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CHAPTER 4: THE MSP430F5510 MICROCONTROLLER

4. Introduction to the chapter

In this chapter is located the information about the heart of MSP430-5510STK – its microcontroller.

The information is a modified version of the datasheet provided by its manufacturers.

4.1 The microcontroller

Main processors features:

• Low Supply-Voltage Range, 1.8 V to 3.6 V

• Ultra-Low Power Consumption

✗ Active Mode (AM)

All System Clocks Active:

- 195 µA/MHz at 8 MHz, 3 V, Flash Program Execution (Typical)

- 115 µA/MHz at 8 MHz, 3 V, RAM Program Execution (Typical)

✗ Standby Mode (LPM3)

- Real Time Clock With Crystal, Watchdog, and Supply Supervisor Operational,

Full RAM Retention, Fast Wake-Up: 1.9 µA at 2.2 V, 2.1 µA at 3 V (Typical)

- Low-Power Oscillator (VLO), General-Purpose Counter, Watchdog, and Supply

Supervisor Operational, Full RAM Retention, Fast Wake-Up: 1.4 µA at 3 V (Typical)

✗ Off Mode (LPM4)

Full RAM Retention, Supply Supervisor Operational, Fast Wake-Up: 1.1 µA at 3 V

(Typical)

✗ Shutdown Mode (LPM4.5)

0.18 µA at 3 V (Typical)

• Wake-Up From Standby in Less Than 5 µs

• 16-Bit RISC Architecture, Extended Memory, Up to 25-MHz System Clock

• Flexible Power Management System

✗ Fully Integrated LDO With Programmable Regulated Core Supply Voltage

✗ Supply Voltage Supervision, Monitoring, and Brownout

• Unified Clock System:

✗ FLL Control Loop for Frequency Stabilization

✗ Low-Power Low-Frequency Internal Clock Source (VLO)

✗ Low-Frequency Trimmed Internal Reference Source (REFO)

✗ 32-kHz Watch Crystals (XT1)

For comprehensive information on the microcontroller visit the Texas Instruments web page for a

datasheet.

At the moment of writing the microcontroller datasheet can be found at the following link:

http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/slas645f/slas645f.pdf

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