SLAU213B March   2007  – August 2018

 

  1.   MSP430FG4618/F2013 Experimenter Board (MSP‑EXP430FG4618)
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 Devices Supported
    3. 2 If You Need Assistance
    4. 3 Required Tools
    5. 4 Functional Overview
    6. 5 Hardware Installation
    7. 6 Hardware Overview
      1. 6.1 Interfaces
        1. 6.1.1 4-Mux LCD Display
        2. 6.1.2 Momentary-On Push Buttons
        3. 6.1.3 Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
        4. 6.1.4 Buzzer
        5. 6.1.5 Single-Touch Sensing Interface
      2. 6.2 Communication Peripherals
        1. 6.2.1 Wireless Evaluation Module Interface
        2. 6.2.2 RS-232
        3. 6.2.3 I2C and SPI
      3. 6.3 Analog Signal Chain
        1. 6.3.1 Microphone
        2. 6.3.2 Analog Filters
        3. 6.3.3 Analog Output
      4. 6.4 System Clocks
        1. 6.4.1 MSP430F2013 Clock Sources
        2. 6.4.2 MSP430FG4618 Clock Sources
      5. 6.5 Jumper Configurations
        1. 6.5.1 Jumper Locations and Settings
    8. 7 Frequently Asked Questions
    9. 8 Schematic
    10. 9 References
  2.   Revision History

5 Hardware Installation

Power may be provided locally from two onboard AAA batteries, externally from a FET, or from an external supply. The power source is selected by configuring jumpers VCC_1, VCC_2, and BATT. PWR1 and PWR2 independently control the power supply to each MSP430 MCU. See Section 6.5.1 the location of these jumpers. Figure 3 shows the jumper hierarchy and configuration options.

jumper-settings-for-power-selection.gifFigure 3. Jumper Settings for Power Selection

The battery jumper BATT is used to select the onboard batteries to power the system, independent of the FET connections. The user must ensure that this voltage meets the requirement for proper functionality of the MSP430 MCU.

The power selection jumpers VCC_1 and VCC_2 select the power connections between the board and each FET interface. These jumpers are two rows of 3-pin headers, one for each MSP430 onboard. VCC_1, the bottom row, is for the MSP430FG4618 and, VCC_2 on the top row, is for the MSP430F2013. A jumper placed on the right 2 pins (FET) selects the JTAG FET as the power source. A jumper placed on the left 2 pins (LCL) enables local power (either from the batteries or an external supply) to be applied to each FET for proper logic threshold level matching during program and debug.

Headers PWR1 and PWR2 have been provided to enable power to the individual MSP430s. A jumper placed on PWR1 provides power to the MSP430FG4618 and a jumper placed on PWR2 provides power to the MSP430F2013. Individual device current consumption can be measured through each of these jumpers. Do not make interconnections to the MSP430 MCU that could influence such a measurement.

When the required power selections have been made, the experimenter board is ready to be used. Both the MSP430FG4618 and MSP430F2013 are factory programmed. After power up, the MSP430FG4618 executes an ultra-low-power real-time clock displayed on the LCD. The MSP430F2013 pulses LED3 from LPM3 using the VLO for periodic wakeup.