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MSP-Mojo: QF1D512 SavFIRe (Simple and versatile FIR engine) Target Board for MSP-eZ430U

Quickfilter Technologies development tool speeds precision digital filtering implementation for MSP430 microcontroller-based designs. MSP-Mojo target board for eZ430 development tools replaces need for more complex processors.

Source: Quickfilter Technologies, Inc.
6/30/2008

The Quickfilter Technologies MSP-Mojo target board simplies the task of adding precision digital filtering to designs based on the Texas Instruments (TI) MSP430 ultra-low power microcontrollers.

The MSP-Mojo target board enables quick and easy implementation of precision digital filtering through an embedded single-channel precision digital filter chip, the QF1D512 Simple and versatile FIRE engine (SavFIRe). Until now, a high-level of filtering performance such as precision digital filtering would have required migrating from the low-power MSP430 microcontroller to a higher-powered controller such as a digital signal processor (DSP) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

The Quickfilter MSP-Mojo has been designed as a plug-in target board for the TI eZ430-F2013 MSP430 USB Stick Development Tool. It features an MSP430F2013 MCU and a QF1D512 SavFIRe chip, along with an input jack for connecting an analog input signal source. An expansion header (header pins included) allows for connection to a user's target system, application breadboard or the QF1D512-DK Development Kit.