Anonymous
8/29/2025, 5:11:45 AM
No.2941567
>>2941527
>>2941529
I did consider the msp430, but it seems like TI has bet its future on ARM with the mspm0c/l/g. I'd also rather work on ARM because it provides an easier pathway to BLE if I ever want to support that (with nrf52 or something like that). Since ultra low power consumption is basically the same between msp430 and mspm0, I don't really see a compelling reason to go with msp430 unless it's vastly simpler (but sounds like it probably isn't).
Question then becomes which vendor do I choose, TI or STM? I think TI looks interesting, but I could easily get annoyed if they force me into using shitty tooling. There definitely seems to be a strong "bare metal" STM32 community, so I would have a lot of resources to help me figure that out which I may not have on the TI side. STM32 definitely seems like the safe choice, but the only thing holding me back is that the STM32L0 is 25mm2 in area vs 16mm2 for the mspm0. And as an American, it might be better for my career to be on an American platform vs European, but who knows.
>>2941529
I did consider the msp430, but it seems like TI has bet its future on ARM with the mspm0c/l/g. I'd also rather work on ARM because it provides an easier pathway to BLE if I ever want to support that (with nrf52 or something like that). Since ultra low power consumption is basically the same between msp430 and mspm0, I don't really see a compelling reason to go with msp430 unless it's vastly simpler (but sounds like it probably isn't).
Question then becomes which vendor do I choose, TI or STM? I think TI looks interesting, but I could easily get annoyed if they force me into using shitty tooling. There definitely seems to be a strong "bare metal" STM32 community, so I would have a lot of resources to help me figure that out which I may not have on the TI side. STM32 definitely seems like the safe choice, but the only thing holding me back is that the STM32L0 is 25mm2 in area vs 16mm2 for the mspm0. And as an American, it might be better for my career to be on an American platform vs European, but who knows.