E91 - Embedded Systems

Project Ideas

Use the touch screen to build a "theremin" There is a little tricky signal processing in changing frequency in real time.
Design/experiment with an RTOS (Real Time Operating System).
Try your hand at ad-hoc RF networking with TI's "Simpliciti" protocol (or Zigbee, or Bluetooth).
Explore the world of ultra-low power and "Energy Harvesting"
Design a tool (for PC or MAC) in which you specify which parts of the MSP430 you want to use (PWM, interrupts, A/D (on which channels), ...) and it generates the necessary code to setup ports and provides empty code for interrupt routines...
Develop an easy to use USB interface to MSP430 (on both Mac/PC and microcontroller side). The goal is to allow somebody to easily build a USB connected device.
Design with another embedded processor, PIC, Arduino, Embedded Linux, Windows CE
Design a USB connected device.
Examine Ethernet connectivity with embedded device.