Board I designed to teach KiCAD to students and coworkers. It's an incredibly simple breakout for the MSP430 that, under perfect circumstances, 'can' be put together in under an hour. To do it right takes more like two, but sadly the silkscreen limits me to one hour, and we all know the silkscreen doesn't lie ;)
Files on GitHub if you want to build your own, plus I have a few extra that should be on Tindie shortly!
NOTE: There is NO WAY to program this board without external hardware. You would need either an existing MSP430 dev kit or other programmer (highly recommend MSP-EXP430G2ET)
I designed a straightforward breakout board for the MSP430, perfect for teaching KiCAD to students and coworkers. The board is simple enough to be assembled under ideal conditions in less than an hour, though doing it properly usually takes about two hours. However, due to silkscreen constraints, we have to stick to a one-hour assembly time. <a href="https://hobbylobbyhours.us/"> Click here</a>
I designed a straightforward breakout board for the MSP430, perfect for teaching KiCAD to students and coworkers. The board is simple enough to be assembled under ideal conditions in less than an hour, though doing it properly usually takes about two hours. However, due to silkscreen constraints, we have to stick to a one-hour assembly time. Click here: https://hobbylobbyhours.us/
It's meant to be an interactive workshop where everyone makes this board. I go through all the basic steps of creating a schematic, generating a netlist, and putting together a board file live, but what I found was that if I do it in an hour most people get very far behind, so I'm still refining it (should probably be more like 2-3hrs so everyone can follow along). It looks like I'll be presenting this again in the next few months for a club I was in at RIT, hoping to get a recording of it next time.
I designed a straightforward breakout board for the MSP430, perfect for teaching KiCAD to students and coworkers. The board is simple enough to be assembled under ideal conditions in less than an hour, though doing it properly usually takes about two hours. However, due to silkscreen constraints, we have to stick to a one-hour assembly time. <a href="https://hobbylobbyhours.us/"> Click here</a>