The book is dedicated to MSP430 series microcontrollers manufactured by Texas Instruments. It is hardly possible to find a competitor to these microcontrollers in terms of current consumption and performance, if we are talking about the development of autonomous small-sized devices with low-voltage battery power. The book in an accessible form will help you understand the architecture and command system of the MSP430, orient the reader in the variety of "software" for software development, talk about how to "flash" the MSP430 memory, and about existing programmers. The above diagrams, printed circuit boards and assembly drawings will allow you to assemble several simple MSP430 flash-memory programmers on your own.The book is addressed to engineers who begin working with microcontrollers, students of radio engineering specialties of universities, specialists involved in the maintenance and repair of electronic equipment, radio amateurs , as well as to all those who are interested in advanced electronic technology.The author's website on the Internet is located at When this book is out of print, it will include Sprint Layout 3.0 PCB drawings and other MSP430 supplementary material.