Up to 30% savings on selected development tools

Development boards and tool bundles of the FT series are discounted by 30% off regular retail prices.

Development boards and tool bundles of the FT series are discounted by 30% off regular retail prices.

The three development boards of the FT Series are based on the MSP430F169 microcontroller and feature: RS232, USB, coin cell battery back-up with supervisor IC for uninterrupted switching between USB and battery power, JTAG header, BST (bootloader) header, 4 LEDs, 2 user switches, prototyping area and IDC headers for access to all MSP430 pins.

The boards differ in the way the USB interface is connected to the MSP430 microcontroller: The FT232's USB interface chip connects to the MSP430's integrated UART, the FT245's USB connects to a MSP430 parallel port (FIFO interface); and the FT2232 version allows you to connect the USB either to the MSP430's UART or a parallel port.

All three boards are available stand-alone or as bundles that include either a parallel- or a USB-port JTAG in-circuit debugger and programmer that supports all MSP430 microcontrollers and is compatible with TI's free MSP430 Kickstart software.

Development boards and tool bundles of the BFT series are discounted by 10% off regular retail prices.

The two development boards of the BFT series are also based on the MSP430F169 microcontroller, but come in a DIP module form-factor that allows you to plug it into solderless breadboards or your own board design for rapid prototyping.

The boards feature USB (BFT245: parallel port; BFT232: UART), JTAG connector, voltage supervisor, 32kHz Xtal (for low speed oscillator) and LED on pin P1.0.

Both the BFT245 and BFT232 boards are also available as bundles with either a parallel- or a USB-port MSP430 JTAG in-circuit debugger and programmer.

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