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Summary: good intro
Review: A pretty good introducton to the chip, for a beginner like me. It had some good tips and got to a good start.
Rating: 
Summary: incredibly poor
Review: I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of this book, as it promised to provide useful information on applying the MSP430 series of microcontrollers in real world applications. This book was an incredible disappointment. Almost a third of the book consists of appendices that are basically identical to the data sheet information available for free from TI. The remainder of the book's chapters are extremely sparse in providing any information that expands on what TI's data sheets and application notes already provide. One particular topic of interest to me was interfacing using the USART's. This book has virtually no information on this critical aspect of the microcontroller's use in a real application. Often the author refers to the TI data sheets for more detailed information, then moves on to the next topic!I have purchased many books on Amazon. This is my first Amazon purchase that I returned for a full refund. If you want information on the MSP430 microcontrollers, check out all of the TI data sheets and app notes, and check out Nuts and Volts magazine. The articles in that magazine provide much more information than this junk book.
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Summary: Not worth the paper it's written on
Review: This book only purpose is to take your money. A full 1/8th of the book is a copy of the data sheet. A total of 19 pages is dedicated to describing all of the on chip peripherals. Needless to say it was a bit lacking in useful information. There is ONE sample application. Most of the 281 pages is filled with page filling fluff rather than useful information. Stay away.
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