TI's new Audio Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for ultra-low-power MSP430™ microcontrollers adds clear audio to microcontroller-based applications

Enabling new functionalities in microcontroller applications, including crystal clear audio with playback and recording capabilities, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced the C5000 ultra-low-power digital signal processor (DSP)-based Audio Capacitive Touch BoosterPack. This new Audio Capacitive Touch BoosterPack (430Boost-C55audio1) is a plug-in board for the $4.30 MSP430 LaunchPad development kit, and it is the first solution from TI where a DSP is solely controlled by a microcontroller which allows designers to add audio and other real-time features to their system without DSP programming experience. The BoosterPack is ideal for low-power applications that use record and playback audio functions such as MP3 players, home automation and industrial applications.