Experimental Evaluation of the MSP430
Microcontroller Power Requirements
Karel Dudacek *, Vlastimil Vavricka
University of West Bohemia, Dept. Computer Science and Engineering
Univerzitni 8, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Abstract-In battery operated electronic devices, the energy required to execute given tasks set is one of very important parameters. Modern microcontrollers design provides a number of methods to reduce microcontroller power requirements depending on the microcontroller load. In this paper we present experimental measurement of energy consumption, measured on the Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontroller. Conclusions important for theenergy consumption minimization are presented as well.
Keywords—microcontroller, power requirements.
