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The MSP430 series of 16-bit {{tag|microcontroller}}s from Texas Instruments has been the lowest-power CPU available for many years. | The MSP430 series of 16-bit {{tag|microcontroller}}s from Texas Instruments has been the lowest-power CPU available for many years. | ||
While recently a couple of other companies have introduced a few CPUs that they claim run at slightly less power than the | While recently a couple of other companies have introduced a few CPUs that they claim run at slightly less power than the high-end MSP430 chips, many people prefer the relatively clean 16 bit instruction set of the MSP430 and are unconvinced that the MSP430 can be beaten in real low-power applications (rather than artificial benchmarks). | ||
The MSP430 wiki is a place for people to discuss this series of microprocessors and the cool and clever {{tag|embedded}} {{tag|electronic}} things people do with it. | The MSP430 wiki is a place for people to discuss this series of microprocessors and the cool and clever {{tag|embedded}} {{tag|electronic}} things people do with it. | ||