ENGR351 Lab 2020 Fall
Homework 4 - MSP430 and STM32 Basics
Name: Ryan Jeanes
Email: rejeanes@fortlewis.edu
MSP430 and STM32 Basics
Introduction

There are many different microcontrollers for many different applications, so it is important to be able to develop on any of these platforms. We are using the MSP430 and STM32 microcontrollers and testing them with different modules. The MSP430 is a microcontroller that was designed for low-power applications that feautres 16-bit RISC architecture and 5 low power modes. The STM32 is part of a very popular family of microcontrolers that can be used in a wide variety of applications, as well as having a large support base on multiple different forums. Featuring the ARM Cortex-M 32-bit processing core, the STM32 can come in a variety of packages, ranging from 24MHz clockspeed and 16 pins with the STM32F0 up to a 400MHz clockspeed and 240pins with the STM32H7.

Methods

Using the MSP430, we tested the ability to read serial communication from the MSP430 by reading voltage from a voltage divider using a potentiometer and 10K resistor, and then connected an HC-05 Bluetooth module to the MSP430 to allow us to send serial commands to the MSP430 through a bluetooth connection using the Serial Bluetooth Terminal app and Arduino Voice Control app. The STM32 UART communication was tested by repeatedly printing a message, and echoing data through UART connection. Then, the MPU6050 accelerometer was connected to the STM32 and acceleration values in g were printed through UART communication.

Results

All of the different setups with the two microcontrollers functioned as intended. The voltage dividing circuit with the MSP430 read voltages ranging from 1.61V to 3.27V.
Figure 1 - Testing Serial Communication with MSP430
Figure 1 - Testing serial communication with MSP430
Fig2 - Printing data communicated to MSP430 using Serial Bluetooth Terminal
Figure 2 - Sending data to MSP430 using Serial Bluetooth Terminal app, and printing the data on the Adafruit SSD1306 OLED display.
Fig 3 - STM32 UART communication test
Figure 3 - STM32 UART communication test
Figure 4 - Echoing data sent to STM32
Figure 4 - Echoing data send to STM32 using Arduino's Serial Monitor

Figure 5 - Acceleration values read from MPU6050
Figure 5 - Acceleration values read from MPU6050 accelerometer using the STM32 microcontroller.