Easy & Powerful Arduino Alternative? #2 MSP432 Beginner's Guide

You can find more information about the MSP432 launchpad and how to use it here:

In this video we will have a look at the TI-RSLK Kit and the MSP432 launchpad development board. Along the way I will show you how to easily program the MSP432 with an Arduino like IDE and Code Composer Studio and what advantages/disadvantages it offers in comparison to the traditional Arduino. Let's get started!

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[JustKyzuuh]

I'm sure my comment will get buried but it would be amazing if you did a video on CAN bus, what it is, how it works, and programming a microcontroller with an integrated CAN transceiver.

[BenBuildsDIY]

Georgia Tech electrical engineering student here. GreatScott did a great job making the MSP432 DevKit from TI seem easy to work with. In practice however, the TI software is a massive headache to work with. The hardware is top notch, but for most DIY applications the Arduino will be much more easy and rewarding to work with. TI’s development software and associated drivers cause many problems during installation and use sadly.

[SuperbTech]

Congratulations for 1 million subscribers!

[LucasHartmann]

Two important features missed in the video: Full debugging, and hardware floating point. Also check the tiva connected launchpad, I'm using it on most of my lectures.

[emadeloc]

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[idogendel]

I remember the days of the $4.30 MSP430G2 Launchpad... it was a huge promise, but TI either didn't understand or didn't care about the hobbyist market and Arduino won easily. Anyway the MSP432 is a totally different beast; and there are also some interesting offerings now in the MSP430 range, of chips with FRAM. Just always remember to read the Errata! ;-)

[samuelsfilms]

Can't wait for DIY drone project!

[lucasfarinhabosio]

Great video. The MSP432 (and MSP430 too) Launchpad is NOT a hobbyist tool, but it's still an awesome tool for learning about microcontrollers in depth for more professional use. In my university, PIC microcontrollers are used for classes, but I learned a lot with my own MSP430 Launchpads. TI has some pretty good documentation.

[trinidad]

6:15 Love seeing support for the little known "whiltle ()" command in Energia environment

[MarionMakarewicz]

"Stay Creative" is great for the t-shirt, but I would totally buy a "and just like that!" tagline shirt. Your optimism is infectious.

[sagarshubham]

Hi @GreatScott, great video as always.
As someone who has worked with TI MSP430 (8 bit controllers instead of MSP432 32 bit) and TI Stellaris TM4C123G series micro controllers over 5 years, I totally agree with you on CCS having a higher learning curve than the simple Arduino IDE. However if one uses CCS well they can get some great mileage out of their microcontrollers and use them at their best.
Also, there is TI E2E Community where people can look up problems and issues they might face using different controllers.

Pretty cool to see a TI around. You should also make a video about esp IDF. That project is evolving quickly!

[zeljkoradojkovic]

Somewhere in the middle of december, i visited Texas Instruments HQ in Munich (or near Munich to be precise) with a group of students from all over the Europe. It was a small student workshop with EESTEC student organization. I was the only one with some background in microelectronics and semiconductor physics, and, i can say, that visit was a wet dream for me. I had a chat with a couple of their engineers, they showed us around their labs a bit, held a presentation on IoT systems, self driving cars, and gave us TM4C1294 development boards. I can't wait for my exams to pass so i can dive right in into the world of dev boards. I have a couple of interesting ideas, and i hope i'll be able to do them.

[yatharthagarwal]

Amazing board just needs a community like Arduino!!!

[dodomorandi]

A detail that you could be interested in: MSP432 seems to be programmable in Rust (Arduino and AVR in general are not totally supported at to date), which could bring to some nice coding experiments.
Great(scott) work, as always!

[felipedb]

This channel is very good. Even if you do not understand anything. Only these images of these plates, these components, these sketches on paper are already very gratifying, and already pay my like. I speak from Brazil

[billywhizzy]

Great Video! You make my life so much easier. I appreciate the time it takes you to go through all the research pdf's and compile them into an informative and well planned video. Scott is Great!!!

[ZeroPointAlpha]

Limited development information for beginners sounds like something TI would do.
TI: "Hey, check out our Beaglebone Black! It has 2 200MHz microcontrollers with DMA so you can do incredible things with them!"
Beginners: "Neat! How do you do that?"
TI: "¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

[Chaoddity]

Dayum. A sponsership from one of the biggest in the business. You really have earned it though- this channel is possibly the best EE channel on youtube.

[TediumGenius]

Another GREAT video 'Scott!' I forwarded this two a few friends who homeschool, and one who has a brilliant child interested in programming. Well, maybe the other kids are brilliant, too, but I just don't know them well enough!!! :P This is a great low-level introduction with information about taking it further!!! Thanks for all your great videos!!!! Excellent production