• Embedded microcontroller
– 16-bit RISC architecture up to 16‑MHz clock
– Up to 256KB of ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM)
• Ultra-low-power writes
• Fast write at 125 ns per word (64KB in 4 ms)
• Flexible allocation of data and application code in memory
• 1015 write cycle endurance
• Radiation resistant and nonmagnetic
– Wide supply voltage range from 3.6 V down to
1.8 V (minimum supply voltage is restricted by
SVS levels, see the SVS specifications)
• Optimized ultra-low-power modes
– Active mode: 118 µA/MHz
– Standby with VLO (LPM3): 500 nA
– Standby with real-time clock (RTC) (LPM3.5):
350 nA (the RTC is clocked by a 3.7-pF crystal)
– Shutdown (LPM4.5): 45 nA
• Low-energy accelerator (LEA) for signal processing (MSP430FR599x only)
– Operation independent of CPU
– 4KB of RAM shared with CPU
– Efficient 256-point complex FFT:
Up to 40x faster than Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core
• Intelligent digital peripherals
– 32-bit hardware multiplier (MPY)
– 6-channel internal DMA
– RTC with calendar and alarm functions
– Six 16-bit timers with up to seven capture/compare registers each
– 32- and 16-bit cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
• High-performance analog
– 16-channel analog comparator
– 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) featuring window comparator, internal reference and sample-and-hold,
up to 20 external input channels
• Multifunction input/output ports
– All pins support capacitive-touch capability with no need for external components
– Accessible bit-, byte-, and word-wise (in pairs)
– Edge-selectable wake from LPM on all ports
– Programmable pullup and pulldown on all ports
• Code security and encryption
– 128- or 256-bit AES security encryption and decryption coprocessor
– Random number seed for random number generation algorithms
– IP encapsulation protects memory from external access
• Enhanced serial communication
– Up to four eUSCI_A serial communication ports
• UART with automatic baud-rate detection
• IrDA encode and decode
– Up to four eUSCI_B serial communication ports
• I2C with multiple-slave addressing
– Hardware UART or I2C bootloader (BSL)
• Flexible clock system
– Fixed-frequency DCO with 10 selectable factory-trimmed frequencies
– Low-power low-frequency internal clock source (VLO)
– 32-kHz crystals (LFXT)
– High-frequency crystals (HFXT)
• Development tools and software (also see Tools and Software)
– Development kits (MSP-EXP430FR5994 LaunchPad™ development kit and MSP‑TS430PN80B target socket board)
– MSP430Ware™ software for MSP430™ microcontrollers
• Device Comparison summarizes the available devices
