Microcontrollers With The TI MSP430
Project Summary
Our Senior Design Project consists of two phases, each concerning the TI-MSP430 Microcontroller.
The first semester phase consists of writing laboratory experiments for the sophomore level course "Introduction to Microprocessors," or ECE 251. These new labs will implement the TI-MSP430 instead of the Motorola 68HC12 microprocessor. We are running a select group of 8 students through these labs as a test group during the Fall 2007 semester. The goal of this project is to get the labs ready for full use by students in the next academic year. This transition will provide a cost efficient solution and give the students experience with leading edge hardware.
The spring semester phase of the project was to use the MSP430 in a design that had real world application. With only one semester to complete the design we needed a project that met our goals and could be completed in a single semester. We decided to build a clock that could receive the WWVB radio station that is broadcast by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). The WWVB radio station is broadcast at 60kHz and uses a pulse width modulated (PWL) signal to carry the official Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Our clock would consist of a receiver specifically designed to receiver WWVB and a decoder/clock that would be built using an MSP430.
Last updated: 5-3-08
