Embedded processors

Introduction

Texas Instruments has a wide range of embedded processors available to design into your project. Your choices include virtually everything from very low cost to very high performance, as well as a new performance metric called power dissipation. Figure 1 gives a quick overview of our embedded processor product line.

You should be able to complete your project using one of the following product families:

• The MSP430™ ultra-low-power system microcontroller family.
• C2000™ microcontrollers used in control systems.
• ARM devices (specifically the M3/4 microcontrollers).
• The C5000™ low-power signal-processing solution.

TI's other embedded processors fall beyond the scope of a typical two-semester senior project. We will spend time on the families listed here in the following chapters, focusing on those embedded processors that will best fit your project.

Remember, the best way to take advantage of an embedded processor is to use an evaluation module (EVM). You can find these listed for various processors on www.ti.com .