I ran across an interesting article in reading the news during my lunch break today. A group at the University of Washington has been doing research in smart sensors that communicate through the established power lines in a house. The page doesn't say specifically, but given the power consumption they mention I wondered if this was based on an MSP430. A close up of the photo of the board looks like it might be, and you can just make out the TI logo on the chip. Digging a little deeper, I confirmed that yes, this instrument is based on the MSP430. The team is using a surface mount variation of the MSP430F2013. This chip is also available in a 14 pin DIP package that is compatible with the TI LaunchPad. Very cool idea.
In other news, my project is now at integration, and I have some extra time on my hands. Watch for a couple new tutorials coming this week!
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This is the new link
Home’s electrical wiring acts as antenna to receive low-power sensor data
http://www.washington.edu/news/archive/id/60338
SNUPI: Sensor Nodes Utilizing Powerline Infrastructure
http://sockeye.cs.washington.edu/research/projects/snupi.php
http://sockeye.cs.washington.edu/research/pubs/Cohn_SNUPI_ubicomp10.pdf
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