MSP430 -- Low Power, High Power
The CubeSat Kit's Development Board is designed to facilitate development and debugging in a lab environment. The Flight Module is optimized for minimal size and weight. Both implement the same architecture.
Powerful RISC CPU in a Small Low-Power Package
The CubeSat Kit's electronic hardware is designed around TI's 16-bit RISC ultra-low-power MSP430 microcontroller.
Chosen for its clean architecture, comprehensive mix of powerful peripherals, excellent debugging tools and widespread availability, the MSP430 is a single-chip MCU well-suited to picosatellte missions. It includes multiple clock sources and timers, plenty of RAM and program memory, 48 I/O pins, 2 USARTs, SPI, I2C, ADC, DAC, single-cycle 16x16-bit multiply, four low-power modes, -40° to +85° C operation and more.
