TIDM-LOWEND-IHD

Segment LCD-Based Low-End In-Home Display with Wireless RF Communication

TIDM-LOWEND-IHD

Design files

Overview

An in-home display (IHD) allows utility customers to track their energy usage information such as total energy consumption, pricing, and kilowatt hours in real time. The display can communicate with utility meters and other enabled appliance typically using Low Power RF communication. In entry line IHD, often a segment LCD based solution is enough. It is typically battery operated, needs some intelligence to deal with the various messages and connectivity. The TI low end IHD is featuring a full design articulated around the low power MSP430 micrcontroller. This microcontroller is driving the LCD segment display in very economical way thanks to its intergrated driver and is offering various ultra-low power modes to optimize the battery life-time. The MSP430 also offers standard serial port (SPI, RS232) to interface with the TI Low Power RF solution to address the most popular standard ranging from sub 1GHz to 2.4GHz ZigBee. Hardware and software package enables developer to come up very quickly with a cost optimized and simple IHD that can quickly interact with other smart appliances.

Features
  • Long battery life with very low power MSP430
  • Easy interface with communication modules (UART or SPI)
  • Segment LCD
  • Support for low-power RF (sub-1GHz and 2.4GHz ZigBee) implementations
  • Debug interfaces (JTAG and Serial)
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A fully assembled board has been developed for testing and performance validation only, and is not available for sale.

Design files & products

Design files

Download ready-to-use system files to speed your design process.

TIDU203A.PDF (14123 K)

Reference design overview and verified performance test data

TIDR380.PDF (134 K)

Detailed schematic diagram for design layout and components

TIDR379.ZIP (26 K)

Complete listing of design components, reference designators, and manufacturers/part numbers

TIDC258.ZIP (1185 K)

Design file that contains information on physical board layer of design PCB

Products

Includes TI products in the design and potential alternatives.

MSP430 microcontrollers

MSP430FG46168 MHz MCU with 92KB Flash, 4KB SRAM, 12-bit ADC, Dual DAC, DMA, 3 OpAmp, 160 seg LCD

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
MSP430 microcontrollers

MSP430FG46178 MHz MCU with 92KB Flash, 8KB SRAM, 12-bit ADC, Dual DAC, DMA, 3 OpAmp, 160 seg LCD

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
MSP430 microcontrollers

MSP430FG46188 MHz MCU with 116KB Flash, 8KB SRAM, 12-bit ADC, Dual DAC, DMA, 3 OpAmp, 160 seg LCD

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
MSP430 microcontrollers

MSP430FG46198 MHz MCU with 120KB Flash, 4KB SRAM, 12-bit ADC, Dual DAC, DMA, 3 OpAmp, 160 seg LCD

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Low-power 2.4-GHz products

CC2530Zigbee and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless MCU with 256kB Flash and 8kB RAM

Data sheet: PDF
Low-power 2.4-GHz products

CC253832-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Zigbee, 6LoWPAN, and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless MCU with 512kB Flash and 32kB RAM

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Other wireless products

CC2530-RF4CEZigbee, IEEE 802.15.4 and RF4CE wireless MCU with 256kB Flash and 8kB RAM

Data sheet: PDF

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* Design guide Segment LCD-Based Low-End In-Home Display With Wireless RF Design Guide (Rev. A) Feb. 24, 2014

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