> rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
>> I tried to order the MSP-EXP430FR4133 under the Pi-week special which
>> requires entering a coupon code to get the "special" price. No go.
>> It says the code is expired. The Pi-week page says it is good until
>> the 19th, so it should have worked.
>
> Hmm, yeah, it says expired for me too, but it's just $1.50 off. The
> shipping discount ($3.14 instead of $6.99) still works, including
> without the coupon.
I went ahead and ordered two. I think having the LCD with larger
characters than most LCDs will be useful. These can become some easily
programmed test gear. I use Mecrisp Forth to program devices like this
and it is very easy. I only wish they had similar boards with ARM
processors. But they seem to segregate functionality according to how
they see customers using the MCUs I suppose. Even though they promote
the ARM as being power competitive to the MSP430, they still don't seem
to push that with the eval boards.
Doh! When I was printing out the receipt I had to go through the page
listing all your orders. Seems I bought two of these two years ago! I
dug around a bit and found one. I suppose I can find uses for all of them.
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Rick C
Reply by Paul Rubin●March 18, 20172017-03-18
rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
> I tried to order the MSP-EXP430FR4133 under the Pi-week special which
> requires entering a coupon code to get the "special" price. No go.
> It says the code is expired. The Pi-week page says it is good until
> the 19th, so it should have worked.
Hmm, yeah, it says expired for me too, but it's just $1.50 off. The
shipping discount ($3.14 instead of $6.99) still works, including
without the coupon.
Reply by rickman●March 18, 20172017-03-18
On 3/18/2017 4:59 PM, rickman wrote:
> I guess that's one day per digit in the usual pi value 3.14159... oh
> wait! They're one day short!!!
>
> I tried to order the MSP-EXP430FR4133 under the Pi-week special which
> requires entering a coupon code to get the "special" price. No go. It
> says the code is expired. The Pi-week page says it is good until the
> 19th, so it should have worked.
>
> Of course there's no way to reach TI since everything is closed over the
> weekend.
>
> I bet I can find something on eBay that will ship today for less money!
I stand corrected. I figured I could find a clone, but no, the only
things I found appear to be the actual TI board at a much higher price.
Same with Aliexpress and any other outlet like Amazon.
So even without the sale, TI has the best price on these eval boards.
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Rick C
Reply by rickman●March 18, 20172017-03-18
I guess that's one day per digit in the usual pi value 3.14159... oh
wait! They're one day short!!!
I tried to order the MSP-EXP430FR4133 under the Pi-week special which
requires entering a coupon code to get the "special" price. No go. It
says the code is expired. The Pi-week page says it is good until the
19th, so it should have worked.
Of course there's no way to reach TI since everything is closed over the
weekend.
I bet I can find something on eBay that will ship today for less money!
--
Rick C