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Application Reports
Platform Migration to SimpleLink™ MSP432™ Microcontrollers
The goals for this migration guide are
to help developers accurately assess the effort to port an existing application from one MSP
platform to another, and ultimately to derive a porting strategy with complete hardware and
software coverage that properly ports the existing application without introducing bugs due to
platform differences yet that takes advantages of the unique features or performance
improvements in the new platform.
Designing an Ultra-Low-Power (ULP) Application With SimpleLink™ MSP432™ Microcontrollers
With the growing system complexity in ultra-low-power microcontroller applications,
minimizing the overall energy consumption is one of the most difficult problems to solve.
Multiple aspects including silicon, other onboard hardware components, and application
software must be considered. There are some obvious generic techniques that can be used
to reduce energy consumption such as reducing operating voltage or frequency. Many of
these generic techniques may not greatly reduce energy consumption independently, but
taken as a whole, the results can be significant, as there are many interdependencies across
these components.
Maximizing MSP432P4xx Voltage Regulator Efficiency
This
application
report
describes
the
relationship of the DC-DC and LDO voltage regulators on the MSP432P4xx MCU, provides
guidelines on choosing which is most efficient for your application, and gives board layout
considerations for the DC-DC.
Leveraging Low-Frequency Power Modes on SimpleLink™ MSP432P4xx Microcontrollers
Low
power consumption is very important in all battery powered embedded applications. But the
operating frequency of these embedded applications can be diverse based the needs of the
application. Some applications might require operating at higher frequencies, in the order of
several megahertz, while some other applications might require operating at lower
frequencies, in the order of a few tens or a few hundreds of kilohertz. There are several
microcontrollers in the market that offer good active mode power consumption when the
operating frequency is in the order of several megahertz. But it is a challenge to get the
power consumption low when the operating frequency is in the order of kilohertz. The low-
frequency power modes available on the MSP432P4xx microcontrollers offer very low power
consumption when low frequency of operation is used by the target application.
Software IP Protection on MSP432P4xx Microcontrollers
Differentiations
in
embedded
software
applications enable differentiated products. Companies invest significant money in building
differentiated software application. Hence, protecting this investment (application or portions
of the application) is extremely important. This application note describes how to protect
software intellectual property (IP) running on the Texas Instruments MSP432P401x family of
microcontrollers.
Code Conversion Application for MSP432P401R
This application note describes the use of the code
conversion application delivered with version 2.0.0 (and above) of the MSP432P401R device
header files. In these revisions of the MSP432P401R device header files, the coding style
has been adapted to CMSIS. This may lead to compilation errors in user code if the code is
not converted. MSP430 style register definitions have also been removed with exception of
legacy 16-bit IPs (see msp432p401r_classic.h).
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