Texas Instruments Incorporated announced it has coupled its seventh-generation Bluetooth offering, the CC2560, with an embedded Bluetooth stack running on TI's ultra-low power MSP430 microcontroller (MCU). Two development kits, the EZ430-RF2560 development tool and PAN1315 evaluation module (EMK), are immediately available to new and existing customers for evaluations and upgrades. These development kits accelerate customers' Bluetooth integration process from months to weeks, reduce design barriers associated with RF implementations, and place fully functional Bluetooth technology in customers' hands within minutes of unpacking the development kits.
Designers today rely on the easy-to-use, ultra-low power MSP430 MCU to simultaneously interface to analog signals, sensors and digital components in a wide range of portable devices. Customers trust the CC2560 Bluetooth solution to provide best-in-class RF performance, running on the MCU, the unique flexibility to add future Bluetooth profiles as they emerge. Together, these technologies spark out-of-the-box Bluetooth applications in markets like medical, industrial, consumer electronics using the following kits:
EZ430-RF2560 software development tool
Low cost, bundled TI Bluetooth evaluation and software development tool for MSP430 and CC2560 solutions wraps all hardware and software into a convenient USB stick
- Helps customers evaluate and test designs in early development phases to estimate total R&D investment
- Proven Bluetooth silicon technology reduces customer product risk
- Full hardware and software solution, pre-tested with Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR support
- MindTree's pre-embedded Bluetooth stack with SPP profile for MSP430BT5x family
PAN1315EMK
Production-ready, highly advanced software development tool helps customers design new applications with the MSP430F5438 Experimenter board using Panasonic's CC2560-based Bluetooth module
- Fuller development environment includes above-listed EZ430-RF2560 features. In addition, the module:
- Couples Panasonic's HCI-based module with MSP430 MCU for more advanced designs
- Removes RF complexity to speed design cycles and reduce customer risks
- Enables advanced designs with more intelligent peripheral sets
- Eases customer-specific application integration, allows addition of Bluetooth technology with minimal effort due to MCU software foundation
- Comes with full community support for faster debugging and development cycles
The EZ430-RF2560 development tool and PAN1315 EMK are available today for $99.
