User manual

CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW

1. Introduction to the chapter

Thank you for choosing the MSP430-5510STK development board from Olimex! This document

provides a User’s Guide for the Olimex MSP430-5510STK development board. As an overview,

this chapter gives the scope of this document and lists the board’s features. The document’s

organization is then detailed.

The MSP430-5510STK development board enables code development of applications running on

the MSP430F5510 microcontroller, manufactured by Texas Instruments.

1.1 Features

• MCU MSP430F5510 with 32K Bytes Program Flash, 4K Bytes RAM, 25Mhz LCD display

8 alphanumeric

• micro SD card connector

• Li-Po battery on-board charger

• USB connector, and USB bootloader support

• two buttons

• 2 status LEDs

• access to every pin near prototype area

• Reset button

• UEXT connector that allows other Olimex's modules (MOD-MP3, MOD-NRF24L01, etc.)

to be connected

• JTAG connector

• JTAG Power_In and Power_Out jumpers

• 32 768 Hz oscillator crystal

• 4 Mhz crystall oscillator

• Power supply voltage regulators and filtering capacitor

• Power on Led

• PCB: FR-4, 1.5 mm (0,062"), soldermask, white silkscreen component print

• Dimensions: 100x 80mm (3.94x 3.14")

1.2 Organization

Each section in this document covers a separate topic, organized as follow:

– Chapter 1 is an overview of the board usage and features

– Chapter 2 provides a guide for quickly setting up the board

– Chapter 3 contains the general board diagram and layout

– Chapter 4 describes the component that is the heart of the board: the MSP430F5510

microcontroller

– Chapter 5 is an explanation of the control circuitry associated with the microcontroller to

reset. Shows the clocks located on the board.

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