MSP430-169LCD development board
USER’S MANUAL
Initial release, January 2013
Designed by OLIMEX Ltd, 2013

All boards produced by Olimex LTD are ROHS compliant

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Table of ContentsDisclaimer.....................................................................................................................2CHAPTER 1 | OVERVIEW....................................................................................... 5
1.1 Introduction to the chapter.....................................................................................................51.2 Features.....................................................................................................................................51.3 Organization.............................................................................................................................5CHAPTER 2 | SETTING UP THE MSP430-169LCD BOARD..............................7
2.1 Introduction to the chapter.....................................................................................................7
2.2 Electrostatic warning...............................................................................................................7
2.3 Requirements........................................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Powering the board..................................................................................................................8
2.5 Prebuilt software......................................................................................................................8CHAPTER 3 | MSP430-169LCD BOARD DESCRIPTION................................... 9
3.1 Introduction to the chapter.....................................................................................................9
3.2 Layout (top view).....................................................................................................................9
3.3 Layout (bottom view).............................................................................................................10CHAPTER 4 | THE MSP430F169 MICROCONTROLLER................................114.1 Introduction to the chapter...................................................................................................114.2 The microcontroller...............................................................................................................11CHAPTER 5 | CONTROL CIRCUITY...................................................................135.1 Introduction to the chapter...................................................................................................135.2 Reset........................................................................................................................................135.3 Clocks......................................................................................................................................13CHAPTER 6 | HARDWARE....................................................................................14
6.1 Introduction to the chapter...................................................................................................146.2 JTAG connector.....................................................................................................................146.3 EXT1....................................................................................................................................... 14
6.4 EXT2....................................................................................................................................... 156.5 SD/MMC slot..........................................................................................................................166.6 Jumper description................................................................................................................176.7 LCD Display...........................................................................................................................176.8 Additional hardware components........................................................................................ 17

CHAPTER 7 | MEMORY AND BLOCK DIAGRAM...........................................18
7.1 Introduction to the chapter...................................................................................................18
7.2 Memory organization............................................................................................................ 19

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8.1 Introduction to the chapter...................................................................................................20
8.2 Eagle schematic......................................................................................................................20CHAPTER 9 | REVISION HISTORY.....................................................................22
9.1 Introduction to the chapter...................................................................................................22
9.2 Document revision................................................................................................................. 22
9.3 Web page of your device....................................................................................................... 22Page 4 of 22

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CHAPTER 1 | OVERVIEW
1.1 Introduction to the chapter
Thank you for choosing the MSP430-169LCD development board from Olimex! This document
provides a User’s Guide for the Olimex MSP430-169LCD development board. As an overview, thischapter gives the scope of this document and lists the board’s features. The document’sorganization is then detailed.
The MSP430-169LCD development board enables code development of applications running on theMSP430F169 microcontroller, manufactured by Texas Instruments.

1.2 Features● MCU: MSP430F169 with 60KB Program Flash, 256 Bytes Data Flash, 2 KB RAM● NOKIA 3310 LCD 84x48 pixels black and white● Joystick with 4 directions and push button function● SD/MMC card connector● Two LEDs: status and power● RESET switch● JTAG connector● 32768 Hz crystal oscillator● 8 MHz crystal oscillator● Power supply voltage regulator and filtering capacitors● Extension headers for all uC pins
● PCB: FR-4, 1.5 mm (0.062''), red soldermask, white silkscreen component print● Dimensions 67 x 66 mm (2.65 x 2.6")

1.3 Organization
Each section in this document covers a separate topic, organized as follow:– Chapter 1 is an overview of the board usage and features––

Chapter 2 provides a guide for quickly setting up the board
Chapter 3 contains the general board diagram and layout–

Chapter 4 describes the component that is the heart of the board: the MSP430F169
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microcontroller–

Chapter 5 is an explanation of the control circuitry associated with the microcontroller toreset. Also shows the clocks on the board
Chapter 6 covers the connector pinout, peripherals and jumper description––

Chapter 7 shows the processor diagram and memory map
Chapter 8 provides the schematics–

Chapter 9 contains the revision history–

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CHAPTER 2 | SETTING UP THE MSP430-169LCD BOARD
2.1 Introduction to the chapter
This section helps you set up the MSP430-169LCD development board for the first time.
Please consider first the electrostatic warning to avoid damaging the board, then discover thehardware and software required to operate the board.
The procedure to power up the board is given, and a description of the default board behavior isdetailed.

2.2 Electrostatic warning
MSP430-169LCD is shipped in a protective anti-static package. The board must not be exposed tohigh electrostatic potentials. A grounding strap or similar protective device should be worn whenhandling the board. Avoid touching the component pins or any other metallic element.

2.3 Requirements
In order to set up the MSP430-169LCD, the following items are required:- A source of power – the board can be powered through JTAG connector; or through the EXT1
connector.
Note: The board works very nice as an extension to the Olimex board MSP430-easyWEB rev3 byconnecting directly to its EXT connectors.
- Programmer supporting 14 pin JTAG interface and the used microcontroller MSP430F169.
All our MSP programmers are recommended with MSP430-169LCD:- Olimex MSP430-JTAG-TINY-V2 – small emulator/programmer ideal for beginners:
https://www.olimex.com/Products/MSP430/JTAG/MSP430-JTAG-TINY-V2/- Olimex MSP430-JTAG-ISO-MK2 – our best MSP430 emulator/programmer (featuring display,SD card and 3 modes of operation):
https://www.olimex.com/Products/MSP430/JTAG/MSP430-JTAG-ISO-MK2/- Olimex MSP430-JTAG-RF – the first wireless MSP430 emulator/programmer:
https://www.olimex.com/Products/MSP430/JTAG/MSP430-JTAG-RF/

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Also, a host-based software toolchain is required in order to program/debug the MSP430-169LCDboard. There are also a number of ready IDEs available like IAR Embedded Workbench, Rowley
CrossWorks, Code Composer Studio, etc.
We also provide our own flash programming software which can be distributed free. You can find it
at the device web page.

2.4 Powering the board
There are two options for powering the board:
Either set the jumpers P_IN closed, P_OUT open so you can power from JTAG connectorOR use EXT1 connector for powering up (if you have MSP430-EasyWeb3 you can just mount
MSP430-169LCD on it)
On powering the board the PWR LED, LED1 and the display should turn on.

2.5 Prebuilt software
On powering the board the PWR LED should turn on. The LCD should show 3 lines of text and theability to control the selector marker between them. On pressing the joystick over our test of choice
it should be conducted.

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CHAPTER 3 | MSP430-169LCD BOARD DESCRIPTION
3.1 Introduction to the chapter
Here you get acquainted with the main parts of the board. Note the names used on the board differ
from the names used to describe them. For the actual names check the MSP430-169LCD boarditself.

3.2 Layout (top view)

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3.3 Layout (bottom view)

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CHAPTER 4 | THE MSP430F169 MICROCONTROLLER
4.1 Introduction to the chapter
In this chapter is located the information about the heart of MSP430-169LCD – its microcontroller.
The information is a modified version of the datasheet provided by its manufacturers.

4.2 The microcontroller
Features:● Low Supply-Voltage Range: 1.8 V to 3.6 V● Ultralow Power Consumption:- Active Mode: 330 µA at 1 MHz, 2.2 V- Standby Mode: 1.1 µA- Off Mode (RAM Retention): 0.2 µA● Five Power-Saving Modes● Wake-Up From Standby Mode in Less Than 6 µs
● 16-Bit RISC Architecture, 125-ns Instruction Cycle Time● Three-Channel Internal DMA● 12-Bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) Converter With Internal Reference, Sample-and-Hold, andAutoscan Feature● Dual 12-Bit Digital-to-Analog (D/A) Converters With Synchronization● 16-Bit Timer_A With Three Capture/Compare Registers● 16-Bit Timer_B With Three or Seven Capture/Compare-With-Shadow Registers● On-Chip Comparator● Serial Communication Interface (USART0), Functions as Asynchronous UART orSynchronous SPI or I2C™ Interface● Serial Communication Interface (USART1), Functions as Asynchronous UART orSynchronous SPI Interface● Supply Voltage Supervisor/Monitor With Programmable Level Detection● Brownout Detector● Bootstrap Loader● Serial Onboard Programming, No External Programming Voltage Needed, Programmable
Code Protection by Security Fuse
● Family Members Include
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MSP430F169
60KB+256B Flash Memory,
2KB RAM
Literature Number SLAU049
1

For comprehensive information on the microcontroller visit the Texas Instruments web page for adatasheet.
At the moment of writing the microcontroller datasheet can be found at the following link:
http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/msp430f169.pdf

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CHAPTER 5 | CONTROL CIRCUITY
5.1 Introduction to the chapter
Here you can find information about reset circuit, power circuit and quartz crystal locations.

5.2 Reset
MSP430-169LCD reset circuit includes MSP430F169 pin 58 (RST/NMI) and a RESET button. Thereset can be found also at the EXT2.

5.3 Clocks
Real time clock (RTC) 32 768Hz Q1 is connected to pins 8 and 9 of the processor.
8 MHz quarz crystal Q2 is found at pins 52 and 53 of the processor.

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CHAPTER 6 | HARDWARE
6.1 Introduction to the chapter
In this chapter are presented the connectors that can be found on the board all together with theirpinout. Proto area is shown. Jumpers functions are described. Notes and info on specific peripherals
are presented. Notes regarding the interfaces are given.

6.2 JTAG connector
The 14 pin JTAG connector provides the interface for JTAG programming/debugging. The plastic
connector is situated at the bottom of the board. The pinout can be found in the table below.
JTAG Connector
Pin #Signal Name

Pin #Signal Name

1TDO

8

Not connected2

P_IN/NC*

9GND

3TDI

10

Not connected

4NC/P_OUT*

11#RST

5TMS12Not connected

6

Not connected13

Not connected

7TCK

14

Not connected*Depending on the jumper P_OUT/P_IN position

6.3 EXT1The EXT1 and EXT2 headers are female headers at the bottom of the board mouted for easieraccess to the processor's signals. They also can be used to mount the MSP430-169LCD on
MSP430-EASYWEB-3 (https://www.olimex.com/Products/MSP430/Starter/MSP430-EASYWEB3/). The signal table may be found below:

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Pin #Signal Name

Pin#Signal Name

1GND2+3.3V3P3.64P3.75P3.46P3.57

SOMI08

ULCK09STE0

10SIMO011P2.612P2.713P2.414

P2.515

P2.216P2.317

B518

LED19B320

B421

B122

B223

P1.224

P1.325

P1.026P1.1

6.4 EXT2
For your convenience the pads are named individually near each of them.
Pin #Signal Name

Pin#

Signal Name

1P4.1

2

P4.0

3

P4.3

4P4.2

5P4.56P4.47P4.78P4.69

SIMO110STE111UCLK1

12SOMI1

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Pin #Signal Name

Pin#Signal Name

13WP

14RES15

P5.716CP17P6.1

18

P6.0

19

P6.3

20

P6.2

21

P6.5

22

P6.4

23

P6.7

24

P6.6

25

RST

26

Vin

6.5 SD/MMC slot

Pin #Signal Name

1

STE1

2

SIMO1

3

GND

4

3.3V

5

UCLK1

6GND

7

SOMI1

8

Via 100k to 3.3V

9

Via 100k to 3.3V

10WP

11NC

12

NC

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Signal Name

13CP14Via 10k to 3.3V

15Via 10k to 3.3V

6.6 Jumper description
P_OUT/P_IN
This jumper controls power on pins 2 and 4 of the JTAG connector. When in P_OUT is closed 3.3V
can be measured at pin 4.
Check the schematic for more info.
Default position is P_OUT – closed, P_IN - open.

6.7 LCD Display
Nokia 3310 display – 84x48 pixels (30x22mm).

6.8 Additional hardware components
The components below are mounted on MSP430-169LCD but are not discussed above. They arelisted here for completeness:

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CHAPTER 7 | MEMORY AND BLOCK DIAGRAM
7.1 Introduction to the chapter
At the right side of thepage is located the block
diagram of the processor
and on the next page you
can find a memory map forthis family of processors. It
is strongly recommended torefer to the original
datasheet released by Texas
Instruments for ones ofhigher quality.

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7.2 Memory organization

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CHAPTER 8 | SCHEMATICS
8.1 Introduction to the chapterIn this chapter is located the schematic describing logically MSP430-169LCD.

8.2 Eagle schematic
MSP430-169LCD schematic is visible for reference here. You can also find it with higher quality
on the web page for MSP430-169LCD at our site:
https://www.olimex.com/Products/MSP430/Starter/MSP430-169LCD/. It is located in
HARDWARE section.
The EAGLE schematic is situated on the next page for quicker reference.

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LM1117
3.3V

3.3V

GND

R24na

R22390/1%

58RST/NMI

RESET
10711

VREF+++C1010uF/6.3V

C7VEREF+
VREF+
VREF-

P2.0/ACLK
P2.1/TACLK
P2.2/CAOUT
P2.3/CA0
P2.4/CA1P2.5/ROSC
P2.6/ADCLK
P2.7/TA0C8

10uF/6.3V

100n

3.3V
STAT

R14LEDSCL/Q132768Hz

PWR_IN
HR1x2(Open)
21C4
NA

C5NA

C1220pJTAG
PIN/POUT
123

HR1x3(PIN:Close, POUT:Open)SDA/330

GREEN

1412108642

C1313119753
120p

Q289XIN
XOUT/TCLK

5352

XT2IN
XT2OUT

RST57555456

C9C14C15

10uF/6.3V

100n

100nP3.0/STE0
P3.1/SIMO0
P3.2/SOMI0
P3.3/ULCK0
P3.4/UTXD0
P3.5/URXD0
P3.6/UTXD1
P3.7/URXD1
P4.0/TB0
P4.1/TB1
P4.2/TB2
P4.3/TB3
P4.4/TB4
P4.5/TB5
P4.6/TB6
P4.7/TBCLK

8M Hz

TCK
TDI
TDO/TDITMS

6462
163

P5.0/STE1
P5.1/SIMO1
P5.2/SOMI1
P5.3/UCLK1
P5.4/MCLK
P5.5/SMCLK
P5.6/ACLK
P5.7/TH

DVCC
DVSS

P6.0/A0
P6.1/A1
P6.2/A2
P6.3/A3
P6.4/A4
P6.5/A5
P6.6/A6
P6.7/A7U1MSP430F169

3.3V+C3

P1.0/TACLK
P1.1/TA0
P1.2/TA1
P1.3/TA2
P1.4/SMCLK
P1.5/TA0
P1.6/TA1
P1.7/TA247n

R27na

PWR

R21240/1%

R20560C6100n47uF/6.3V

1213141516171819

P1.0
P1.1
P1.2
P1.3
B1B2B3
B4

3.3V

+3.3V
R1633KR1533K

R1133K

AVCC
AVSS

2021222324252627

B1B2B3B4B5
LED

ST E0
SIM O0
SOMI0
ULCK0T XD0P3.4
RXD03637383940414243

S_SCL
S_SDA

P4.0
P4.1P4.2
P4.3
P4.4
P4.5
P4.6
P4.74445464748495051

ST E1
SIM O1SOMI1
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UP

UP

R1333K

B3B<4>CENTER

Common<5>

COMMONE<2>
Center push

DOWN C<3>

D<6>

DOWN

RIGHT

R17330

RIGHTB4

JOYSTICK_MT5_F

R24.7K

R194.7K

ST E0
SIMO0
SOMI0
ULCK0

STE0
SIMO0
SOMI0
ULCK0

LCD

3.3V

VDD
SCK
SDIN
D/#C
#SCE
GND
VOUT
#RES

3.3V

3.3V

R133K

3.3V

R30
4.7k

R314.7kUEXT

TXD0S_SCLSOMI1
UCLK113579246810RXD0S_SDA
SIMO1UCS

UCS

BH10R

C11uF/16V

3.3V

3.3V

R2810K

R1033K

3.3V

R3R433K
2K

ST E1SIMO1STE1
SIMO1SOMI1
UCLK1

3.3V 3.3V

ST E012 ULCK03 SIMO0
4 SOMI0
ST E0
56+
78 RESNOKIA_3310_LCD

ST E1SIM O1SOMI1
UCLK1

P5.7
P6.0
P6.1
P6.2
P6.3
P6.4
P6.5
P6.6
P6.7

R18330

P3.5
P3.6
P3.7

RES
WPCPLEFT LEFT
A<1>

B5LED
P2.2
P2.3
P2.4
P2.5
P2.6
P2.7282930313233
3435

R1233K

J1B1

B5RST

C11

R26na

3.3V

VR1(3.3V)

C210uF/16VDC

RST

R2347K

R25na

OUT

ADJ/GND+

3.3V

D1
BAT54C

IN+

VIN

3.3V

ST E1
SIM O1

3.3V

R933K
SOM I1

SD/M MC

1014WP

3.3V
3.3V
3.3V

L1470nH/0805
R8
R733K
33K

R5R633K
2K

C29 +

UCLK1SOMI1

CP

47uF/6.3V

1234567891315WP1WP2
CD/DAT3/CS
CMD/DI
VSS1
VDD
CLK/SCLK
VSS2
DAT0/DO
DAT1/RES
DAT2/RES
CP1
CP2
SD/MMC_bot

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CHAPTER 9 | REVISION HISTORY
9.1 Introduction to the chapter
In this chapter you will find the current and the previous version of the document you are reading.
Also the web-page for your device is listed. Be sure to check it after a purchase for the latest
available updates and examples.

9.2 Document revision

Revision

Changes

ModifiedPages

A

Initial Creation

All

9.3 Web page of your deviceThe web page you can visit for more info on your device ishttps://www.olimex.com/Products/MSP430/Starter/MSP430-169LCD/. There you can find more
info and some examples.
ORDER CODES:MSP430-169LCD - completely assembled and tested
MSP430-JTAG-ISO – emulator/debugger with 1000VDC isolation
MSP430-JTAG-TINY - mini emulator/programmer USB<->JTAG 14p
MSP430-JTAG-RF – wireless emulator/programmer USB<->JTAG 14p
How to order?
You can order directly from our web shop or from any of our distributors.
Check our webpage https://www.olimex.com/ for more info. For the full list of distributors
visit https://www.olimex.com/Distributors/.

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