Robo Frog Racer on msp430

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Key Features

Robo Frog Racer on msp430

Making due with limited pins on the LaunchPad

The MSP430G2553's limited pin count forced me to use Timer A1 for both IR capture (on P2.5/TA1CCR2) and right motor PWM. IR capture requires continuous mode to measure millisecond-long pulses, preventing the use of standard hardware PWM which needs up mode. I solved this by implementing software PWM using a "moving target" technique - a CCR0 interrupt periodically toggles the output and advances the period base while the timer runs continuously.

Goals and Motivation

I wanted to learn even more how to do bare metal programming on a simple microcontroller.

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