Eclipse-based Code Composer Studio™integrated development environment (IDE) and IAR Embedded Workbench® IDE. Both of these IDEs support EnergyTrace™ technology for real-time power profiling and debugging when paired with the MSP430FR2311 MCU LaunchPad development kit. More information about the LaunchPad development kit, the supported BoosterPack plug-in modules, and available resources can be found on TI's LaunchPad ecosystem portal.

The MSP-EXP430FR2311 is based on Experimental Silicon. The MSP430FR2311IPW20 device used in this version of the MSP-EXP430FR2311 is a prototype device and has not met or completed Texas Instruments internal reliability qualification requirements. The device used in this development kit is for prototyping purposes only and is not intended to be used in production systems. Therefore, the device is used on an "as is" basis and Texas Instruments makes no warranty of fitness for a specific purpose.