Hello,
I am very new to the world of microcontrollers. I have come to this forum to search out a little help from the community. Please allow me to explain my issues and questions. Firstly, I am on a team designing a nuclear battery, which will produce a small amount of usable energy. We want to apply the battery to preform some kind of task, therefore prompting the use of low-power micro controllers such as the TI MSP430. However, I am wondering how microcontrollers fit into the overall circuitry of any given device (simple device such as a temperature monitor). Due to the nature of the project, I am not yet sure of the exact output, but we have done some preliminary calculations and have found that we will likely be able to produce at least .45mW. Does anyone believe that a low-power microcontroller will prove to be a good start to a simple application device? Any help on the matter is greatly appreciated!
I am very new to the world of microcontrollers. I have come to this forum to search out a little help from the community. Please allow me to explain my issues and questions. Firstly, I am on a team designing a nuclear battery, which will produce a small amount of usable energy. We want to apply the battery to preform some kind of task, therefore prompting the use of low-power micro controllers such as the TI MSP430. However, I am wondering how microcontrollers fit into the overall circuitry of any given device (simple device such as a temperature monitor). Due to the nature of the project, I am not yet sure of the exact output, but we have done some preliminary calculations and have found that we will likely be able to produce at least .45mW. Does anyone believe that a low-power microcontroller will prove to be a good start to a simple application device? Any help on the matter is greatly appreciated!