OEM Offer-MSP430FR2433 MCU LaunchPad™ kit for $4.30 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: s8548a
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 02:18:33 am
content: Hi,I just came across this offer on the web, thought might be useful for someone.http://www.ti.com/tool/msp-exp430fr2433#buyUse the coupon code NewMSP430LPhttps://e2e.ti.com/blogs_/b/msp430blog/archive/2017/11/08/introductory-price-of-4-30-for-msp430fr2433-mcu-launchpad-kit

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 12:13:09 pm
content: Coupon does not work

author: kaz911
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 12:25:41 pm
content: coupon works fine but you need to be logged in to apply it.

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 12:30:41 pm
content: Doest not work even logged

author: kaz911
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 12:33:41 pm
content: Quote from: ebclr on November 09, 2017, 12:30:41 pmhmm - works fine for me -but i grabbed the code from the blogpost.

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 12:43:17 pm
content: Did you aplyed on the cart ? They don't apply they show on page 4.33 but on cart 9.99

author: s8548a
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 12:57:28 pm
content: It works, I did't faced any issues.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 02:14:51 pm
content: Worked for me, too, thank you.

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 03:51:08 pm
content: Finally worked for me, after I added another item

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 04:29:59 pm
content: So what do people think about the board itself? Any reason to order it?Has anyone used the "eZ-FET" debugger? How do you use it, exactly? Can you drive it from the cloud IDE?

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 07:32:24 pm
content: Ordered two and no shipping charges which surprised me (I am in the US). I paid $6.99 shipping on the last board I ordered (no specials on it). It is not easy to buy from TI, there are a lot of questions to fill out. Not like Amazon.thanks s8548a

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 09:37:18 pm
content: Ordered two, total $8.60 USD, zero shipping and handling for Europe/Romania, too.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2017, 05:16:58 am
content: I would like to know how the OP found this? After I ordered two, I could not find them by looking around. ie how to find the TI specials ?Also a thanks to the OP

author: s8548a
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2017, 06:26:57 am
content: I found it from facebook since I follow TI on facebook.and that promo code works only one time for a user.

author: Fsck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2017, 07:41:03 pm
content: sigh. I ordered it.

author: Dave
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2017, 04:07:04 am
content: Well, I suppose one more can't hurt, especially for the price.

author: rhb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2017, 12:33:33 am
content: Sigh.. "Coupon code is invalid"

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2017, 01:22:11 am
content: Quote from: rhb on November 14, 2017, 12:33:33 amTI's site is confusing. The original link did not work. Following a link from the home page (one of the banners):https://e2e.ti.com/blogs_/b/msp430blog/archive/2017/11/08/introductory-price-of-4-30-for-msp430fr2433-mcu-launchpad-kit?HQS=epd-mcu-msp-vline-bhp-blog-pricepromo-wweThis says the offer is good to the end of the year but free shipping is good only to Nov 17.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2017, 01:22:42 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 14, 2017, 12:11:13 amAlso ordered on the 9th, still "In Work".Quote from: rhb on November 14, 2017, 12:33:33 amDid you login before applying the coupon?

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2017, 01:42:01 am
content: Woops tried to order another one and did everything correct, follow correct links, copied code, signed in, etc. One web page says here is the code and the next one says sorry that is a bad code.

author: s8548a
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2017, 10:55:38 am
content: Mine is arrived at customs, and a Fedex authorized third party is asking for a whole bunch of personal documents.would like to know how Fedex/UPS is doing customs clearance in other countries?

author: gmb42
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2017, 11:47:34 am
content: Ordered on the 12th, dispatched on the 13th, via FedEx. Note that I have purchased from TI before so already had an account, even so they asked for more than seemed necessary for a simple order.For my previous orders they were shipped ex-EU to the UK, so no customs work involved.

author: BBBbbb
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 14, 2017, 01:21:11 pm
content: Quote from: s8548a on November 14, 2017, 10:55:38 amOrdered it on Friday, still in processing. On Sunday ordered CC2650 launchpad (I just love TI's free shipping), also still in processing.From my previous orders they take a few working days to ship. They used to send it by USPS, and I loved it, usually took 2-3 days once they ship it, no customs, no hustle, just a ring on the door from the delivery guy. If they switched to FedEx not sure what to expect, since I never had any personal dealings with them.I'll update once I get my board.We had a discussion on the forum regarding the delivery services and customs, and bottom line was it's quite country dependent, local reps of the couriers vary in service quality.

author: Kalin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2017, 05:39:50 pm
content: Quote from: s8548a on November 14, 2017, 10:55:38 amI'm in Canada and my status says out for delivery today. No issues with customs or imports.Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2017, 06:13:40 pm
content: I just ordered two...There is a sort of an e-book with lots of example codes for this board:25 functions for 25 cents

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2017, 10:31:27 pm
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on November 14, 2017, 06:13:40 pmDid you pay the regular price? I still cannot get the $4.30 price and they are in stock and are still advertised for $4.30. The contact form is a beat down form, they want so much info it beats me down.

author: s8548a
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 02:22:59 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on November 14, 2017, 10:31:27 pmIt did't worked second time for me too, I think another email id and login will work.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 03:13:11 am
content: I've taken the plunge as well. Discount worked and free shipping to Oz.Now I wait.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 03:46:48 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 14, 2017, 11:15:00 pmPrecisely. The stuff about militar or civil use is US govt. The stuff about the project is TI. However, once you create your account the whole thing gets streamlined.Regarding payment, I have used Paypal the last two times and it went quite well - they already shipped. Obviously this may be because I am in the US, but sometime in the past they sorta messed up my orders a bit as well (the whole US$0.01 charge to the credit card).If the coupon is not going through, did you sign up before adding things to the cart? I recall this was something that threw me for a loop in the past.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 04:24:40 am
content: Quote from: s8548a on November 15, 2017, 02:22:59 amJust tried and failed again. I bet another email and login would work. I just do not have the energy to go through their Sign Up again.But they say limit is 5 and I ordered 2 (a few days ago). My regret now is that I did not order 5 the first time. I think it was the free shipping that surprised me.thanks again to the OP for this

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 10:10:36 am
content: Quote from: BBBbbb on November 14, 2017, 01:21:11 pmIs there a free shipping for everything, or just for the MSP430FR devboards?

author: BBBbbb
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 11:21:59 am
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on November 15, 2017, 10:10:36 amEverything you can order from TI shop, that’s the beauty. Order something for 10-20usd and get it from US with free shipping. They have those offers few times a year.Some stuff they restrict from export for some government safety regulations reasons, although Digi-Key or Mouser don’t have those problems.Definitely TI switched to FedEx, got the shipping notice this morning.

author: gmb42
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 12:44:59 pm
content: Quote from: gmb42 on November 14, 2017, 11:47:34 amDelivered just now. According to the FedEx timeline it came from Fort Worth, US via Indianapolis to the UK (Stansted) where it waited for 3 whole hours for customs clearance then on to me. Excellent work for free shipping.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 01:02:23 pm
content: Quote from: BBBbbb on November 15, 2017, 11:21:59 amFree shipping on everything. In a separate order I also ordered two of their bare PCBs for opamp development. I had to do it separately as one of their boards has a coupon for 11% discount and you can't combine coupons in the same order.

author: Towger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 04:18:38 pm
content: Just hope I don't have the same problem with customs as last time I ordered boards from TI...

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 04:20:01 pm
content: Quote from: Towger on November 15, 2017, 04:18:38 pmWell stop saying they're for nuclear weapons guidance!

author: Towger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 05:51:20 pm
content: Quote from: Monkeh on November 15, 2017, 04:20:01 pmThey wanted lots of paper work for about $50 of boards. I think they missread the invoice and thought they were worth 50K. Meanwhile I was in Melbourne and missed out on a couple of weeks of emails and final reminders. Though f that... let them return them. I arrived back to Dublin and found them sitting on my desk at work.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 07:48:05 pm
content: Quote from: BBBbbb on November 15, 2017, 11:21:59 amThat's great, thanks for the confirmation.Maybe I'll start using TI parts again. I stopped working with them a few ears ago, when first they wrote me an e-mail that National Instruments is fake, as in not a company, then they cancelled a sample order, which I didn't mind, but then they wrote me an e-mail explaining that their samples are not for resale, which was totally rude, so since then I stopped ordering or using any of their parts.Quote from: rsjsouza on November 15, 2017, 01:02:23 pm- I need a few of those opamp PCBs, too. Where did you find a coupon for them, please?LATER EDIT:Found the 11% coupon, but it doesn't seem to have free shipping. Will try to order again.- Is there any way of accessing a table with products and prices for TI store, like it was possible a few years ago? I can find some lists of products, but without prices.TI store website is almost unusable to me now, I cannot follow their logic of listing products, it just looks like total marketing bullshit pages. Tiny pics, some of them don't even have links to the docs/datasheets. That's sad. What, when and why was this starting to happen?

author: BBBbbb
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 08:33:41 pm
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on November 15, 2017, 07:48:05 pmThey suck big time at usability when it comes to their shop, basically you browse their products and see if it is available at the shop and how much it costs. For just parts I think you almost exclusively have to go through distributors unless you're a business and ordering huge quantities, but that means asking for quote...I just like those free shipping offers that come from time to time and you can get a single dev board with free shipping. Code Composer licenses are also given away often with purchases.P.S.Just signed up for their newsletter and got this:Quote

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 08:47:56 pm
content: Quote from: BBBbbb on November 15, 2017, 08:33:41 pmYes. The boards' product pages are very spotty in terms of pictures/quality. Usually the pages outside of the store are furnished with much better pictures.I had the impression you could buy (at least some) parts directly from them, can't you?Quote from: BBBbbb on November 15, 2017, 08:33:41 pmCCS is free after v7 was released.

author: BBBbbb
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 09:05:12 pm
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on November 15, 2017, 08:47:56 pmDidn't follow about CCS, it could have easily changed and I missed it.It seams you're right about small parts, they are available for order, but quite limited in packages and some are not available at their store.Looks like it's better to search TI parts based on specs on Digikey and then check @TI if it is available from their store. I've just now tried LM338 and only TO-3 package is available, not TO-220.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2017, 11:07:28 pm
content: I have FedEx tracking that seems to say my package was picked up about 2 hours ago....Date/TimeActivityLocation11/16/2017 -Thursday8:13 amShipment information sent to FedEx7:59 amPicked upGRAND FORKS, ND7:59 amLeft FedEx origin facilityGRAND FORKS, NDDate/time is for Destination (Sydney, AU)

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 16, 2017, 01:43:44 am
content: ... and the marketing emails have begun:MSP432™ MCUs + Dual-mode Bluetooth® = Easy!I hope they don't go overboard. My tolerance tops out at 1 email per day per supplier.

author: rob-from-perth
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2017, 08:40:41 am
content: Quote from: davidlin2017 on November 17, 2017, 06:00:02 amNeed new glasses. misread it aslgbtsupplier.. not that there's anything wrong with that.

author: gnif
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 17, 2017, 09:19:54 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 17, 2017, 09:06:02 amIt still does get deleted, I missed this post.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2017, 12:14:51 pm
content: gnif, please delete the last 4 offtopic post, two.First!?They are blinking, both of them!Ordered 2 devboards last Friday, $8.60 in total, delivered this Fryday at the door by TNT. No questions, no extra taxes and no papers required, except an ID and signature for the delivery guy. Outstanding!The order was placed giving a gmail address, and "Independent developer" written in the company/university field, but the TI account/login was made with an office address.The smaller devboard in the pics is an old MSP430G, also $4.30 many years ago. For the new boards, pin headers are double sided and already soldered, one side mother type, the other father. USB cable is about 35cm/13'' in total. Win10 sees the new boards as two com ports each, one 'MSP Application UART1", and the other COM port is 'MSP Debug Interface'.One more thing, for whatever reason, the very old MSP430G permanently hangs any application that is trying to use the USB COM port, but the new FR2433 COM ports are working just fine.

author: BBBbbb
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 17, 2017, 01:59:35 pm
content: Got mine too, along with cc2650 dev board. Took FedEx 3 days, no customs, just a knock on the door.They downsized the packing compared to the previous ones they used to ship out by USPS, which is a good thing, since it used to be a small box inside a huge box filled with big air cushions. Now it's just right.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2017, 08:05:34 pm
content: Quote from: blueskull on November 17, 2017, 02:25:17 amI bought mine with my gmail address. No problems.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2017, 08:11:57 pm
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on November 17, 2017, 12:14:51 pmThe old MSP430G2 Launchpad UART is really not great. There are a few discussions on e2e and 43oh that talk about that (one ishere).

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2017, 08:44:29 pm
content: Just got my two boards - 9 days after I ordered them (2 day shipping) from Texas to Calif.

author: sokoloff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2017, 08:56:17 pm
content: Got mine in two deliveries. Ordered last Thursday. One USB dev board arrived 2-day FedEx from the Netherlands on Monday. Two plain dev boards from TX arrived yesterday.I suspect TI spent more on shipping than I spent on the order this time.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 18, 2017, 07:49:17 am
content: My shipment was scanned at Mascot (Sydney airport) an hour agoIt had an overnight stay in Honolulu and headed on to Australia after morning tea.

author: rhb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2017, 03:00:00 pm
content: I tried to order again today. The TI website says the promo is good to 31 Dec 2017. But when I entered the coupon code from TI's website, first it wanted me to login to apply the code and then when it accepted the coupon, wanted to charge me $6.20 each.I cancelled and sent TI a grumble.

author: sokoloff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2017, 03:44:12 pm
content: Quote from: rhb on November 18, 2017, 03:00:00 pmIf you were trying to buy 3, that's what was supposed to happen. The coupon is good for $4.30/unit formax of 2 units. If you tried to buy 3, they were going to charge you $4.30, $4.30, and $9.99, or $18.59 total, or, dun dun dun, $6.20/unit.

author: rhb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2017, 02:03:53 am
content: Thanks for the explanation. I usually just buy two of a dev board, one extra to cover user error. This was interesting enough to make me want a third.I *do* wish TI would have been more clear. The human time cost exceeds the price difference.

author: sokoloff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2017, 12:40:17 pm
content: Quote from: rhb on November 19, 2017, 02:03:53 amI hear you on that, because I ran into the same thing and was annoyed/confused as well.If they'd split the line in the cart into 2@$4.30 and X@$9.99, it would have been clear to everyone immediately what was going on.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 20, 2017, 04:42:40 am
content: Mine has arrived.GRAND FORKS, ND to SYDNEY, NSW in 103 hours and 25 minutes. Add to that about 18 hours for order processing.No complaints.

author: Kalin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2017, 03:04:28 pm
content: Mine arrived and unplugged it in and went to the TI web app but it doesn't seem to be working. The light on the device is flashing continually and not changing based on button pushes. Does it require me to program it or is it possibly defective?Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

author: s8548a
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2017, 04:28:25 pm
content: Mine has arrived at local fedex facility finally, will collect this weekend.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2017, 04:57:26 pm
content: Quote from: Kalin on November 20, 2017, 03:04:28 pmI didn't run my boards yet but, by the looks of it, it may well be running a blink LED app. I would try to re-flash the board.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2017, 07:30:05 pm
content: I just bought two before the end of the year, but man the purchasing procedure is painful. I'm not even talking about the ITAR stuff, but things like repeatedly filling in your credentials and then changing the shipping country at the bottom of the page to find out you can start over filling things in again. Or having to confirm your email address to get the coupon discount, to be sent to a login page from your confirmation email, only to be asked to confirm your address from the email again.Regardless, two LaunchPads should be on the way. I'd be fun to see how the fabled low energy consumption stacks up against other MC families.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2018, 09:06:52 am
content: Anybody used their FR2433s in a project yet (other than just collecting devboards)?Any plans for the near future?

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2018, 12:20:26 am
content: Because I didn't receive anything yet and haven't received any status updates on the order by mail, I logged into my Ti account to find that the order has apparently been cancelled for reasons unknown. This is very surprising and not at all what I've experienced dealing with other suppliers like Cypress and Microchip. Is Ti typically such a pain to deal with? This whole thing has been so much more complicated than it has to be.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2018, 12:34:06 am
content: Honestly.. yes. TI are very big and bureaucratic, and their web store is an absolute mess (also seems to change every time I use it). Good chips, generally fairly well thought out boards, horrible customer experience.

author: kaz911
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2018, 07:28:54 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on January 11, 2018, 12:20:26 amTI Store has issues with payments if TI can't ship right away. Again and again I have to re-validate payments. Most times they do ship before re-validating - but a few times my orders has just been put on hold because TI's store time-out on payments.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2018, 09:33:14 am
content: Quote from: kaz911 on January 11, 2018, 07:28:54 amI don't think there were any issues with stock. What caught me out was that the order was cancelled without any reason given, and that the order was cancelled without informing me by email. Neither are what I've come to expect from various large silicon suppliers.I've sent them an email requesting to process the order, but it's good to know Ti can be a bit fickle.